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 …
Jharkhand water policy 2011 calls for proper planning, thoughtful utilization & sustainable management of water. It calls for a multidisciplinary and holistic approach that considers water as part of the ecosystem for the benefit of all. This policy will broadly have a five-pronged strategy : First, the State will adopt …
Jaipur: After taking lead in helping the country draw up the Rigth to Information Act and the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA), Rajasthan has become the first state in the country to have drafted a policy underlining the importance and the need to preserve and secure common …
The Delhi Jal Board in association with the Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) organised the first consultative workshop on formulating a water policy for Delhi on Wednesday. Chief executive officer of DJB Ramesh Negi spoke on the need to bring about effective policy instruments through consultative …
New Delhi: In the first step towards streamlining and managing Delhi’s water, Delhi Jal Board and Indian National Trust for Art and Cultural Heritage (INTACH) organized the first consultative workshop on formulating ‘Water Policy for Delhi’ on Wednesday. Stakeholders from agencies like Delhi Development Authority, Central Pollution Control Board and …
Two important processes that could decide the fate of our common water future are in the pipeline now in the country. The National Water Policy 2002 is up for a revision and the Planning Commission is drafting India’s Twelfth Five Year Plan. A country which is fast turning into a …
This document sets out a guideline for adopting water resource management initiatives while delivering water, sanitation and hygiene education services in both rural and urban contexts. It is intended to guide WaterAid’s partners in Nepal in the delivery of appropriate services and technologies to fit the needs of different users. …
Water is predicted to be the primary medium through which early climate change impacts will be felt by people, ecosystems and economies. Both observational records and climate projections provide strong evidence that freshwater resources are vulnerable, and have the potential to be strongly impacted. However, impacts on water resources and …
This training manual is intended to help to WaterAid in Nepal’s partners and stakeholders train community leaders in developing integrated plans for managing water resource at community level.
In view of the vital importance of water for human and animal life, for maintaining ecological balance and for economic and development activities of all kinds and considering its increasing scarcity, the planning and management of this resources and its optimal, economical and equitable use has become a matter of …
This report is based on the outcome of discussions during a roundtable conference on ’Blue Revolution: Charting South Asia’s Water Future’ organised on 11 April, 2011, by ORF in collaboration with PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry. The ORF report is an attempt to list out the probable areas of …
The first comprehensive soil survey from areas around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant showed extensive ground contamination and another report warned of the continued threat to Japan's food chain, underscoring the major challenges the country still faces in its radioactive cleanup efforts. Separately, the operator of the plant, Tokyo Electric …
KOLKATA, 23 AUG: The Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) has proposed to upgrade the Gardenreach water works under public-private-partnership (PPP) model with the loan available from the Asian Development Bank (ADB). This indicates that the civic authorities are contemplating to introduce water tax despite the chief minister Miss Mamata Banerjee categorically …
LUCKNOW: Be prepared for a rude shock when you get your water tax bill. Thanks to Lucknow Jal Sansthan's decision to add arrears since 2002, the bill will at least be three to four times more than what you paid last year. The water tax is approximately 12.5% of the …
Calcutta, July 31: The Centre has stopped giving the Calcutta Municipal Corporation (CMC) funds under the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewal Mission because of its refusal to levy water tax and inability to bring almost half the houses in the city under the property tax net. Delhi has not issued …
The twin engines of urbanisation and resource depletion will undermine efforts to achieve water security: water availability will be eroded and conflicts will escalate. The assumptions underlying conventional urban water management must be revisited. This paper outlines the effects of urbanization on water security and how the challenges of urban …
The policy brief explores the evolving discourse on water issues in Pakistan where the process of political articulation, securitization and mobilization which often links water to Kashmir is studied. The rationale for undertaking such an approach is to provide useful insights to understand Pakistan‟s thinking on strategizing water. The primary …
This report examines ethical issues associated with water resource utilization and management, including its uses in energy and other domains. Under the “Ethics and Climate Change in Asia and the Pacific” (ECCAP) project, the Water Ethics working group has compiled a report with some case studies highlighting different ethical issues …
JAIPUR: The state has reiterated its demand for a special status from the Centre in view of an impending water crisis. The water resource minister Mahipal Maderna made the demand to the Union minster for water resources Vincent H Pala at a national water policy (2002) review meeting here on …
New Delhi: Assuming charge as the water resources minister, Pawan Kumar Bansal said on Wednesday that the finalization of the national water policy by March 2012 would be his first priority. “We are very keen to meet the March 2012 deadline. My predecessor Salman b h a idid a very …
Using the most comprehensive data file ever compiled on air pollution, water pollution, environmental regulations, and infant mortality from a developing country, the paper examines the effectiveness of India’s environmental regulations. The air pollution regulations were effective at reducing ambient concentrations of particulate matter, sulfur dioxide, and nitrogen dioxide. The …
