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 …
An acute water scarcity has hit hundreds of residential colonies in the surrounding municipalities with over 2,000 public borewells having gone dry even before the peak summer months. Over 800 new colonies in the peripheral areas, which do not have an underground water supply network, depend on public and domestic …
Ahmedabad: For almost six years commercial buildings in the newly acquired areas in the new west zone of the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) have been denied water connections. These areas include Bodakdev, Thaltej, Vejalpur, Jodhpur gam, Ghatlodiya, Chandlodiya, Ranip and Kali. The issue had been in the backburner for long …
New Delhi: Drinking water is supposed to be one of India’s success stories — the government says it met its Millennium Development Goal on water five years ahead of time, and that its rural drinking water mission has reached every uncovered habitation. Yet Census 2011 data shows that 20% of …
KOCHI: Summer is the cruellest for the people of Kuttanad as drinking water would be the most sought-after thing in Kuttanad. The waterlogged areas of Kuttanad like Chambakulam, Edathua, Kainakary and Thayankari are reeling under acute shortage of potable water. According to the people in Edathua, more than six wards …
The Central Travancore district of Pathanamthitta, especially its hilly tracts, is fast sliding into the grip of acute drinking water scarcity. The summer had an early onset in January. Wells and natural streams in the hilly areas of Ranni, Konni and Adoor started drying up from mid-January onwards, leaving the …
Groundwater levels plummet; dried up wells, boreswells and tanks a common sight A drinking water crisis looms large over Anantapur district. With the monsoon playing truant and the water from the Tungabhadra High Level canal mismanaged, groundwater levels around the district have plummeted to depths unheard of before. Dried up …
CUTTACK: The Orissa High Court on Monday allowed construction of Indian Oil Corporation Limited’s (IOCL) water intake well on the Mahanadi river bed here with the condition of dredging the reservoir zone of the Jobra Barrage and its regular maintenance. A division bench of Justice BP Das and Justice MM …
GURGAON: The city's dependence on groundwater to meet its daily demand has prompted the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) to dig 'shock-wells' in parks, green belts and community buildings in the city. These wells will collect the run-off rainwater and will help recharge the water table. A HUDA spokesman said …
GURGAON: From next week the Haryana Urban Development Authority (HUDA) is all set to crack the whip on illegal borewells in DLF plotted colonies in the city. Confirming the move, the HUDA administrator, Praveen Kumar, said: "Five teams have been set up to identity illegal borewell connections in residential houses …
It will also repair 8,000 borewells across the City Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) is all set to hire over 120 private water tankers, besides using 70-odd tankers owned by the Board to quench the growing thirst this summer. The Board has planned to hire private vehicles for …
Last year, an inspector was assaulted for not supplying water The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) seems to have learnt its lessons from the bitter experiences last summer. It has appointed special officers, mainly assistant executive engineers and assistant engineers, in each division to streamline the water distribution …
The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) will supply Cauvery drinking water to residents on the outskirts of the City from June this year, Minister for Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board, S Suresh Kumar, said on Tuesday. The ongoing Cauvery IV stage, II phase drinking water project will …
CHENNAI: Chief Minister J Jayalalithaa on Saturday announced a comprehensive special package worth `790.18 crore for farmers in Cuddalore and Villupuram districts, the worst affected in Cyclone Thane. While `65.22 crore has been allotted for agricultural crops, `724.96 crore will be givenfor horticultural crops. Around 1.10 lakh farmers will benefit …
A bill to regulate and control the Development and Management of Ground Water and matters connected therewith or incidental thereto.This Act may be called the Chhattisgarh Ground Water (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act, 2012. It extends to the whole of the State of Chhattisgarh.
New Delhi The petroleum ministry has asked Reliance Industries to immediately withdraw its arbitration notice against the proposed move to curtail cost-recovery at its KG-D6 gas fields, saying ‘‘as on date’’, there was no cause for such action. Partha Sarthi Das, director in the exploration divi -ion of the ministry, …
Almost 10 per cent of villages in the state have been freshly earmarked to receive notifications under the Andhra Pradesh Water, Land and Trees Act, 2002. The villages have been identified by the groundwater department here that has asked the state government to strictly check deep-bore drilling in about 2,500 …
Chennai Metrowater will soon start monitoring groundwater level and quality in the expanded areas of Chennai Corporation. It will also intensify rainwater harvesting campaign and assess the impact of RWH structures in the newly-merged localities. The monitoring would help in understanding the groundwater level in those areas where rainwater is …
Study finds 75% of wells contaminated A study of groundwater conducted across the district has found that 75 per cent of the water resources in 22 grama panchayats along the banks of the Kadalundipuzha and the Chaliyar are polluted. Apart from the usual pollutants, the rivers in these panchayats are …
Residents on outskirts of city face danger Residents of the villages on the outskirts of the city have become mute spectators to pollution of lakes and ground water, which they use for domestic purposes and cattle. The pollution is due to sewage water discharged from the nearby quarters into the …
45 wells in Candolim, situated at the base of the Pilerne Plateau are polluted mostly due to discharge of chemicals by industrial units at Pilerne in storm water drains. It was meant to promote industrial development of the region, but the Pilerne Industrial Estate (PIE) has instead promoted animosity among …
