Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
WASHINGTON - Afghan officials reacted strongly to recent remarks by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani concerning water management and irrigation projects in Afghanistan. Speaking at an international conference on sandstorms and environmental issues Monday in Tehran, Rouhani criticized the Afghan government's dam projects, which are part of several economic and development …
George - Habitual water wasters may be slapped with penalties of up to R4 000 or six months in jail as the George Municipality this week implements fines for repeat offenders. The municipality is implementing water restrictions according to its Drought Management Policy after the Garden Route Dam, which services …
Pretoria — The City of Cape Town has implemented stricter water restrictions to its citizens as dam levels continue to be critically low as a result of the drought. "The City of Cape Town advises all water users that stricter water restrictions will come into effect from 1 July 2017. …
According to the Andhra Pradesh Water Land and Trees Act, 2002 when groundwater level is below 20 metres, digging of borewells is banned. Hyderabad: There is a Bikaner in the making in Andhra Pradesh. Bikaner in Rajasthan, near the Pakistan border, is surrounded by the Thar Desert and has the …
Residents of Nairobi should brace themselves for prolonged water-rationing period. The hope of having adequate water lies on the short rains which come in October. The recent long rains increased the volume of water at the Ndakaini Dam, where the city’s four million residents get 84 per cent of their …
Cape Town has implemented stricter water restrictions in a bid to reduce water usage. Level 4b water restrictions allow individual users 87 litres a day. Capetonians are allowed to use 500 million litres a day. The City of Cape Town said dam levels remained critical and needed to be filled …
The Global Water Security and Sanitation Partnership launches July 1st. The Partnership identifies sustainability, inclusion, institutions, financing and resilience as crucial for delivering the Sustainable Development Goals. Partnership for a Water-Secure World Water touches nearly every aspect of development. It drives economic growth, supports healthy ecosystems and is fundamental for …
SIERRA ODC building looks like any other IT office building from the outside. No posh or massive structure, but if you enter the office complex of this Coimbatore-based IT solutions company, you will realise what the so-called “Green Building” means and is much talked about. The building incidentally has been …
In northern rural areas of South Africa's KwaZulu-Natal province, men own the cattle and women the goats and chickens. But men also control use of the water in local dams, so when drought hits it is the cattle that get the water – and the goats and chickens that die. …
All Western Cape municipalities have been given instructions on how to implement water restrictions. Members of the provincial legislature were taken aback last week when the head of disaster management in the province‚ Colin Deiner‚ said some municipalities imposed no restrictions, despite the drought. Deiner said on Tuesday that the …
Cape Town - The City of Cape Town is preparing for the imminent implementation of intensified water restrictions, water and waste services mayoral committee member Xanthea Limberg said on Monday. The envisaged Level 4b restrictions would adjust the water usage target down from 600 million litres per day to 500 …
As the World Bank and partners aim to support governments in the Middle East and North Africa address the challenges that confront the water and sanitation sector, the development of an effective regulatory framework is seen as increasingly salient. In order to have impact in this space, some basic information …
Simply improve governance or push for a national law on water? The debate on the best way to manage India's multiple water crises is likely to gain currency again with PM Narendra Modi's visit to Israel in early July . Cooperation on water issues -conservation, desalination, urban sewage treatment to …
NEW DELHI: Niti Aayog, the government's premier think-tank, will soon rank states on their water management capabilities, with emphasis on policy and governance measures. The Aayog, in consultation with states, has developed a Composite Water Management Index as a tool to assess and further improve the performance in efficient management …
Environment, Water and Climate Minister Oppah Muchinguri Kashiri has appointed a seven-member commission to look into Beitbridge Town Council's (BTC) capacity to take over management of the border town's water affairs from the Zimbabwe National Water Authority (zinwa). The committee is chaired by the deputy director in the Ministry of …
The Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO), has released a new tool that offers water-scarce countries and river basins a way to boost productivity, by measuring how the resource is efficiently used in agriculture. The WaPOR open-access database has gone live, tapping satellite data to help farmers achieve more reliable agricultural …
Asks DJB to explain how and where city’s raw water supply is being distributed Delhi has a “serious management problem” when it comes to water supply, Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has said, while asking the Delhi Jal Board to explain how and where the city’s raw water supply is being …
Gurgaon: On the occasion of World Environment Day on Monday, city-based activists will today propose formation of a high-level task force to monitor sustainable development in Gurgaon. According to a blueprint prepared by the activists, the focus of the task force will be on six aspects — air quality, water …
The majority of the world’s 800 million food-insecure people live in regions where water and food security are intimately linked. Tackling the underlying causes of food insecurity therefore means addressing a set of livelihood vulnerabilities, including access to water for domestic and productive uses. The World Food Programme (WFP) has …
This paper aims to provide guidance on SDG Indicator 6.5.2 as monitoring and implementation plans are being developed. To do this, it examine how operational arrangements can be defined by evaluating three methods for calculating the indicator through both a procedural and a substantive perspective, and identifying the limitations and …
