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 …
Daily Shortfall 24% In Delhi, 17% In Mumbai Water scarcity is fast becoming urban India’s number one woe, with the government’s own data revealing that residents in 22 out of 32 major cities have to deal with daily shortages. The worst-hit city is Jamshedpur, where the gap between demand and …
Government of Himachal Pradesh notified the state water policy during the year 2005. Rapid increase in demand for water due to population growth, urbanization, industrialization, changing life style and climate change have resulted in increased pressure on water resources. Keeping in view the aforesaid factors, the Ministry of Water Resources, …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid, National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs NCT of Delhi & Others dated 03/09/2013 regarding groundwater levels in Delhi and the operation of unauthorized and illegal tubewells.
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of Kachchh Jal Sankat Nivaran Samiti & Ors Vs State Of Gujarat & Anr regarding allocation of water from Sardar Sarovar Project to the District of Kutch dated 15/07/2013.
With pipe bursts and leakage becoming a routine problem, water supply to the city has fallen drastically. According to the latest data provided by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA), water supply to the city stands at around 140 million litres a day (MLD), a reduction of around 25 MLD from …
Planning Board alarmed over heavy contamination, poor quality The groundwater level in South Delhi has plunged to an alarming 66.7 metre at its deepest, the second-worst in the whole of the National Capital Region after Alwar (79.75m). Parts of South-West and West Delhi have also reported the highest salinity levels …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Rajiv Narayan Vs Union of India & Ors regarding industry's management of water and related issues dated 02/07/2013.
In spite of substantial investment by the Government of India, the country’s irrigation and drainage sector finds itself plagued with numerous concerns. The current productivity and efficiency levels, as well as economic returns, are all lower than expected. In light of the growing stress on natural resources and the threat …
Liabilities of tank drivers piling up for 4 years KATHUA: The PHE Department’s failure to release the payment of private water tankers amounting to Rs 1 crore in Kathua district who in turn have stopped the supply of pottable water on credit basis coupled with breaking down of over 25 …
The 2012 drought in Maharashtra's Marathwada region was mainly the result of lack of good water governance and poor operation of watershed development and irrigation projects. A policy that restrains sugar cane cultivation and modernises all types of water resource development works will go a long way in ensuring that …
The City Municipal Corporation has asked citizens to go for rainwater harvesting structures, as it faces acute water crisis. Interestingly the Corporation’s main office at Kottai does not have such a facility. Though two structures were available on the one-acre premises, both were not in use for the last several …
In a setback to Tamil Nadu, the Cauvery Supervisory Committee on Wednesday turned down its demand for release of water from Karnataka as of now citing deficit in inflows and low storage levels in reservoirs in Karnataka. The secretary-level panel will, however, review the situation again in the first week …
Gandhinagar:Having spent lakhs of rupees, the state government has shelved its move to come out with an industrial water policy. The shelving came after the leading management consultancy firm PricewaterhouseCoopers Private Limited failed to prepare the draft after having worked on it for three years. A number of presentations made …
The short-term kuruvai crop will be given a miss this year too with the supervisory panel set up to look into the implementation of final award of Cauvery Water Disputes Tribunal rejecting theTamil Nadu government's demand for water from Karnataka reservoirs. The meeting, convened by Union water resources secretary S …
The World Bank has released a series of publications on the importance of tackling the growing interlinkages between energy and water, as part of an initiative titled "Thirsty Energy." The brief, working paper, and initiative summary suggest that the already critical dependence of energy and water is likely to become …
At the fifth meeting of the Upper Yamuna River Committee on Tuesday, Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit reiterated her demand for a greater share of water from Haryana and Uttar Pradesh. With the onset of summers and the accompanying water shortages, Dikshit requested the cooperation of both the Centre and basin …
Apprehensions are rife over the amount of water to be supplied by the Kerala Water Authority to the city once the Rs 201-crore Maradu Water Treatment Plant is commissioned. As per the original detailed project report (DPR) 52 per cent of the water recycled at the treatment plant with a …
As Bangalore reels under severe water shortage, the ambitious plan of Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) to ensure that houses in City adopt Rain Water Harvesting (RWH) seems to have fizzled out. Even though the government made it compulsory in 2011 for all buildings above 2,400 sq ft …
The amount will be spent to sink 59 borewellsin different parts of the town The Erode Corporation has received a sum of Rs. 1.70 crore from the State government to improve the water supply provisions and ensure adequate supply to the residents in the town. The sum, according to Mayor …
Authorities Deploy 136 Additional Tankers Pune: Shortage of drinking water has intensified in parts of Western Maharashtra with 1,026 villages in the four districts now dependent on tankers to meet their daily requirement of drinking water. The list of parched villages is only getting longer with the divisional commissioner’s office …
