Preliminary report of the Amicus Curiae, Swati Mehta in the matter of Priyanshu Gupta Vs State of Madhya Pradesh dated 28/08/2023. The Original Application was registered by the NGT by taking suo moto cognizance based on a letter petition dated April 12, 2023 pertaining to several water bodies (baolis or …
LUCKNOW: If it was Bhagirath who brought the Ganga on the earth in the mythological era, local 'bhagiraths' are restoring the Gomti to its pristine glory in the villages along the river's course. On Sunday, the conservation of the Gomti started in Hardoi with the cleaning of wells in Tulsipur, …
Activists claim nearly 1,000 such plants operate in the area. With the groundwater level in Noida and Greater Noida depleting by over one metre a year as per the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), the authorities have started a crackdown on illegal extraction here. There are anywhere between 500 and …
GURGAON: City's unauthorised colonies will get community water supply soon, a top official said on Monday. "Drinking water supply in Gurgaon's authorised colonies is satisfactory. As for the unauthorized colonies, we've decided to provide water through tankers from now on," said deputy commissioner T L Satyaparkash. The state government has …
AURANGABAD: Untreated municipal sewage and effluents from cities and towns in the state being discharged untreated into rivers is causing 70% pollution of the drinking water sources, a recent assessment by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) has revealed. The CPCB issued directions in April to the Maharashtra Pollution Control …
If everything goes as planned, Kollam could well be the first district in the state to be free of water scarcity. The Kollam district panchayat has embarked on a massive project to artificially recharge wells in the panchayats. The target is one lakh wells and the project is being implemented …
First district in the State to take steps to regulate groundwater usage Though Dakshina Kannada district has a healthy groundwater level, average 11.81 m, the administration has prohibited sinking of private wells, open wells and borewells, within a 500 m radius of public sources of drinking water. For this purpose, …
Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of K.G. Mohanaraman Vs The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board dated 22/04/2015 regarding laying of Super High Tension Transmission (HTTL) from Pugalur to Ottiampakam village in Sholinganallur Taluk, Kanchipuram District, Tamil Nadu passing through the villages of Vembedu …
Five-hundred-and-thirty-six million litres a day (mld) drinking water is what the city will need in the next couple of decades. This estimation has come out in study conducted to arrive at the needs for implementing the Coimbatore Corporation’s Pilloor III drinking water supply scheme. The corporation will draw the water …
In the backdrop of steadily declining ground water reserves in the city, residents have often complained of how indiscriminate digging of borewells have depleted the water table further. The latest complaints have poured in from Marredpally. According to residents along Padam Singh farm and Allahabad Gate, miscreants have dug up …
The coal-rich Belpahar town is facing acute water shortage. A few deep bore wells and tubewells provided by the Belpahar Municipality earlier have been the only means of drinking water for the water stressed public. The locals also get water supplied in tankers by the MCL and municipal authorities, but …
Hyderabad: With a water crisis looming large over Telangana State, the government has taken up a summer contingency plan to ensure drinking water to nine districts, especially where the groundwater levels have plummeted. Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao sanctioned Rs 263 crore and promised to release more funds to meet …
Hyderabad: Though the Central Groundwater Board has identified Hyderabad as one of the top 64 places where groundwater is over exploited, the state government has not yet taken any constructive action. With temperatures rising and the groundwater table falling, illegal drilling of borewells is going unchecked in different parts of …
Groundwater ha s emerged as the mainstay of irrigated agriculture in India. However, ineffective institutional arrangements for its management have resulted in both groundwater over-exploitation and wasteful use of energy. To address the dependence of groundwater use on energy, suggestions have been made to adopt solar-powered irrigation pumps. It is …
People threaten to intensify agitation Local residents are protesting against acid pollution from a jewellery manufacturing unit at Cheruvathery, near here. Around 100 wells near the unit have been polluted allegedly from the acid used in the jewellery manufacturing unit. The residents complained that though they had sent the water …
The National Green Tribunal today directed Delhi Gymkhana Club to pay Rs 10 lakhs to North Delhi Municipal Corporation (NDMC) for operating five borewells in its premises and "illegal" extracting of groundwater. The Tribunal had, on August 22, asked the Club to pay a penalty of Rs 5 lakh for …
A prolonged dry spell, dwindling storage in most of the drinking water reservoirs, a steady increase in the inflow of visitors and the fast approaching summer tourist season has forced the civic administration in this vacation destination to take precautionary measures. The water levels (in feet) in the reservoirs in …
Residents of Keezhmadu, where groundwater has been found contaminated with ammonium perchlorate, will get 500 litres of water every day to meet their daily requirements, District Collector M.G. Rajamanickam has said. The Collector, who visited the affected area on Tuesday, has also ordered a health screening on Sunday for residents. …
In what seems to be a contradiction of sorts, the municipal commissioner is keen on reducing groundwater usage, while the civic body has continued digging new borewells to quench the thirst of the city. Available figures reveal that Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has dug nearly 43 borewells in last five …
Earlier works have revealed that Bangalore city predominated by migmatites, granodiorites and intrusive granites, in general does not carry potential fractures beyound 280 m depth. However, bore wells are being drilled in the peripheral parts beyond 300 m. This unconfined and part of the semi-confined aquifers having gone dry, bore …
The picturesque La Boca district draws hordes of tourists to stroll down its narrow streets lined with colourful buildings and eat at outdoor restaurants. Now it has a new, unwanted claim to fame- The Riachuelo River that flows through the neighbourhood has been named one of the planet’s 10 dirtiest …
