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 …
New Delhi: The Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) has said the only way to augment the depleting groundwater table in the city is through rooftop rainwater harvesting.
New Delhi: Housing societies in Delhi are slowly but surely, and collectively, adopting eco- friendly systems to cut down on the carbon footprint. A new survey commissioned by the Delhi Government studied 1,284 housing societies to see if they had adopted water-saving and energy-efficient measures. The results show the rainwater-harvesting …
The pyramid produces distilled water from harvested rainwater using solar energy Mountain of hope: Women on their way back home after filling water from
A case study has been conducted to identify suitable sites for water harvesting structures in Soankhad watershed, Punjab using information technologies such as Remote Sensing and Geographical Information System (RS-GIS). The IRS-1C, P6 satellite imagery of the Soankhad watershed was used. The various Thematic maps such as land use map, …
Ecosystem services are fundamental for human well-being, and are the basis of rural livelihoods, in particular for the poor. Rainwater harvesting can serve as an opportunity to enhance ecosystem productivity, thereby improving livelihoods, human well-being and economies. Rainwater harvesting has been shown to create synergies in landscape management and human …
Spate irrigation is an ancient form of water harvesting. It is a method of managing unpredictable and potentially destructive flash floods for crop and livestock production. By making water available, it can contribute to increasing the diversity of farming systems where it is found. It is the major source of …
VELLORE: All encroachments on waterbodies in Vellore district will be removed, C. Rajendran, Collector, said here on Wednesday. He was inaugurating a two-day Water Management Training organised by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), South Eastern Coastal Region, Chennai, and the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), Ministry of Water Resources, …
BANKURA, Feb. 25: A Bankura-based NGO has been awarded the 2008 Meghnad Puraskar for popularising science among the rural population in south Bengal. The prestigious award will be handed to My Dear Trees and Wilds at the inaugural session of the State Science and Technology Congress, organised at Burdwan University …
Vellore (TN) (PTI): Tamil Nadu Government has sanctioned a total of Rs 16 crore to four districts, including Vellore, for undertaking fourth phase of rainwater harvesting of irrigation wells. The other districts covered under the fourth phase were Tiruvannamalai, Dharmapuri and Krishnagiri districts, officials said. The rainwater harvesting would lead …
Civic engineers are exploring the possibility of laying an underground pipeline from Subhas Sarobar to the Hooghly, alongside the proposed East-West Metro tunnel, to solve the waterlogging problem in the city proper. Over 20 waterlogging-prone city pockets, from Camac Street to Shyambazar, could benefit from the project, according to the …
A small village called Thangammalpuram, in Vilathikulam Block, Tutucorin District received a national award recently from the President of India, Pratibha Patil, for attaining full sanitation coverage in households, schools, Angawadis, etc., and for outstanding contribution in the promotion of rural sanitation for the year 2008. The award was received …
Mumbai: More than a fortnight ago, a group of 20 young men and women from different parts of the world, embarked upon an unusual journey in three solar plug-in electric Reva cars and an alternatively fueled truck. Their aim: to travel across the country, stopping at unknown villages as well …
Hail those who bail themselves out Move over, Dwalpment. Beyond boom-and-bust cycles, there exists the exponential effect of growing grass to bind the soil, planting trees once the soil is so held, catching every drop of water clouds supply, accounting for every drop of water demanded, and so prospering. The …
Will India still be the world's fourth-largest emitter of carbon dioxide in the New Year? This is one more from our own wish-list that found echoes from corporate India when we asked around. A greener, cleaner India Inc. that actively seeks alternative fuel, invests in rainwater harvesting, works out of …
