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 …
Converting seawater into potable water through the Low Temperature Thermal Desalination (LTTD) may not be an answer to India’s water woes, but any advancement in technology has the potential for adding water options for the future. After the successful run of the National Institute of Ocean Technology (NIOT) experimental one-MLD …
The fundamental challenge facing Karachi is a disorganised, ill-coordinated institutional and governance framework with substantial capacity deficits, according to a recent study assessing the city’s vulnerability to possible climate change impacts. The 65-page study, Karachi city climate change adaptation strategy a road map, is conducted by Shehri-Citizens for a Better …
Kamal Meattle says that water crisis is grave and would worsen in future. It is time that people should do their bit and start making sincere efforts towards water conservation. Paharpur Business Centre & Software Technology Incubator Park (PBCTM - STIP) realized this looming crisis long back and resorted to …
Effect of rainwater harvesting (RWH) structures like Contour trench (CT), gradonie (GD), box trench (BT), V-ditch (VD) and afforestation with Emblica officinalis Gaertn (planted in August, 2005) were studied in <10%, 10-20% and >20% slopes with a view to improve soil status, plant growth, sequester carbon and rehabilitate hills …
- Recharge pits spring hope for parched capital, MP funds to sprout vegetable bowl in steel hub Going beyond lip service and good intentions doing the rounds in Ranchi to recharge its groundwater, here is an experiment that might just avert a thirsty urban disaster over the years. The Jharkhand …
VASCO: A number of issues like garbage, rainwater harvesting, tax on illegal houses, pollution by garages, Chicalim Park and a shipyard dominated the Chicalim gram sabha on Sunday. The annual budget for 2012-13 was also passed and approved at the gram sabha, which was convened at the panchayat complex ground. …
July 25: The Guwahati Metropolitan Development Authority (GMDA) is trying to make rainwater harvesting mandatory in its new building bylaws for the city, a source said. “The new building bylaws are in process and will take at least a couple of months to draft. In general, there will be some …
The district administration has now made it mandatory for houses with more than 100 square metres covered area to have a rainwater harvesting system in place. Twenty teams have been constituted to grant permission to install the systems and ensure their functioning. The orders come in the wake of a …
To harvest rainwater, 150 check dams would be constructed in the district, Minister for Highways and Minor Ports Edapadi K. Palaniswami said here on Sunday. Inaugurating the newly-constructed Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society at Rs. 17.07 lakh in Vellalapatti in Omalur taluk, Mr. Palaniswami said that preserving rainwater would enable …
The recent Punjab & Haryana High Court direction barring the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) from issuing fresh licences for housing projects in Gurgaon without an undertaking from the builders to not draw groundwater has been welcomed by the citizens by and large as a “justified concern”, but also triggered …
LUCKNOW: About 97% of the available water on the earth is saline. Only 3% is fresh water out of which only 1% is ground water which is consumed for various purposes. Around 70% of the consumable water is being used for irrigation, whereas 95% of the population is able to …
Though the construction of rainwater harvesting tanks is prescribed for houses in the building bylaws of the Mussoorie Dehradun Development Authority (MDDA), most building owners in the city are openly flouting the provision with impunity, providing for these provisions only on paper. Housing societies and residential complexes, which have sprung …
K.P.Munusamy addresses officialsof corporation, 19 municipalities Local bodies should ensure prompt execution of schemes with respect to civic amenities and basic facilities within their limits, said K.P.Munusamy, Local Administration Minister. Addressing the local body officials after reviewing the progress of development works in Tiruchi Corporation and in the 19 municipalities …
DRDA Project Director holds special consultative meeting Local bodies should achieve cent per cent in construction of rainwater harvesting structures and drainage water collection pits in every house to improve groundwater table and keep surroundings at villages clean. The panchayats should complete all development works that were undertaken during 2011-12 …
About two months ago, Gurgaon suffered one of its worst ever water shortages. The raw water supply to the city – already insufficient – shrunk all the way to 40-45MGD, whereas it is estimated that the daily requirement at the time reached its seasonal high of 200MGD. Residents in several …
We have taken certain measures to tackle the problem of water depletion in the corporation area. We have built 78 rainwater harvesting structures so that the groundwater level goes up . Also, we have asked departments like HUDA to lay new pipelines to supply water to more residential areas Sudhir …
Amid inter-State disputes on water sharing, members of a Parliamentary Standing Committee have supported the idea of putting water in the Concurrent List of Constitution to help the Centre have a greater say in settling feuds. Water, at present, is a State subject. There was “near unanimity” among members of …
SHILLONG: The ongoing eco-restoration programme to improve the ecology and environment of Sohra is making a good progress. Although 1172500 seedlings, mostly indigenous, were planted in the first year to replenish the lost greenery of Sohra, the department in the second year of the project has decided to plant 1298750 …
Five years after the launch of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MNREGA) on which the Centre has spent over `1,10,700 crores so far, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh will release a comprehensive review of the performance of the flagship scheme on Saturday. The release of the review report is …
