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 …
Agencies Told To Stop Filthy Supply Bangalore: Asking the authorities to stop supplying contaminated water to many parts of Bangalore, the Karnataka high court on Thursday ordered notice to the state government, BWSSB, BBMP and the KSPCB. “This must stop immediately. Supplying contaminated water is no supply at all,” a …
Commercial production in the plant started in 1983 and achieving above 90% PLF at an age of 30 years was outstanding performance The Korba station of the National Thermal Power Corporation (NTPC) is on a move---this time to perform outstanding in the field of environment protection. The vintage plant of …
Hyderabad: Citizens acquiring a house or building one have to first construct a rain water harvesting (RWH) pit in their plots and then apply for permission to build one. Cantonment authorities, who failed to get builders in tow and construct RWH pits as shown in their building plans at the …
While the country like India does not lack adequate rains for agricultural and domestic use, it certainly lacks methods of how to tap water and conserve it from monsoon to monsoon. Mahendra Modi, a UP-cadre IPS officer, spoke at length on this subject at a function organized by a city-based …
In an effort to spread awareness about conserving groundwater level and proper utilization of rainwater for storage, the groundwater department has chalked out a fresh strategy inducting educational institutes and a mass awareness campaign to spread the message of water conservation from second week of July. Claiming that residents of …
It appears to be yet another wasted monsoon for the State. The State government and local self-government institutions have done precious little to conserve the monsoon rain received this year. The State government and civic authorities seem to be going slow on enforcing the provisions for rainwater harvesting in the …
NANDIAD: Can you irrigate a farmland using a locally dug groundwater recharge well? Scientists at Central Soil Salinity Research Institute (CSSRI) have developed a technology where groundwater can be used for harnessing irrigation water for farmlands. The specially designed recharge wells along with drip irrigation technique have now come handy …
A water recycling project that was inaugurated on Monday in Vasant Kunj aims to keep colony parks green without using up fresh ground water. Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit inaugurated the pilot project to facilitate re-use of kitchen-waste water for horticulture purposes in the colony. The project has been initiated …
As Bangalore reels under severe water shortage, the ambitious plan of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to ensure that houses in City adopt Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) seems to have fizzled out. Even though the government made it compulsory in 2011 for all buildings above 2,400 sq ft …
MUMBAI: While BEST's buses will continue to guzzle fuel, the transport undertaking plans to economize on the water used to wash its fleet of 4,000. The administration is working on a scheme to construct rainwater harvesting tanks at each of its 25 depots in the city before monsoon. The BEST …
A simple initiative to recharge the open wells using rainwater harvesting techniques seems to be yielding dividends in enhancing ground water levels in several parts of Thrissur district. About 8,110 wells of households and institutions have been recharged under the project, with the support of the government, ever since it …
New Delhi: The committee formed to look into rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharge in Delhi as a response to protesters who marched from Mathura to Delhi for the sake of reviving the Yamuna in March has recommended a slew of measures that includes revising Delhi’s rainwater harvesting policy. The committee, …
The Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act has often been ridiculed as a scheme that has hardly any impact. Many say that MGNREGA workers just 'dig and fill holes,' but scientists from premier science institutions seem to think differently. At a time when the Mahatma Gandhi Rural Employment Guarantee Act …
The Chharba village panchayat had passed a resolution declaring it won't allow the set-up of the Coke bottling plant Amid heightened environmental concerns over the proposed Coke plant at Chharba, near here, Uttarakhand Chief Minister Vijay Bahuguna on Wednesday said the bottling facility would be equipped with all the safeguards. …
Pune: The drought-hit Kamkhera village in Beed taluka is all set to try rainwater harvesting, hoping it would end the dry spell. Half the wells in this village have dried up and villagers here have now invited Pune-based Paranjya to help set up two rainwater harvesting plants. Paranjya, that has …
The BWSSB had warned that owners of properties which have borewells would face action, if the borewells were not registered by March 31. The Water Board had said defaulters would have to pay fine or even undergo prosecution. It was also planning squads to crack down on unregistered borewells. But …
More than 10 years after it was made mandatory, BMC has failed to ensure rainwater harvesting in most new buildings. A study by Observer Research Foundation, a think tank on public policy, has revealed most new buildings do not have rainwater harvesting facilities. It said even if half the developed …
The Shramik Mukti Sangathana, Murbad, and project-affected persons have slammed the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) for its 'short-sighted' decision to clear Kalu dam in Thane district involving 1,000 hectares of forests in the Western Ghats. The FAC under the ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) has gone back on its …
The UT Administration has finally given its nod to the eco-sensitive zone around Sukhna Wildlife Sanctuary. The decision was taken at a meeting of officials chaired by UT Adviser KK Sharma. The decision was hanging fire for the past two years following differences between various departments. Recently, the Ministry of …
MNS has now decided to target the Rs 1,500-crore bottled water industry in the state. Questioning its profits, the party wants bottled water manufacturers to adopt drought-hit districts or supply water to such villages. MNS workers led by Rita Gupta, vice-president of the party women wing, gheroed the Bisleri head …
