Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item Titled "Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s Golconda Fort Cries for attention appearing in ‘The Siasat Daily’ dated 25 May 2025". The application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled “Neglected Katora Houz in Hyderabad’s …
Cleaning Yamuna on the pattern of the Thames requires constant investment for building and maintaining infrastructure, a committee appointed by the Supreme Court has said in its interim report. It also said that the cost of the operations should be recovered from those polluting the river. The apex court is …
THE 1960 Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan has "perceived disadvantages' to India because "something went wrong initially' and possible reviews could be examined, said minister for water resources Saifuddin Soz. Answering a volley of questions on the Indus Water Treaty during a
The Delhi high court asked the vice-chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to appear in person in court on the next date of hearing for not assisting the monitoring committee in clearing the illegal encroachments on the bank of Yamuna. A bench comprising of acting Chief Justice Vijendra Jain and …
Despite crores of rupees being spent on the Yamuna, pollution in the river has not decreased by significant levels, recent report prepared by Central Pollution Control Board has said. The Board has also warned that an increase in the supply of water to Delhi for the Sonia Vihar Plant is …
Classifying Goa as one of the 20 "most high risk sites" for an oil spill along the country's coastline, the ministry of earth sciences has now developed a computer simulation model to track oil spills and to predict the areas it would hit.
The First Bench of the Madras High Court, hearing a batch of petitions relating to the discharge of untreated effluents into the Noyyal river, is contemplating imposing a fine on the dyeing and bleaching unit owners. The Bench, comprising Chief Justice A.P. Shah and Justice K. Chandru, pointed out that …
The much-touted attempt to clean the Yamuna's 22-km stretch through the Capital and turn it into another Thames has come a cropper, after sinking almost Rs 100 crore per km in what passes as a river. In a startling revelation, the Supreme Court-appointed committee revealed on Thursday that nearly Rs …
In future, big users of groundwater, including farmers, may have to pay more for extracting groundwater while the economically weaker section of the society and small farmers likely to be charged a subsidised rate. The 12th National Symposium on Hydrology with focal theme of "Groundwater Governance: Ownership of groundwater and …
The Himachal Pradesh State Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board recently issued a notice to a company executing the 70 MW Budhil Hydroelectric Project under the provisions of the Air (Prevention and Control of Pollution) Rules to stop work but the company has so far failed to comply with it. …
While Indo-Pak experts are to meet in December to decide on the coordinates for a joint survey of Sir Creek and adjoining areas, hydrographers from both sides will be meeting earlier on November 25 to discuss options for delimitation of the maritime boundary. Carrying forward a joint sample survey of …
Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia today called for appropriate pricing for groundwater extraction, saying that the commission was examining the issue of levying cess on users of groundwater for non-drinking purposes and commercial use like the bottled water industry, especially in over-exploited areas. This cess could be utilised …
In a novel way to check factories from flushing waste into a river, it has now been made mandatory for industrial units in the Baddi and Barotiwala industrial towns of Himachal Pradesh to build fish ponds. The treated waste water flowing out from each factory in these towns will now …
Deputy Chairman of Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday urged the Water Resources Ministry to build a consensus on levying cess on ground water extraction to address the problem of overuse and scarcity of ground water. The resources generated from the cess could be utilised for recharging ground water. …
Thousands of farmers violated prohibitory orders at Rawatsar in Hanumangarh district on Tuesday to enter the town and start a siege to press their demand for release of the stipulated quantum of irrigation water in the Phase I area of the Indira Gandhi Canal Project. The authorities, who had brought …
One report after another over the last decade has documented the degradation of the world's oceans and predicted a catastrophic decline in important fish species. But in terms of sheer gloom none compares to a recent study in the journal Science. It asserts that the progressive unraveling of entire marine …
Alarmed over the rapid decline in the water table across the country, Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia has asked State Governments to impose cess on extraction of groundwater. He favoured amending the law making water a national asset, instead of an individual's right. A committee under Kirit Parikh, …
Apprehensive of the fact that the Government may reduce the irrigation water for farmers coming under the second phase of the Indira Ganghi Canal, under pressure from the farmers in the first phase, the former have launched their counter-agitation. These farmers on Monday organised dharnas at all the major mandis …
The dipping groundwater level in the city continues to be a cause of worry. The Economic Survey of Delhi, released by Delhi Finance Minister AK Walia on Tuesday presented the sorry state of groundwater level in the Capital. The survey provides analytical data for a large number of sectors like …
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