Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
This Compendium of Environment Statistics 2011 published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is the twelfth edition of its series and covers five core parameters - biodiversity, atmosphere, land/soil, water and human settlements. The Compendium of Environment Statistics 2011 is the twelfth edition of its series, which initially …
Ground water is free. Industries draw liberally from it, to the detriment of human and ecological life around them. A handful of companies are doing their bit to give back what they use, but environmentalists say that is not even the bare minimum, reports Ahona Ghosh This year, villages in …
The safety of the Mullaperiyar dam is not a matter for judicial determination. This dispute is eminently a case for an agreed settlement by amicable talks between Kerala and Tamil Nadu. Talks at the intergovernmental level must be supplemented by civil society moves to bring the people concerned in the …
Addressing the challenges of water management and governance in rural and urban areas, this new IDFC report deals with water politics, leakage of water in urban areas as well as the lack of water recycling mechanisms. Addressing the challenges of water management and governance, the India Infrastructure Report 2011 brings …
In an effort towards the planned and sustainable development of Port Blair town and the surrounding villages which are environmentally sensitive and ecologically fragile, the Hon’ble Lt. Governor has approved the Master Plan for Port Blair Planning Area and the approval is notified in A &N; gazette. The Master Plan …
This is in response to the comments made by Rahul Banerjee (“National Water Policy”, 13 August 2011) and Chetan Pandit (“Alternative National Water Policy: A Critique”, 10 September 2011) on my article “National Water Policy: An Alternative Draft for Consideration” (25 June 2011).
The delay in the widening of the water channel at Bhainibagha Rajbaha has left more than 15 villages in Bathinda and Mansa high and dry.These villages have not been getting water for irrigation and drinking purposes for the past more than one-and-a-half months. The 26-km-long water channel is being widened …
Water security is one of the most important ingredients of the human security as the agricultural and industrial sectors are heavily dependent on water. Externally, it has lead to tensions between India and the neighbouring countries, and given rise to many intra-State conflicts internally. According to the National Commission for …
This new McKinsey report examines how the world's growing demand for natural resources can be met. It also looks at how policymakers need to change their approach to resource management to avoid the risk that enter a period of resource price spikes. A complete rethink of resource management - a …
Increasing population and consumption are placing unprecedented demands on agriculture and natural resources. Today, approximately a billion people are chronically malnourished while our agricultural systems are concurrently degrading land, water, biodiversity and climate on a global scale. To meet the world’s future food security and sustainability needs, food production must …
The currently planned expansion of thermal power generation capacity works out to 1.3 times the existing generation capacity. The geographic distribution of this expansion is highly uneven, showing clustering in certain coal-mining states, and further within districts and regions. By backing independent power producers through comprehensive memoranda of understanding, state …
How does a city-state that has no natural water body, very little groundwater and even less land to store rainwater quench the thirst of its five million people? Singapore faces this question just as one of its 50-year water import agreement with Johor, now a part of Malaysia, expires in …
In August, western Odisha was shut down 13 times to protest the state government’s decision to build three barrages on the Mahanadi river. They are meant to dam surplus water downstream of the Hirakud reservoir to generate 320 MW power, and, as recently announced, to irrigate farms. Not a single …
Focus On Displacement & Loss Of Green Cover New Delhi: So far Delhiites have been concerned with the refusal of environment clearance to the Renuka dam as that means a serious water crisis for the city. Now antidam voices generating from the Nahan district in Himachal Pradesh, home to the …
NOIDA: The water supply in the city is expected to improve after the Noida Jal Board on Monday commissioned a new underground reservoir in sector 63 with a capacity of 1,500 kilolitres. "This reservoir will supply water exclusively for residents of Bahlolpur, a village near sector 63," said an official. …
It is often said that if you see someone in the Lion City (Singa-pura) with oriental features and in good humour, he or she must be either a Filipino or a Filipina. The average Singaporean does not emote freely. They ensure their intentions are not misinterpreted; rarely do they smile, …
With 1.6 crore people, insufficient rainfall and a river that is barely there, Delhi seems destined for water starvation. Yet, even a city like Delhi can stave off the looming crisis if it switches from the spend-now-pay-later consumption pattern.
