Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Mahesh Chandra Saxena Vs Central Pollution Control Board & Others dated 24/04/2024. The matter related to rain water harvesting systems in Delhi. The NGT directed the authorities to file their response on the following specific points: Number of RWHS erected …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item Published in “Hindustan Times” dated 19.06.2015 Titled “Dirty flows your drinking water” authored by Ritam Haldar” dated 11/09/2019 regarding contamination of ground water in Delhi. The Tribunal in its order of August 30, 2018 ordered the constitution of …
This study assesses the potential of rooftop rainwater harvesting technique in the sustainable development of water resources in the state of Maharashtra. Rainwater harvesting is an ideal solution to overcome water problems where surface water sources are insufficient and groundwater supply is quantitatively and qualitatively inadequate. This method is particularly …
This study assesses the potential of rooftop rainwater harvesting technique in the sustainable development of water resources in the state of Maharashtra. Rainwater harvesting is an ideal solution to overcome water problems where surface water sources are insufficient and groundwater supply is quantitatively and qualitatively inadequate. This method is particularly …
New Delhi: The ministry of urban development and poverty alleviation made rainwater harvesting mandatory in 2001 for all new buildings with a plot size of over100sq m by modifying the building bylaws of 1983. Going by the rules, corporations weren't supposed to issue completion certificates to any building of 100 …
Gurgaon: Midway through yet another excruciating summer, residents of Gurgaon's have come together to install a variety of rainwater harvesting systems in their respective standalone homes and private townships. In this arid region, depleting groundwater and lack of government effort towards harnessing monsoon rainwater has convinced many residents, their efforts …
Indore: Sub-divisional magistrates on Wednesday conducted a check in their respective areas to see if building owners were adopting proper roof-top water recharging measures. A team of officials of the district administration led by SDM Ravish Shrivastava also conducted a check in Shalby Hospital - a private hospital and West …
AHMEDABAD: Sundarji Nandori, 70, of Chatroda in Maliya Hatina in Junagadh is a happy man these days as his daughter-in-law, Priyanka, does not have to go out to collect drinking water. All she has to do is pump it out from an underground water tank that has a capacity of …
Question raised in Rajya Sabha on rooftop rainwater harvesting, 16/03/2015. Also includes details of Statutes/ Rules/ Regulations etc in various States/ UTs relating to Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting.
The scheme is planned for five years The state water resources department has come up with a scheme for rooftop rainwater harvest and groundwater recharge plan meant for urban areas. The scheme estimated to cost Rs 100 crore, is planned for five years. The department has formulated a draft note …
The pre and post-monsoon survey report of groundwater department indicating continuous depletion of groundwater in Civil Lines, Sadar, Beli, Peepalgaon, Bamrauli, Prayag, Naini and Nayapurwa areas in the city had set alarm bells ringing in the administrative circles. The level of groundwater had declined on an average 60cm to 1.2 …
Director, ground water department, Lucknow, Ram Singh on Thursday maintained that as many as 76, 32 and 107 blocks of the state have placed under over-exploited, critical and semi-critical categories in terms of ground water table. There are around 800 blocks in the state. He added that the department has …
To assess water savings in households using efficient devices and to understand how savings vary between different socio-demographic groups in the community, high resolution end use water consumption data is required (i.e. disaggregating water use for showers, toilets, clothes washers and garden irrigation etc.). This paper reports selected findings from …
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 …
To achieve its goal of ensuring water security in the city, the Chennai Metropolitan Development Authority (CMDA) is planning to conduct a detailed audit of the rainwater harvesting system across Chennai. This comes in the wake of Metro Water preparing a contingency plan to ensure uninterrupted water supply to the …
New Delhi: The film grabbed one’s attention. It showed a billboard spouting water out of thin air. It seemed just the answer to the drought in India’s western regions. Though this was a recent advertising gimmick by the University of Engineering and Technology in Lima and Mayo Peru DraftFCB, can …
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has expressed its dissatisfaction over Punjab Urban Planning and Development authorities' short reply on the issue of depleting groundwater in the state. It has now asked all the respondents to file comprehensive replies. As the PIL filed by advocate HC Arora came up for …
In early 2012, journalist Suhit Kelkar, on behalf of the Sir Ratan Tata Trust and the Navajbai Ratan Tata Trust, set out to collect case studies on work relating to water scarcity amelioration in rural Gujarat. He was accompanied by the trusts’ teams on the trip to focus regions in …
The present `Master Plan for Artificial Recharge of Ground Water’ is an effort to assess the total recharge potential available in the country along with suitable designs of structures for such recharge. The Master Plan has been prepared by Central Ground Water Board in consultation with the State Governments, in …
In order to increase the natural ground water resource rain water harvesting and artificial recharge to ground water has become increasingly important in ground water management. The subsurface geology, post monsoon depth to water level and declining ground water level conditions of the State indicate that the area is suitable …
