Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
After 102.6mm of rain in three hours on Wednesday, Pune now has an excess of 138.5mm pre-monsoon rainfall in its kitty which will help in increasing the groundwater levels here. As per the weather office data, the city has received the maximum pre-monsoon showers among all the other parts of …
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 …
The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed hefty fines on a number of major hospitals, malls and five-star hotels in the capital that do not have rainwater harvesting systems installed within their premises. The bench observed that these units had not “cared” to take steps to install the systems, despite …
NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: The National Green Tribunal's move to penalize establishments in Delhi for not complying with norms on rainwater harvesting systems is a wake-up call for NCR. In Noida and Ghaziabad, rainwater harvesting systems are mandatory for residential and commercial complexes to be approved. But the problem lies in lack of …
Hospitals Too Pay For Absent, Neglected Device The National Green Tribunal on Monday imposed fines ranging from Rs 3 lakh to Rs 7.5 lakh on several hospitals, hotels and malls for not having functional rainwater harvesting structures in their buildings. It fined these establishments after going through a recent inspection …
Policy Muddle Equally To Blame For Programme's Failure For years the city has drawn more water from the ground than what rain puts back inside. At most places, water is found at more than 50-metre depth. Aware of the approaching crisis, Delhi high court had forced the city government to …
In January 2004, Nizamuddin East became one of the first colonies in Delhi to get rainwater harvesting systems (RWH). Over the years, the colony has not only maintained these structures, but also ensured that the municipal corporation is keeping systems set up in three parks in good working condition. The …
In a Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) report “Success stories of rain water harvesting and artificial recharge of ground water“, which was released in March 2008, the harvesting structures on the AIIMS flyover featured as successful ones. Today, they are a picture of neglect. These recharge structures are covered with …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vikrant Kumar Tongad Vs. Delhi Metro Rail Corporation Ltd dated 27/04/2015 regarding installation of rain water harvesting system in public buildings of Delhi. In this regard the counsel appearing for the DPCC has filed the report …
Even as the Central Ground Water Authority of India (CGWAI) has notified the district as ‘Dark Zone’ due to over exploitation of water long ago, the administration has failed to take any concrete action for the preservation of rain water till date. Due to this, at majority of the places, …
Despite normal rainfall, groundwater tables have failed to recharge. The situation is alarming in 10 districts, including Pune, said Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA) officials. Water was being extracted before being recharged and this could lead to scarcity, officials added. As the state government starts its ambitious task to …
PUNE: Drinking water scarcity may hit many blocks in Pune, Nashik, Aurangabad, Amravati, and Nagpur revenue divisions this summer, a recent survey by Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA) has said. Farmers are already grappling with water shortage for irrigation in various parts of the state. The number of blocks …
A senior BJP leader of Palamu, Parshuram Ojha has written to the Chief Minister Raghubar Das about the drinking water crisis in the district. The BJP leader has urged the Chief Minister to set up a team of officials to know the basic problem. Ojha who is known here as …
The Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation has prepared 4,898 Hydro-Geo-Morphological Maps for ground water prospecting and selecting sites for artificial ground water recharge, the Government informed Rajya Sabha today. In his written reply, Minister of State for Drinking Water and Sanitation Ramkripal Yadav said that the ministry sought the …
Underground water level average recorded at 550 feet The underground water levels have reached record lows, raising fears of a severe water crisis in the district. One of the major causes for the depletion in underground water, according to officials, is the reduction in annual rainfall and exploitation of water …
With water crisis worsening in the city, the Delhi Government has been directed by the National Green Tribunal (NGT) to assess possibility of harvesting rain water on some of the flyovers across the city. A Bench headed by NGT chairperson Swatanter Kumar directed the Delhi Government and the Central Ground …
The National Green Tribunal has slapped a fine of Rs 5 lakh each on Sir Ganga Ram Hospital and Rajiv Gandhi Cancer Institute and Research Centre after a special team constituted by it found that the rainwater harvesting systems were non-functional. Noting that installing rainwater systems was their corporate social …
With Arvind Kejriwal set to become the Chief Minister of Delhi, environmental activists have written to him to remove the Delhi Transport Corporation bus depot from the Yamuna floodplains. Manoj Misra of the Yamuna Jiye Abhiyaan wrote to Mr. Kejriwal on Wednesday saying the DTC is yet to honour the …
Even as government agencies build stormwater drains across the city, SWARAN, a citizens’ network, is teaming up with voluntary organisations to oppose the move. The group claims that such structures do not provide a sustainable solution to flooding. Pointing out the problems caused by road digging in Indira Nagar, Adyar, …
