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 …
Around 25 clubs in the city including Chelmsford Club and India Habitat Centre have been issued notices by Delhi government's environment department for flouting " green norms" including "failure" to set up waste water treatment plants. Top officials in the Environment department said a number of restaurants in India Habitat …
21,964 Properties Yet To Fix It If you’re a Bangalorean staying on a site area of 2,400 sqft or more and haven’t yet installed a rainwater harvesting (RWH) system, this is a good time to do it. Else, you may receive a notice anytime asking why you haven’t abided by …
Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Wednesday allocated Rs 1,260 crore for constructing 60,000 green houses with solar powered lights for the poor in rural areas during the current financial year. She hiked the unit cost for each house from Rs 1.80 lakh to Rs 2.10 lakh, considering the increase in …
The Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD) has established a Rainwater Resource Centre on the premises of Nepal-Japan Children’s Library in Lainchaur. The centre, which has received funds from the UNDP and Nepal Coca Cola Company, wants to present rainwater harvesting and recharge as a viable technology to tackle water …
Karnataka government may make rainwater harvesting mandatory in the city, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah indicated today. “Let’s try to make it mandatory,” he said in reply to a question from K S Puttannaiah (Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha), who pointed that Coimbatore city in Tamil Nadu has done a good job in …
If the state government has its way, permission will not be given for the construction of apartments if it doesn't specify its water source. The government may soon come out with a condition for housing project promoters to specify source of water. Chief minister Siddaramaiah on Thursday said the No-Objection …
“Houses in rural pockets should also implement rainwater harvest to improve ground water level”, Collector D. Jagannathan said. Addressing Panchayat presidents in an awareness programme on rainwater harvest held here on Tuesday, the Collector said that rural villages are no exemption to depletion of the underground water table. He felt …
The Himalayan region has seen unchecked construction activity, illegal mining, unscientific road building and hydropower projects built next to each other The floods in the Himalayas have been ferocious and deadly. The final body count could run into several thousands. There is no clear estimate of the number of villages …
Line departments directed to repair water storing infrastructure before monsoon Vellore Collector P. Sankar has directed the officials of the line departments such as Tamil Nadu Water Supply and Drainage (TWAD) Board, Public Works Department (PWD), Rural Development Department and the Revenue Department to carry out repairs to the water …
Chennai Metrowater has started a survey across the city to measure the effectiveness of rainwater harvesting structures. Efforts are also on to sensitise people towards the need to harness rainwater. As part of this campaign, the water agency has been conducting checks in various parts of the city, including added …
TWAD holds workshop for heads of local bodies The district administration has coordinated the efforts of various government departments to ensure regular supply of protected drinking water both in the urban and rural limits during the summer months. The heads of the local bodies should take steps to supplement the …
Planning Board alarmed over heavy contamination, poor quality The groundwater level in South Delhi has plunged to an alarming 66.7 metre at its deepest, the second-worst in the whole of the National Capital Region after Alwar (79.75m). Parts of South-West and West Delhi have also reported the highest salinity levels …
In the backdrop of the devastating floods in Uttarakhand and the dangerous rise of major rivers in northern India, a professor from the department of Geography of Allahabad University and his team of research scholars have come up with a unique idea-that of harvesting the additional floodwater which inundates. The …
Govt To Soon Release Code For Green Structures After dangling a carrot in front of developers and citizens to promote environment-friendly buildings, the state government seems to have yanked it away for now. For the last few years, the state had been hinting at providing water and property rebates and …
It has also pitched for the supply of water to those below the poverty line, at a subsidised rate The Ministry of Water Resources has proposed 100 per cent metered water supply, priced on a volumetric basis, for urban areas. It has also pitched for the supply of water to …
Ludhiana, June 23: It seems that the Ludhiana Municipal Corporation as well as the city residents are not concerned about the decreasing water table in the city. This could be known from the fact that owing to the non-implementation of the laid down rules, not many people are coming forward …
The City Municipal Corporation has asked citizens to go for rainwater harvesting structures, as it faces acute water crisis. Interestingly the Corporation’s main office at Kottai does not have such a facility. Though two structures were available on the one-acre premises, both were not in use for the last several …
Chief Minister Oommen Chandy informed the Assembly on Thursday that the State government would provide the required funds in addition to budgetary support for drinking water projects of the Kerala Water Authority (KWA) that can be completed within one year. Intervening during the question hour, the Chief Minister said the …
Discussants in a programme in Sylhet on Thursday urged the public and private investment organisations to promote rainwater harvesting to minimise the country’s excessive dependence on underground water. Mentioning that the level of underground water is going down three metres ever year in the country because of excessive use, they …
The groundwater table in Chennai has seen a dip of 0.6 metres in the last one year owing to the lack of adequate rain coupled with heavy extraction, according to Chennai Metro Water. Metro Water sources told Express the groundwater table came down by as much as 0.30 metres in …
