Water Harvesting

Reply affidavit on behalf of Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board regarding steps taken to remove encroachment on ponds in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, 02/05/2025

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 …

NGT sets Jan 31 deadline to file draft action plan

PANJIM: Observing that 15 States including Goa have failed to draft action plan for restoration of polluted river stretches, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has given a last opportunity by extending the time for preparing the plan by January 31, next year. Any delay after that, State government would be …

City banquet halls under NGT lens

Taking note of pollution and traffic congestion during functions at banquet halls, farmhouses and hotels here, the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has formed a committee to stop activities that lead to degradation of the environment. It has also asked the committee to prepare an action plan in this regard within …

Cell to train govt. officials in eco-protection practices

Joint initiative of pollution board, HR institute and CSE The State’s pollution control board and the Human Resources Development Institute in collaboration with Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), New Delhi, are going to establish the Environmental Training Cell to train government officials and other stakeholders in all the practices …

Implementation of rainwater harvesting systems with a geomembrane bag in Honduras and El Salvador

GWP Central America presents a new case study on the implementation of Rainwater Harvesting Systems with a geomembrane bag in rural areas of Honduras and El Salvador. Women are the main characters of the story. Central America is one of the regions most affected by climate change. Its effects are …

Expert: Harvesting, recycling can help overcome water shortage

Climate change not about future, it is about today, says noted environmentalist “Shimla will not become another Cape Town” as it has capacity to reinvent and resolve water crisis, says Sunita Narain, noted environmentalist and Director General, Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). Kick-starting the lecture series “We 4 climate” …

Govt: 60 crore face high to extreme water crisis

Demand to be twice the supply by 2030 Sixty crore people in India face high to extreme water crisis and its demand is projected to be twice the availability supply by 2030, the Lok Sabha was informed on Monday. Answering a question in the Lok Sabha on a study conducted …

Groundwater level down by a metre in city: study

Inadequate summer rain this year and increased offtake take a toll Inadequate rain this year and increased dependence have taken a toll on the groundwater table in the city. The average groundwater level has dipped by one metre in Chennai in June compared to the same period last year, according …

Water's crisis is ours to change

Each drop must bring more crop and more of everything By the time you read this, the crisis will be over. It will be business as usual. Instead of acute and crippling water shortage, the worry will be floods. But the fact is that this relief is temporary. The fact …

DM drafts educational booklet on environment for schoolkids

Bareilly: Having found little information on environment-related issues in the syllabus of schoolchildren, district magistrate Virendra Kumar Singh has decided to draft an educational booklet to address the grave issue. DM said with the commencing of classes in July, booklets would be distributed among children of all government and private …

64 factories in Noida told to revive local ponds

NOIDA: The Gautam Budh Nagar administration on Tuesday held a meeting with 64 industries in the district, asking them to identify, adopt and conserve local ponds as part of their corporate social responsibility. The meeting was chaired by ADM (establishment) Kumar Vineet and attended by members of the Uttar Pradesh …

How water conservation is helping farmers turn a profit

As the Centre figures out ways to achieve its target of doubling farmers’ income by 2022, farmers in some villages have already multiplied their income by conserving every drop of water and making agriculture a profit-making venture, says Radheshyam Jadhav in the fourth of the series for TOI’s Water Positive …

Airport modernisation: panel okays environmental clearance

MoEF’s appraisal committee lays down conditions The Expert Appraisal Committee of the Union Ministry of Environment, Forest and Climate Change has recommended environmental clearance for the Chennai Airport Modernisation Project (Phase-II) that will cost ₹2,476- crore . The decision was made following a detailed presentation of the project by the …

Alkapoor Township to harvest more rainwater this monsoon

Residents of the township have already set up 168 tanks. Hyderabad: Residents of Alkapoor Township, Manikonda will be setting up 85 rainwater harvesting pits to save all the water they can this monsoon. They already have 168 rainwater harvesting pits dug earlier over 358 acres. Prior to 2013, when the …

Hyderabad: Groundwater level dips two-fold in 5 years

Even though water level recovered in 2017, it’s falling due to scanty rains. Hyderabad: Groundwater-level has depleted to 1,000 feet in peripheral areas of the city and by 200 feet alongside the Musi river, according to the officials of the department. Rampant use of around 18 lakh borewells has made …

2 years on, rain centres run dry as city fails to harvest gains

NEW DELHI: To popularise the idea of rainwater harvesting, Delhi Jal Board, in association with an NGO, opened three “rain centres” two years ago. Today, after a promising beginning and at a time when groundwater resources are at a dire level, these centres are barely functional. “The three centres provided …

800 villagers from Wardha pledge to conserve rainwater

Wardha: The air of Jaypur Khadka village in Selu Taluka of Wardha was filled with enthusiasm as villagers welcomed the new JCB land-excavator, the first in the taluka. The event held major significance for the people who have been offering ‘Shramdaan’ — a selfless donation of labour — for conserving …

Water harvesting must for agriculture: CM

Uttarakhand Chief Minister Trivendra Singh Rawat has emphasised on the creation of water corpus like concept which includes flurry of measures for rain water harvesting and effective usage of rain water. The Chief Minister was addressing the inaugural session on three-day Summit on Climate Resilient Mountain Agriculture that started in …

Mobile towers a new source of pollution, says NGT official

Justice Jawad Rahim, acting chairperson of the National Green Tribunal (NGT), raised the issue of the pollution due to electromagnetic radiations emanating from mobile towers. He was speaking at the Regional Conference on Environment at Panjab University (PU) on Sunday, where he described electromagnetic fields as a form of new …

Solar panels, geysers in Patna varsity soon

PATNA: Patna University will soon install solar energy panels on its important buildings and take up rainwater harvesting projects with a view to creating an eco-friendly environment on the campus. PU will also bring out books on indigenous and traditional knowledge and flora on PU campus. These decisions were taken …

Govt may ease green norms to boost affordable housing

NEW DELHI: In its effort to make 'housing for all by 2022' a reality, the Centre has proposed to ease green norms for the building and construction sector where projects up to 50,000 sq metres will not require prior 'environmental clearance'. The environment ministry had last week issued a draft …

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