Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Hemant Kumar & Others Vs State of Himachal Pradesh & Others dated 13/05/2025. An application was received by the NGT filed by Hemant Kumar on behalf of all the villagers of Gram Panchayat Salani Katola, tehsil Nahan, district Sirmaur, Himachal …
PANJIM: The High Court of Bombay at Goa, in a public interest litigation, has ordered that the policy on digging of bore wells, tube wells and controlling of activities of water tankers be formulated by April 30, 2014 and implemented from May 1, 2014. A draft policy has already been …
The report by the comptroller and auditor general of India (CAG) for March 2012-13 has pointed out that the provision of more infrastructure like hotels and restaurants to cater to the large number of tourist arrivals is fraught with the danger of drawing excessive ground water by these establishments. It …
The Consumer Federation Tamil Nadu (CONFET) adopted a resolution at its general body meeting held here recently urging the authorities “to take penal measures against industries that are indiscriminately exploiting groundwater without permission.” Project coordinator of the forum T. Arulselvam, who chaired the meeting, told The Hindu that the resolution …
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday set up a committee to draft an extensive plan to deal with illegal extraction of groundwater in Delhi. The bench also directed that meters be fixed wherever tubewells are operating, for measuring usage of groundwater and asked the committee to fix a charge that …
Officials of Noida Authority on Monday held a meeting with realtors to decide the course of action in the cases filed in the National Green Tribunal (NGT) regarding construction around Okhla Bird Sanctuary and extraction of groundwater at various sites. The meeting was held following the green tribunal's August 22 …
Residents of Huran Kotla panchayat in Dharampur block today registered a stiff opposition to a water-boring proposal of a builder, fearing it would lead to drying up of natural sources of water and the sanitation issue in the area. Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department Executive Engineer Hemant Tanwar presided …
Install Pipes To Empty Groundwater; Green Brigade Furious Several real estate developers in Noida continue to extract groundwater despite a blanket ban imposed on it by the National Green Tribunal as well as the Supreme Court. Developers have installed long pipelines to empty groundwater, which is extracted from their sites, …
Many residential and flats’ associations in the city are drilling six-inch borewells, which is illegal. These associations pay kickbacks to zonal MROs, following which the authorities do not go for a site check nor question them when borewells are being dug. In addition, rig owners draw extra ground water and …
SHILLONG: The unhindered drilling of groundwater in Shillong city is posing a great risk to the water levels. With the growth in city’s population and unregulated construction of buildings it has been observed that residents go for drilling of deep tube within their residential compound. As of now, the building …
All private water tankers in the City will henceforth have to mandatorily mention the source of water in their trade licence. As part of the drive to keep a tab on private tankers supplying water, the Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) has directed all the private water suppliers …
Only 50 of the 1.72 lakh borewells in City registered with KGA Two months have passed since the State government issued a notification, making registration of all borewells and permission for sinking of new borewells mandatory in the State. However, so far only 25 drilling agencies in the State and …
The Vellore unit of the Tamizhaga Vivasayigal Sangam (TVS) has appealed to the government of India to roll back the Central Ground Water Regulation Bill. In a protest organised on Monday by the members of the TVS, led by its district secretary C K Dhanapal, the farmers said classification of …
Exclusive jurisdiction of states over water hinders its proper management. Many significant developments have taken place in the past few months regarding water resources management (WRM) in the country. The Supreme Court, in February, gave its go-ahead to the interlinking of rivers and asked the government to ensure that the …
New Delhi: It’s not just groundwater regulations that the Centre is looking at changing. The UPA has proposed an overhaul in the entire water distribution regime by setting up state-level authorities that will decide price for water supply — on the lines of the Commission for Agricultural Costs and Prices …
New Delhi: Groundwater, a precious natural resource, is for all practical purposes private property in India. Anyone can bore and extract water with few rules to restrict over-exploitation. But this could soon change. Plans are afoot to alter laws and regulations to make groundwater a common property resource, whereby communities …
The Karnataka Government plans to regulate reckless ground-water exploitation by bringing private water suppliers under the trade licence ambit. Addressing reporters, the Karnataka Law Minister, Mr S. Suresh Kumar, said for orderly ground-water exploitation, a separate body - Karnataka Ground Water Authority - is being planned. A decision to this …
The revised draft of the National Water Policy has been published online by the water resources ministry for submission of public comments through the ministry’s website and e-mail. The consultations before the preparation of this draft were carried out at places like Pune, Bengaluru, Shillong, Hyderabad, etc. The revised NWP …
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.
Mandatory permits and a cess on groundwater use to irrigate cash crops, run industry or for mining are among the measures proposed by the Government in a draft Bill that aims at conserving groundwater. The Model Bill for the Protection, Conservation, Management and Regulation of Groundwater — which was discussed …
The Kerala High Court on Tuesday made it clear that without technical study report it may not be correct to limit the extraction of groundwater by soft-drink major Pepsi. The order was issued by a division bench comprising Acting Chief Justice Mr C N Ramachandran Nair and Justice Mr P …
