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 …
The Delhi Metro Rail Corporation, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi Jal Board, Forest and the Irrigation Department and the Central Public Works Department on Wednesday faced the wrath of the National Green Tribunal for failing to set up rainwater harvesting systems. The NGT Bench headed by Chairperson Swatanter …
Water management is about society and its ability to build technologies to maximise the use of water and, more importantly, technologies to share water with all March 22 is World Water Day. There is no doubt that water will determine whether India becomes wealthy or remains poor. But the management …
With the depleting level of groundwater in localities like Civil Lines, Sadar, Beli, Peepalgaon, Bamrauli, Prayag, Naini and Nayapurwa setting the alarm bells ringing in administrative circles, officials of the groundwater department have taken up an extensive exercise to create awareness on saving water among denizens. The level of groundwater …
Experts have identified 39 points in the city for accumulation of rainwater during rainy season and recommended launch of a pilot project to construct wells at two of these places, Lakshmi Chowk and Qadhafi Stadium, to raise the underground water level as well as early disposal of the rainwater. The …
This current draft policy paper by CANSA is meant to stimulate discussion among the member groups of CANSA, and in the process to develop and provide a common platform for lobbying and advocacy efforts at national, regional (SAARC), and international levels in the context of the UN Framework Convention on …
While the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation is all set to spend Rs 3 lakh on installation of two rainwater recharging wells at the mayor’s camp office near Rose Garden, the fact remains that after years of making a proposal, it has failed to implement the system in its zonal office buildings. …
Ministry of Environment and Energy today held a ceremony to mark the initiation of physical works in GDh. Gadhdhoo through the “Increasing Climate Resilience through Integrated Water Resource Management Program”. The Minister of Environment and Energy Mr. Thoriq Ibrahim along with State Minister Abdul Matheen Mohamed and the officials from …
Bangalore in-charge Minister Ramalinga Reddy and corporators at the presentation of the BBMP budget for 2014-15 in the City on Monday. kpn The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike (BBMP) may have failed to save and maintain the handful of lakes under its control in the City, but that did not it …
The rainwater harvesting project across nine upazilas in the district has failed to attract people to the use of rainwater instead of that from tubewells. Around 10 water tanks built by the Department of Public Health Engineering in order to preserve rainwater lies unused for a long time. The tanks …
The authorities are planning to launch the “Rainwater Harvesting Project” to address the issue of depleting underground water table in Lahore just as India has already done successfully in New Delhi and other cities. Dawn has learnt the project, being worked on jointly by the Lahore Development Authority (LDA), Water …
In a bid to make villages sustainable, the Aurangabad divisional commissionorate for the first time has undertaken the task of making eco-friendly development plans for them in tune with the needs of villagers. According to the directives of divisional commissioner Sanjeev Jaiswal, 1,988 villages from the eight districts of the …
The statement of Ghulam Nabi Azad, the Minister Of Health & Family Welfare And Water Resources, in response to Rajya Sabha Starred Question No. 1978 for 10th February, 2014, asked by Dr. Janardan Waghmare regarding Ground water levels. Ground water levels - Question raised in Rajya Sabha, 10/02/2014. Minister Of …
Harvesting It Is The Only Way To Keep Capital’s Depleting Groundwater Levels In Check New Delhi: With groundwater levels dipping across Delhi, and really fast in some areas, rainwater harvesting is the one tool the government has to ensure that the city has recourse to some internal source of water. …
To address the issue of water crisis in the capital, Delhi government has decided to revive “non-functional” rainwater harvesting systems in schools to raise the groundwater level. Around 800 governmentrun schools have rainwater harvesting pits and over 50% of them are non-functional, mostly due to no monitoring by the previous …
Farmers blame drastic fall in groundwater table on bottling plant, saying it draws out far more water than can be naturally recharged Till the late 1990s, Bansi Aheer, like all other farmers around Kaladera, used to irrigate his seven-bigha farm, drawing water from a well. “Water was easily available at …
Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - Islamabad—Scientists have proposed to establish a taskforce on water scarcity to devise water security action plan on conservation, recycling, harvesting, and dam storage. They were addressing a day-long seminar on water scarcity and future vision 2025, with focus on modelling water future using environmental sustainability …
Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today informed the National Green Tribunal that it intends to set up rain water harvesting systems in 17 of its stations in the national capital, but 27 others will not have these due to lack of space. The submission was made before a bench headed …
Owners of environment-friendly homes and those who plan to build such homes have something to cheer about. And, the houses that are not environment-friendly have reasons to go green with envy. The Ministry of Federal Affairs and Local Development plans to reward the owners of such homes. “We will launch …
Focus Should Be On Constructing, Monitoring RWH Systems, Say Experts Aam Aadmi Party may be yet to achieve its goal of equitable water supply in Delhi but this can be worked out in the long run. It is hoped that AAP will take up rainwater harvesting in a big way …
