Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Are missing palm trees causing more lighting deaths in Bihar appearing in ‘The Times of India’ dated 29.05.2025". The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Are missing palm trees causing …
Sunita Mishra New Delhi: As the country waits with bated breath for a normal monsoon this year, experts believe that not only India, but the whole South-Asian region at large, has not realised the gravity of falling water tables and is yet to frame a comprehensive law on water management. …
T. N. Narasimhan India's recently announced Water Mission provides a rare opportunity for informed public debate to formulate a national water policy to unify the country in equitable use of the vital resource. On May 28, 2010 the Prime Minster's Council on Climate Change, with Dr. Manmoan Singh being present, …
In 6 Yrs, State Has Signed 102 Deals With Cos For Production Of Steel, Power Etc Raipur: A tussle between the Chhattisgarh government and the Ministry of Environment and Forests (MoEF) over an elephant reserve has reached the Prime Minister
New Delhi: The groundwater levels in the city are plunging to such an extent that many parts of Delhi have already gone dry. Largescale exploitation of groundwater has led to a colossal problem of water availability in the city. The only viable way to preserve it, or at least replenish …
Try economic pricing to save water Water, water everywhere, and so many committees to deal with it. On top of so many ministries and committees that think about water, the government has decided that India needs a Water Mission. Apart from the water resources ministry, the ministries of rural development, …
This report summarizes the good practices that were culled from a case study series on successful Asian water utilities. The case studies presented objective, accurate, and critical analyses of urban water management practices in eight Asian cities over a 10-year period. Other local leaders throughout the developing world can use …
Utkarsh Anand As groundwater depletes in the Capital at an alarming rate, Delhi is all set to have its own regulatory body to combat the twin problem of paucity of water and illegal extraction of groundwater. The new policy will be notified next week. A Delhi government affidavit, submitted in …
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Count your drops like you count your money for water auditing is coming! A strong plea was made for enforcement of a stricter regimen on water use for countrymen through both by legislation and societal pressure by a group of scientists, academicians, activists and policy makers who …
K. Palanisami. COIMBATORE: As much as 85 per cent to 90 per cent of the total water is used for agriculture. Hence, when one speaks of water management, the focus is only on agriculture. Even if 10 per cent of water is saved, 14 million hectares will benefit additionally, says …
Around the world, global water problems continue to grow, adversely affecting people, prosperity and national security. This policy brief examines the scope of the problem and identifies a number of important policy considerations for addressing the issues related to this complex matter. While the management of the world
Jamshedpur: The ongoing water crisis in Mango has left residents parched, but has proved a boon for casual labourers who are busy earning some quick money, ferrying water to homes in the area. And helpless residents are shelling out the cash, as its either that or going without a drop …
Having collected Rs 625 crore as revenue in the last fiscal, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) on Thursday approved its total annual budget of Rs 1,624.37 crore for 2010-11. The revenue collections of the DJB have increased by Rs 180 crore as compared to 2008-09.
This new UN report says that funding for water & sanitation has declined as a share of overall development aid and informs that improved access to sanitation & water produces economic benefits that range from $3 - $34 per dollar invested. The UN-Water GLAAS 2010 report attempts to provide a …
In the simplest terms, water stress occurs when the demand for water exceeds the available amount during a certain period or when poor quality restricts its use. A March 2010 report by World Bank
TANNERIES in and around Chennai are dumping about 3,000 kilolitres of waste per day into the city's water- ways and the Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board is working out strate- gies to make the units adhere to zero discharge, according to R Ramachan- dran, member secretary, TNPCB. At a seminar …
This document respond to the need to integrate climate risk-based approaches, which address climate variability and climate change, within water policy frameworks. It aims to provide guidance on how resilience and adaptation can be integrated into national-level policy and programmatic planning in the water sector. It is also for donor …
Negotiate is a vital new resource for those interested in designing, leading, or participating in negotiation and consensus building on sustainable water resources management. Water practitioners are increasingly called upon to negotiate workable agreements about how to best use, manage and care for water resources. Negotiate makes the case for …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government will take up management of water resources through public-private partnership following the new water policy announced in the State recently. The State Water Resources Department also intends to accord the highest priority to rainwater harvesting. Announcing this at a workshop on integrated water resource management here …
The Government of Bihar will adopt a radical shift from predominantly engineering-based solutions to local community-based water and sanitation management solutions. That is, a shift towards community-level empowerment and responsibility for their own water and sanitation management .This involves a combination of
