Reply affidavit on behalf of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board in the matter of Tribunal on its motion Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 02/05/2025. The NGT, March 5, 2025 directed the authorities to file their replies/responses by way of affidavits regarding action taken for compliance of directions …
AHMEDABAD: Sundarji Nandori, 70, of Chatroda in Maliya Hatina in Junagadh is a happy man these days as his daughter-in-law, Priyanka, does not have to go out to collect drinking water. All she has to do is pump it out from an underground water tank that has a capacity of …
Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink: this quote from Samuel Taylor’s ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ describes the water crisis facing Delhi and the NCR where wrong practices have led to depleting ground water. However, the situation may change soon as the National Green Tribunal (NGT) on …
The National Green Tribunal today directed the Centre and all public authorities to ensure that rain water harvesting systems are installed in every project including flyovers, bridges or any other construction activity carried out by the government. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar asked the Centre, Delhi …
Water Environment Federation, Chicago, USA has recognised the research findings of Central Plantation Crops Research Institute (CPCRI), Kasaragod and has selected it as the 2015 recipient of the WEF McKee Groundwater Protection, Restoration, or sustainable use. The institute will be honoured with the prestigious award for its contribution in developing …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on artificial recharge to ground water, 13/08/2015. Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) has prepared a conceptual document entitled “Master Plan for Artificial Recharge to Ground Water in India” during the year 2013, which envisages construction of 1.11 crore rain water harvesting and artificial recharge structures …
Groundwater level in Thadayampatti panchayat of Sedapatti block is set to get a huge boost as the district rural development agency (DRDA) is planning to dig 101 farm ponds over the next four months. Utilising the large workforce of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (MGNREGS) at its command, …
Chief minister Arvind Kejriwal on Tuesday declared that his government was against privatization of water and that even if there was private participation in water projects, it would be restricted to construction. Operation and distribution, the CM said, would remain in the hands of the government. Kejriwal made the statement …
Even as rainwater harvesting strategy in urban areas has gone haywire due to its slipshod implementation, Lord Jagannath seems to have borne the brunt of adverse impacts of depleting groundwater table. Experts, who inspected drying of two sacred wells inside Shree Jagannath Temple, concluded that natural groundwater recharge was hampered …
Stabilizing smallholder crop yields under changing climatic conditions in subSaharan Africa will require adaptation strategies focused on soil and water management. Impact studies of climate change on crop yields often ignore the potential of adaptation strategies such as rainwater harvesting (RWH). While RWH is bringing benefits to agricultural systems today, …
The National Green Tribunal has directed the sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Vasant Vihar in South Delhi to immediately provide clean drinking water to the residents of the area owing to water shortage. A bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Swatanter Kumar directed the SDM to hold a meeting with the …
In the danger zone as far groundwater goes, the city of Jalandhar is bogged down by various extremes when it comes to water conservation. While various units incessantly go on using groundwater for construction purposes despite a ban, rainwater harvesting projects are also falling prey to administration’s apathy. While every …
The World Bank and 2030 Water Resources Group has decided to adopt a water conservation project initiated by the Aurangabad Development Forum at Gogababa Tekdi on the campus of Dr Babasaheb Ambedkar Marathwada University (Bamu) for further development. As part of its activities in India, especially Maharashtra, 2030 Water Resources …
SINGAPORE, August 3 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Fifty years ago Singapore had to ration water, and its smelly rivers were devoid of fish and choked with waste from shipbuilding, pig farms and toilets that emptied directly into streams. But it's a very different story today. The world's most densely populated …
Houses without a rooftop rainwater harvesting system may not get water connection. Moreover, permission for boring will be denied. Under the legislation state government is planning to bring into effect to control and regulate use of groundwater, wastage of the resource might be a criminal offence. The stringent legislation which …
Though it is mandatory to install a rainwater harvesting system in any construction over 3,171 sq ft, hardly 10% such buildings in the city have followed the rule. Individual and small flat schemes rarely go in for this system, which stores rain water enough for two months, saving precious potable …
Sri Lanka plans to store and use a billion cubic meters of rainwater per year, which would otherwise drain into the sea, in an ambitious effort to boost irrigation and power production. The new water management system is being built in the country's dry zone, which covers its northern and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Kuldeep Nagar & Anr. Vs. Jaiprakash Associates Ltd. & Ors. dated 24/07/2015 regarding alleged failure of the Respondent No.1 - Jaiprakash Associates limited, the Project Proponent who had undertaken the work of construction of Yamuna Expressway …
A House panel today suggested a slew of measures to the Punjab government to curb increasing levels of air, water and noise pollution in Amritsar, even as it blamed industries and urban local bodies for contributing to environmental pollution. The measures include in-house treatment of municipal solid waste and strict …
LUCKNOW: The groundwater level is going down alarmingly in western UP districts. Meerut has seen maximum depletion where the water table is going down by an average of 91cm annually. The groundwater atlas released by the UP groundwater department on the concluding day of the Groundwater Week on Wednesday paints …
The Authority has fined 50 developers Rs 50,000 each, after they were found violating the 2010 construction guidelines of the Union ministry of environment and forest (MoEF). The authority also fined two health department officials Rs 5,000 each for not initiating action against the violators. The move follows the National …
