Judgment of the National Green Tribunal, May 27, 2025 in the matter of Sumit Saini Vs Shree Ram Steel Industries & Others. Sumit Saini, resident of village Damla, District Yamuna Nagar, Haryana had sent a letter petition dated May 14, 2022 to the NGT. The application said that around 25 …
This study is an attempt to assess the extent of toxic metals, including Pb, Cd, Cr, Mn and As in groundwater and some cereals collected from Shibganj area of Chapai Nawabganj, Rajshahi, Bangladesh. The chemical results of groundwater show that the mean concentrations of Pb, Cd and Mn exceed the …
An area of 430 km 2 has been contaminated and turned saline due to sea water ingress in the inland aquifers along the tidal river courses and also in low lying marshy areas according to a study conducted by Central Ground Water Board ( CGWB) which was released Monday by …
The environmental restoration of Ogoniland could prove to be the world's most wide-ranging and long term oil clean-up exercise ever undertaken if contaminated drinking water, land, creeks and important ecosystems such as mangroves are to be brought back to full, productive health. A major new independent scientific assessment, carried out …
Standing Committee on Water Resources (2010-2011) present this Tenth Report to Parliament on 'Augmentation of Depleted Ground Water Level, Sustainable Development, Conservation, Management, Use of Ground Water and Prevention of Water Pollution'. The Committee's examination of the subject `Augmentation of Depleted Ground Water Level, Sustainable Development, Conservation, Management, Use of …
Till a few years ago, women of Bisha Bedi village in Rajasthan’s Barmer district hardly slept at night. Throbbing pain in the neck and the back kept them awake till early morning. It was caused by fetching water over long distances. “We used to wake up at four in the …
The objective was to determine whether the installation of deep tube wells to reduce exposure to groundwater arsenic in rural Bangladesh had an effect on the incidence of childhood diarrhoeal disease.
The groundwater chemistry in the shallow aquifers of the coastal zone of Thiruvananthapuram district, Kerala, India have been examined in detail. Results, in general, indicate that the groundwaters is more or less deteriorated.
WITH dwindling natural gas and oil reserves, the world is increasingly looking for alternative sources of energy. Industry people say shale gas is one promising option. It is the natural gas trapped in shale, a type of flaky sedimentary rock. It already accounts for 22 per cent of USA’s gas …
People in the villages around Ratlam are paying a heavy price for living near the industrial town in Madhya Pradesh. Their groundwater has been polluted by over 23,500 tonnes of hazardous waste dumped at two factory premises and other sites in Ratlam. The quantity of toxic waste lying at the …
Whenever a woman in Arnetu village conceives, she, instead of celebrating, goes into a depression with thoughts that the child may be born with a physical deformity. This is the general fear among residents of this village, situated near the Ghaggar in the Patran sub-division of Patiala. They opine that …
Groundwater has played a significant role in the maintenance of India’s economy, environment, and standard of living. India is the largest groundwater user in the world. Through the construction of millions of private wells, there has been a phenomenal growth in the exploitation of groundwater in the last five decades. …
Ground water samples were collected from different locations in and around Tiptur town, Tumkur District, Karnataka and analyzed for their physico-chemical characteristics.
KOLLAM: Even as it is feared that Sasthamcotta Lake is shrinking to death, a recent study by the Kerala Sasthra Sahithya Parishad (KSSP) brings the relief that the State's largest freshwater lake is not in danger of extinction. The study submitted to the State government shows that water level of …
The draft plan 2025 relies on water supply from the Bisalpur dam for Jaipur. For the new satellite towns around the city, the draft plan says the groundwater resources would take care of the needs. At the same time, the draft plan acknowledges that the groundwater in these areas too …
Directional drilling and hydraulic-fracturing technologies are dramatically increasing natural-gas extraction. In aquifers overlying the Marcellus and Utica shale formations of northeastern Pennsylvania and upstate New York, we document systematic evidence for methane contamination of drinking water associated with shale-gas extraction.
ERODE: More than 100 residents staged a demonstration in front of a private textile processing unit in Sipcot premises in Perundurai in Erode district on Thursday protesting against the discharge of untreated effluents into open space. People claimed that the
CHENNAI: A comprehensive groundwater regulatory authority will be established soon to address issues of water quality and availability in Chennai Metropolitan area. The move is aimed at weaning the city's residents away from an unsustainable dependence on groundwater and to impose strict control on the use of sub-surface water. “A …
This latest CGWB report on groundwater scenario in 28 major Indian cities describes the status of water supply and demand, groundwater scenario, feasibility of rain water harvesting, groundwater development strategy, etc. with the help of maps. See Also Report: Groundwater scenario, 2009-10. Report: Investment requirements for urban infrastructure services. Report: …
Groundwater conditions in the multi-aquifer system in the Krishna River Delta, India, were studied through an integrated approach using hydrochemical, hydrogeological and isotopic techniques. This study was taken up because of the reported seawater intrusion into the groundwater system of this agriculturally rich region. The results, of hydrochemistry and environmental …
Excess fluoride in groundwater-based drinking water supply is a growing concern in semi-arid tropical (SAT) regions of India. More than 16 states in India are facing the fluorosis problem. Several southern-peninsular states are experiencing monsoon climate condition, where the rainwater is harvested through tanks and used for agriculture. Presence of …
