The global cost of disasters is growing: The economic burden of disasters is intensifying. While the direct costs of disasters averaged $70–80 billion a year between 1970 and 2000, between 2001 and 2020 these annual costs grew significantly to $180–200 billion. But the real cost is far higher. Disaster costs …
Jamshedpur, June 7: For Sudha Mahto, a resident of Sarjamda panchayat in Jamshedpur block, summers mean aching limbs and a painful back, thanks to the daily trips of around 10km in search of drinking water. Sudha is not alone. Women of most other families from Sarjamda, Haludboni, Parsudih, Karandih and …
Anthropogenic pollution of shallow groundwater resources due to industrial activities is becoming a cause of concern in the east coastal belt of the state of Tamil Nadu, India. Integrated hydrogeological, geophysical and tracer studies were carried out in the coastal region encompassing an industrial complex. The objective has been to …
A group of 36 coral islands is being scattered in the Arabian Sea off the western coast of India. On such islands, groundwater is the only source of fresh water for the islanders. The demand for groundwater is increasing every year due to growing population and urbanization. On the other …
Water Supply For Just 5-10 Minutes Daily Fuels Demand For Pvt Tankers Gurgaon: Large parts of Gurgaon has been reeling under acute water crisis over the past few days. In some areas residents are having to do with just a 5-10 minute supply every day with private tankers
The 20-year study report on status of groundwater arsenic contamination in West Bengal by Jadavpur University, based on the analysis of water samples from tube wells in all 19 districts of West Bengal. Groundwater in nine highly affected districts had arsenic at concentrations of 300 lg/L and above. Since 1988 …
The present work is aimed at assessing the water quality index (WQI) for the groundwater of Tumkur taluk. This has been determined by collecting groundwater samples and subjecting the samples to a comprehensive physicochemical analysis. For calculating the WQI, the following 12 parameters have been considered: pH, total hardness, calcium, …
THE SEA HAS INTRUDED LAND UP TO 30 KM IN THE COASTAL BELT MAKING WATER IN THE WELLS UNFIT TO DRINK March 21: Pollution in rivers, depleting resources of groundwater and landward movement of seawater are haunting Andhra Pradesh this World Water Day. Though endowed with natural water resources, the …
The article on Groundwater: Towards an aquifer management framework by Dr. Himanshu Kulkarni and P.S. Vijay Shankar, published in the Economic and Political Weekly (Feb 07-13, 2009) was very insightful. The current debates on groundwater issues are quite encouraging as better solutions are being sought to cope through the crisis. …
Tanushree Roy Chowdhury Posted: Jan 28, 2009 at 0011 hrs IST New Delhi: A Supreme Court ban on all mining and construction activities in the Aravalli areas of the Gurgaon and Faridabad districts has failed to curb an alarming rate of groundwater depletion in these areas, resulting from the mining …
The famous work of Hardin on 'The Tragedy of the Commons' explains why the Common Pool Resources (CPR) or Open Access Resources are over-exploited, degraded or depleted. The economic reason explains that "unregulated access to the CPR creates a decision making environment in which private benefits to an individual from …
Kerala to amend groundwater act KERALA is planning to amend legislation to check extraction of its overexploited groundwater. Five of the 50 blocks in the state are over-extracted, 15 critical and 30 semi-critical, according to a 2004 survey by the Central Ground Water Board and the state ground water department. …
T.S.Shankar and K.Lakshmi CHENNAI: The spurt in the construction activity and indiscriminate drawal of water along East Coast Road has resulted in the groundwater table going down in areas near the scenic coastline. P. N. Venkatakrishnan of M. K. Stalin Avenue, Palavakkam, said that the water in several areas had …
PUDUKOTTAI: Villagers and political parties have opposed the plan to set up a bottling unit by an Indian Made Foreign Liquor firm at Kallakottai in Gandarvakottai taluk, arguing that it would deplete the groundwater table and cause pollution. At a meeting convened here by the district administration to hear the …
PALAKKAD: The Hindustan Coca-Cola Beverages Limited has in a statement said that the allegations of excessive usage of groundwater by the company is baseless. This has been substantiated by studies conducted by all expert bodies, it added. In an official statement by the company, it said that the plant at …
