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 …
To encourage the use of renewable energy in the state, the National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (NABARD) has decided to set up 2,000 tubewells based on solar energy. Farmers who opt for it would be provided with 40 per cent subsidy. NABARD today organised a workshop relating to …
Farmers opposed drive against sewage farming undertaken by district administration near Shahpura here on Sunday. They pleaded that their vegetables had been checked by the health department and were found suitable for human consumption. Around 50 families own 100 acres of land in the area. About 10-12 acres of vegetables …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Vijender Singh Vs. MoEF & Ors. dated 01/12/2014 regarding extraction of underground water, Haryana. The Tribunal also directed the Administrator of HUDA to file an Affidavit clearly stating as to whether it is supplying water to …
NEW DELHI: The Punjab and Haryana High Court has asked for Haryana government's response to a PIL alleging rampant illegal extraction of groundwater in Gurgaon allegedly because of nexus between builders and urban development officials who sanction new structures without proper municipal water connection. A bench of Ashutosh Mohunta and …
The state this year witnessed a deficit monsoon to the tune of 50 per cent. Since most of the irrigation in the state is dependent on rains, farmers have come under enormous fiscal stress owing to poor rainfall. The farmers had to spend an additional amount of Rs 5,000 to …
The Delhi High Court on Thursday directed the Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to monitor the supply of water to Dwarka sub-city by installing flow meters in the command tanks, which get water from tube wells. The Court was informed that water supply in the area had not improved despite the …
A third of the poorest urban population had exclusive supply of drinking water in 2012 against 28.5% in 2008-09 Accessibility to potable water improved for the poor in the country between 2009 and 2012, particularly in rural areas, said a National Sample Survey Office (NSSO) report. Around 27 per cent …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Safal Bharat Guru Parampara Vs. State of Punjab & Ors. dated 11/08/2014 regarding the State of Punjab giving free electricity to the farmers and plantation of Eucalyptus trees resulting into inordinate consumption of the ground water reserves. Previous Orders
ALLAHABAD: Twelve localities of the city are sitting on infectious disease keg owing to lack of proper chlorination of water supplied by Jal Nigam. The gravity of the situation can be realized by the fact that in seven areas chlorination is being done only once a month. A recent random …
Area Hit Hard By Ban On Private Tankers While political parties take their time to figure out when to hold elections, Dwarka residents are paying the price for the absence of a government in the city. The area is getting only a third of the water required for the plus …
In order to benefit around 1.35 lakh residents, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) today commissioned the 7.8-million litre capacity Qutubgarh Underground Reservoir (UGR) and Pumping Station. This is an important step in providing piped water supply to the residents living in unplanned areas. The commissioning of the project is aimed …
A bloody clash between two groups of farmers in a Jind village over sharing of canal water left one person dead and six seriously injured. As per information, Muana village under Safidon police station of this district received canal water on Wednesday evening after nearly 10 days. In the absence …
Around 15 thousand indigenous people living in 80 punjee (betel plantation) villages under seven upazilas of the district are suffering from crisis of safe drinking water. In absence of tube-well in the areas, these people, mostly betel farmers, have to use salty water drawn from over 170 wells they dug …
Highly ambitious water grid project on Ganga and Son rivers has received the much needed fillip since the Center had green signaled it about a month ago. The expert committee from IIT-Rurkee has submitted its report and now the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DWSD) is on the verge …
At least 428 people have been detected with arsenicosis, a slow poisoning disease leading to various complications, as massive arsenic contamination affects underground drinking water in different areas of the district. Of the over 1,45,250 tube-wells installed in nine upazilas of the district to lift water from underground, 62,119 tube …
Collapse of canal system much to blame, applications for tube wells mount With the century-old canal system collapsing, farmers are being forced to draw more and more groundwater for irrigation. Owing to sheer apathy of the authorities, a number of canal distributaries in Amritsar and Tarn Taran have not received …
LUCKNOW: The groundwater level of Lucknow continues to deplete at an alarming rate due to unregulated and excessive extraction and relentless concretization of green zones. According to a latest report from the groundwater department, the average drop in the past year was around 84cm in comparison to 73cm in 2010-11. …
To ensure availability of pure drinking water in rural areas of Chhattisgarh, one lakh new water connections will be given in one month under the Nal-Jal Supply Scheme by launching a special campaign. Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) Minister Ramsevak Paikra, in the State-level meeting of departmental officers has directed …
