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 …
ISLAMABAD: Residents of Bhara Kahu and adjoining areas held a protest demonstration on Monday against the persistent water shortage in rural areas of the capital. Hundreds of people carrying placards and chanting slogans against the administration gathered at the main Athal chowk and blocked the road due to which traffic …
Close to the Pandai river that runs along the India-Nepal border lies Bikhnathori. The near-dry river bed is full of pebbles. At some distance shine the Himalayan peaks. This seemingly calm village calls itself orphan. Nepali people across the river call its residents water smugglers. The village in West Champaran …
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today dwelt on the contentious inter-state issues-transfer of Chandigarh, SYL canal waters and the naming of the upcoming international airport in Chandigarh. Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor, he said Punjab
Concerns over the status of freshwater availability in the Caribbean region and in particular the eastern Caribbean states have been expressed for at least the past 30 years. There is a growing realization that availability will be vulnerable to extremes of climate behavior and increasing demand for water. Climate modeling …
Maharashtra’s target is to generate 33,000 MW from 47 new thermal power plants. This is a measure for its power-starved western part; some of it would go to the Nor-thern Grid. Vidarbha, in eastern Maha-rashtra, is power surplus; the region produces 67 per cent of the total power in the …
Decrease text sizeIncrease text size Feb. 25: The public health department officials sent a proposal to the government to release Rs 1.89 crore to implement the summer action plan in the 12 municipalities in the district to solve drinking water problem. Generally, during summer drinking water consumption will increase at …
The Delhi Jal Board was accorded administrative approval on Tuesday for development of a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system at its Bhagirathi water treatment plant. Once installed, the system, to be set up at the cost of Rs 121 crore, will provide real-time data delivery to authorised personnel …
THANJAVUR: Bhabha Atomic Research Centre (BARC), Trombay, is involved in solving the water problem in eight Himalayan sites using isotopes said K. Shivanna, Head, Isotope Hydrology Section, Isotope Application division, BARC, here on Monday. Speaking at the national-level workshop on
Water might be locally renewable, but it is also a globally finite resource with shifting availability. Industry accounts for most of the water used in the U.S., yet industry-specific estimates of that consumption
The revised National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) Guidelines 2009-2012 issued by Rajiv Gandhi National Drinking Water Mission, Department of Drinking Water Supply has shift the focus from
This article links databases on household consumption, industrial production, economic turnover, employment, water use, and greenhouse gas emissions into a spatially explicit model. The causal sequence starts with households demanding a certain consumer basket. This demand requires production in a complex supply-chain network of interdependent industry sectors. Even though the …
BHUBANESWAR: Despite Bhubaneswar being touted as one of the fastest growing among the state capitals, nearly 50 per cent of its people do not have access to pipe water supply. Sounds strange? But out of 60 wards of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, four are yet to be covered and only …
The Capital Development Authority (CDA) has planned to build six small dams in the federal capital to cope with water scarcity that is feared to get worse with the increase in population and development of more residential sectors.
Mumbai: Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM) has suggested the Fire Brigade to make use of water from bore wells and dug wells as part of its fire fighting operations. "Currently, as we are facing acute financial and water crisis so we have asked fire department to make use of …
The purpose of this paper is to: challenge some of the misplaced notions of food security challenges posed by the country; by examining how far water becomes a constraint in achieving food security in different regions; analyze the potential future impacts of problems on nation
