Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Naresh Kumar Vs Government of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 13/05/2025. The matter is related to illegal extraction of groundwater in Manakpura, Delhi by the water supply mafia. According to the complainant, one Hemant has illegally drilled a borewell …
Residents of Gbaupe community in Abuja took over control of it's first-ever water supply, ending decades of waiting for potable water. The community of some 9,000 adults and children sprung up after hunters settled there nearly 100 years ago and has been largely cut off from the rise of Abuja, …
The Executive Committee of the National Economic Council (Ecnec) approved a project for water preservation and safe water supply aiming to reduce dependence on groundwater for safe water. The approval for the project, titled Pond/large pond/water bodies in Zila Parishads re-excavation/renovation, with an estimated cost of Tk 3.74 billion, came …
As drought sweeps many countries in Africa, an initiative led by water NGOs supports the use of underground aquifers. But the idea is controversial Despite recent heavy rains, Ethiopia is still reeling from the worst drought to hit the country for half a century, particularly in the livestock-dependent regions of …
Top officials of the forest department inspected the closed Bandhwari waste treatment plant (WTP) and its adjoining forest area, following complaints by environmentalists and residents that leachate from the WTP and its landfill site in the Aravalis flows out continuously, which may soon pollute groundwater of South Delhi, Gurgaon and …
Twenty-four of Australia’s rarest tortoises have been released outside their natural range because climate change has dried out their remaining habitat. The natural range of the critically endangered western swamp tortoise, Pseudemydura umbrina, has shrunk to two isolated wetlands in Perth’s ever-growing outer suburbs, and a herpetological expert, Dr Gerald …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Ashok Kumar Vs. Govt. of NCT of Delhi & Others dated 17/08/2016 regarding illegal operation of a bore well, Sainik Farms, Delhi.
This Report of the Committee deals with the action taken by the Government on the recommendations contained in the First Report (Sixteenth Lok Sabha) on the subject ‘Occurrence of High Arsenic Content in Ground Water' pertaining to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation.
The province of Punjab is the main food basket of India. In recent years, many regions of Punjab are facing acute waterlogging problems and increased secondary salinity, which have negative impacts on food security of the nation. In particular, these problems are more pronounced in the Muktsar district of Punjab. …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has ordered inspection of over 200 industries in Ghaziabad to check if borewells are installed on their premises. The direction came on a plea seeking closure of all industrial units in Ghaziabad and Hapur that extract groundwater illegally. Justice U. D. Salvi ordered the Ghaziabad …
The directions came on a plea by Ghaziabad resident and NGO seeking closure of all industrial units extracting groundwater illegally in the notified area of Ghaziabad and Hapur. The National Green Tribunal has ordered inspection of over 200 industries in Ghaziabad to check if borewells are installed in their premises …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Impact of Groundwater Lever on Drinking Water, 04/08/2016. Ground water monitoring data of CGWB for Pre-Monsoon 2016, compared with decadal mean of pre-monsoon (2006-2015), indicates that out of total wells analyzed, around 65% of the wells are showing decline in ground water levels in …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Storage Capacity of Reservoirs, 04/08/2016. As per assessment made by Water Commission (CWC), live storage capacity of completed projects in the country in 2010 was about 253.388 Billion Cubic Meter (BCM) where as it was around 225.14 BCM in 2004. Thus the storage capacity …
The Standing Committee on Water Resources (2015-16) present the Tenth Report on “Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies- Encroachment on Water Bodies and Steps Required to Remove the Encroachment and Restore the Water Bodies”. The Committee initially took up the subject “Repair, Renovation and Restoration of Water Bodies” in …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Satpal & Ors. Vs. State of Haryana & Ors. dated 28/07/2016 regarding illegal extraction of groundwater by 43 bottling units, Faridabad, Haryana. CGWA has revealed in its reply that CGWA had declared the whole of Municipal Corporation of Faridabad and …
The Central Water Commission will formally protest against a proposal to subsume it into a new organisation. The proposal that resulted from a report — A 21st Century Institutional Architecture for India’s Water Reforms: Restructuring the CWC and CGWB — of a high-powered committee led by Mihir Shah, member of …
India’s ambitious sanitation drive has created a health hazard, with many toilets built cheek by jowl with family water supplies June in Odisha state’s Puri district, and the mercury is hitting 39C. The monsoon is still days away but, when it comes, the Mahanadi river could flood low-lying villages, as …
New research tackles the issue of global freshwater supply by taking a unique approach in quantifying the water that plants release into the atmosphere through a process called transpiration in conjunction with evaporation of water from the soil. Groundbreaking research on global water supply co-authored by Colorado School of Mines …
Coimbatore: The state government's allocation of 24 crore for desilting of Noyyal river has come as a fillip for the river restoration efforts. Environmentalists in Coimbatore say this fund is inadequate given the extent of restoration work that needs to be done to bring the river back to life. Since …
Arusha — The government has allocated Sh476 billion to expand the water supply system in the fast growing city. This was announced over the weekend by the Director General of Arusha Urban Water Supply and Sewerage Authority (Auwsa) Ms Ruth Koya, while she took the newly-appointed Arusha District Commissioner Mrisho …
Pune: Torrential rain over some areas in the last few days has helped soothe the parched state, but experts advise that this will not end the spate of droughts. Those in the know point out that lack of rainfall does not necessarily lead to a crippling shortage of water, but …
