Report on behalf of Government of NCT of Delhi through Delhi Jal Board in compliance of NGT order dated December 22, 2023. The matter related to a news report (Hindustan Times, November 30, 2023) on arsenic present in groundwater in 25 states and fluoride in 27 states. Fluoride have been …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Safal Bharat Guru Parampara V/s State of Punjab & Ors. dated 17/04/2014 regarding 70,000 tube well connection given to farmers by the State of Punjab. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/79-2014(MApp)_17Apr2014.pdf Previous Orders: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/e-orders.php?eid=6705
With the depleting level of groundwater in localities like Civil Lines, Sadar, Beli, Peepalgaon, Bamrauli, Prayag, Naini and Nayapurwa setting the alarm bells ringing in administrative circles, officials of the groundwater department have taken up an extensive exercise to create awareness on saving water among denizens. The level of groundwater …
The pre and post-monsoon survey report of groundwater department indicating continuous depletion of groundwater in Civil Lines, Sadar, Beli, Peepalgaon, Bamrauli, Prayag, Naini and Nayapurwa areas in the city had set alarm bells ringing in the administrative circles. The level of groundwater had declined on an average 60cm to 1.2 …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Safal Bharat Guru Parampara V/s State of Punjab & Ors dated 05/03/2014 regarding tube wells connection numbering 70,000 which were sought to be given to the farmers by the Government of Punjab. The NGT Order also …
The water table in several districts of Punjab and Haryana has been showing a continuous declining trend in the last four decades. Alarmed over the fall in groundwater, many district administrations have put restrictions on the exploitation of groundwater and made the registration of new tubewells mandatory. The report of …
The rainwater harvesting project across nine upazilas in the district has failed to attract people to the use of rainwater instead of that from tubewells. Around 10 water tanks built by the Department of Public Health Engineering in order to preserve rainwater lies unused for a long time. The tanks …
State Irrigation Minister Janmeja Singh Sekhon today said as many as 112 more tubewells would be made operational for irrigation in the kandi areas of Hoshiarpur, Gurdaspur, Ropar and Nawanshahar districts by April. He said 687 tubewells were already functioning to irrigate 87,500 acres of land benefiting 10,300 farmers of …
Harvesting It Is The Only Way To Keep Capital’s Depleting Groundwater Levels In Check New Delhi: With groundwater levels dipping across Delhi, and really fast in some areas, rainwater harvesting is the one tool the government has to ensure that the city has recourse to some internal source of water. …
New Delhi: On the second day of its crackdown on private tubewells in Sangam Vihar, Delhi Jal Board took over 13 more, taking the total to 35. Residents of the colony took more interest in the drive on Thursday. Some accompanied the inspection team to give information about possible defaulters, …
नई दिल्ली. जल माफिया के खिलाफ दिल्ली जल बोर्ड का अभियान लगातार जारी है। गुरुवार को दिल्ली जल बोर्ड ने दक्षिण दिल्ली में 35 अवैध ट्यूबवेल को अपने कब्जे में ले लिया। जल माफिया के खिलाफ अभियान चलाने के लिए गठित टास्क फोर्स पिछले दो दिनों के दौरान 57 अवैध …
In what is being seen as the first such effort to root out water mafia, the Delhi Jal Board’s (DJB) special taskforce carried out a massive operation in Sangam Vihar and Deoli village in South Delhi. It is the task force’s second recommendation in a week. The first recommendation was …
Plan is under consideration to supply water from Tarbella Dam Reservoir in order to meet the present and future requirements of Sectoral area of Islamabad and Rawalpindi. This project has been planned to bring 655 Million Gallons per Day (MGD) water by the year 2050 in three phases. Currently,water from …
LUDHIANA: After being declared a "critically declared area for abstraction of water" by the Central Ground Water Authority, Ludhiana has bagged the attention of the National Green Tribunal that has sought for immediate attention to the matter. Water level in the city is declining at the speed of 1.08 meters …
Signboards with details of landowner and drilling agency should be placed The Supreme Court has issued certain guidelines to be followed for drilling borewells in order to stop fatal accidents because of unsafe ones. Hence, those who want to drill borewells should get permission, said Collector S. Nagarajan. According to …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Legal Aid, National Green Tribunal Bar Association Vs. NCT of Delhi & Ors. dated 19/12/2013 regarding falling of underground water levels in the NCT of Delhi due to unauthorized extraction of water through the tubewells. Original Source: http://www.greentribunal.gov.in/orderinpdf/108-2013(OA)_19Dec2013.pdf
All drinking water samples taken here by the Health Department last month have failed. All 275 samples of potable water sent for a laboratory test have been found to be below safety parameters. The average rate of failure of water samples in the industrial hub has been between 80 and …
A Bill to regulate and manage the development of groundwater and the matters connected therewith and incidental thereto. This Act may be called the “Haryana State Groundwater Management & Regulation Act, 2013.
Despite being one of the worst examples of depleting groundwater resources in the country, Punjab seems to be oblivious to augmentation efforts to fill in the gap, or so suggests the Union Water Resources Ministry’s data on the Centre’s artificial recharge projects. According to the state-wise details of Demonstrative Artificial …
Around 600 ethnic populations have started enjoying arsenic-free safe drinking water in Kalna village for the first time as two hand- driven tube-wells were commissioned there around one month ago which are capable to provide water round the year. After facing a long lasting trouble in fetching drinking water from …
