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 …
While there is growing realization that IWRM policy packages are exploited by various actors, there is inadequate understanding of the integration of these in shaping and reshaping water management. This paper contributes to this understanding by analyzing this policy process using Bayesian network tool from a case study in the …
The residents of several areas in the Palagala Divisional Secretaries Division were facing hardship for want of irrigation facilities to cultivate their paddy fields and arable land. The farmers in Kalugala, Kosgahainna and Ussana villages are the worst affected. They pointed out that the Kalugala tank which was the only …
Being criticised for erratic water supply in several areas of the Capital, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Monday defended itself in the Delhi High Court saying that low pressure water supply in Delhi resulted due to the population explosion in the city. Replying to the notice issued by the …
Cement factories utilise huge natural resources and that includes water. Niranjan Mudholkar met Pearl Tiwari, VP (CSR), Ambuja Cements Ltd & director, Ambuja Cement Foundation to find out what her company is doing different at its several plants.
Has our insatiable hunger for development and unquenchable thirst for water put us at the risk of running out of this resource. The answer is obvious if recent expert surveys that point to fast depleting ground water levels are to be believed.
The government has posed the Rs 1197.60 crore Pabbar gravity drinking water scheme to the World Bank for funding to cater to the water requirement of the state capital for the next 35 years. This was stated by Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Minister Ravinder Ravi in reply to a …
In a move aimed at overcoming water shortage in the Capital, the Delhi government has issued fresh directives to all its departments, local bodies and public sector undertakings to install rain water harvesting systems in their buildings. The government has also modified the building norms making it mandatory for all …
This publication documents the findings of the second phase of the study, which was completed in May 2006. The aim of this phase was to accomplish a wider, continental, coverage of river/lake/ groundwater basins (i.e., building upon the first phase), and expanding the network of researchers. Regional groups of researchers …
Diverting water from the Tigris and Euphrates rivers to supply agriculture, alongside a warming climate, means the once-bountiful region is becoming desert.
Airport operator yet to comply with directive to reuse water the Delhi airport is getting its swanky makeover with illegally extracted groundwater that is used for construction and other purposes. The private consortium operating the airport, Delhi International Airport Limited (dial), is extracting 9 million litres of water a day …
Taking serious note of acute water crisis gripping the state, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot today held a high-level meeting and directed the officials to immediately prepare an emergency plan to cater to irrigation and potable water needs of the state
A 72-inch diameter pipeline, providing water to Karachi from the Dhabeji pumping station, burst near the National Highway due to backpressure after a sudden power outage on the night between Friday and Saturday. The Karachi Water and Sewerage Board (KWSB) chairman said this in a press release issued on Saturday. …
While the state is still awaiting adequate rainfall, most of the lakes, ponds and water bodies are driying up fast. What has made matters worse for the aam admi, mainly farmers, is the erratic power supply beacuse of which the government-owned tubewells have also come to a standstill. Under the …
Delhi Jal Board has no mechanism to check the demand of water in the city, which is the cause of its failure to identify and hence avoid water crisis in the Capital. The problem was highlighted by DJB's UK-based consultant company, Ernst Young, in its study presented to the DJB …
Murders are taking place over water in Madhya Pradesh, including the capital Bhopal, once known as the 'city of lakes' Even as blood is being spilled over water here, parched Madhya Pradesh seeks divine help for rainfall with people trying every trick in their book to please the rain gods. …
