Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of In Re: News Item titled "Nayar river is vanishing - a yatra reveals conservation goes beyond science and policy" appearing in ‘The Down To Earth’ dated 03.06.2025. The original application was registered suo-motu based on the news item titled "Nayar …
Anbodu Kochi’s love for the place seems growing bigger and faster. Members of the collective, a social-media based group that shot to fame with its committed relief work for the victims of the Chennai deluge, on Sunday cleaned up eight abandoned ponds in Aluva and Kothamangalam as part of their …
The “all-out” efforts — as repeatedly being claimed by the Devendra Fadnavis-led Maharashtra Government — to reduce the constantly rising suicide rates of distressed farmers in Marathwada seem to be yielding little results. The rate of suicides in Marathwada just does not seem to slow down. In the first month …
This report by the Measure What Matters team examines the current state of corporate and government reporting of water sustainability in India. Businesses, governments and global-level actors all gather data on water resources. However, serving different purposes, their accounting systems are rarely harmonized, which can lead to information asymmetries between …
Mukhya Mantri Jal Swavlamban Abhiyan (MJSA), described as the country's largest campaign of its kind towards water harvesting and conservation in rural areas, was launched by Chief Minister Vasundhara Raje on Wednesday. The campaign, inaugurated by Ms. Raje at Jhalwar, and at other places across the State by the Ministers, …
Looking beyond India's national river Ganga and its tributaries, including Yamuna, the Centre had last week taken up the case of the polluted Mula Mutha river in Pune by finalising a number of river cleaning measures. But other rivers in the country have so far not attracted similar attention. Ganga …
Lucknow: While the state is facing one of the worst farm crises ever, experts who took part in a recent workshop organised by the World Bank and irrigation department, suiggested technologies which can predict drought. "Now the time has come for drought forecasting and the researchers have developed such a …
Expanding green cover; water conservation efforts despite constraints” Amid reports about the National Green Tribunal pulling up officials in Uttarakhand for their alleged indifference to the Ganga pollution, Chief Minister Harish Rawat on Saturday said the State makes the biggest contribution to environment conservation in the country. “We have been …
All 42 rivers covered under the National River Conservation Plan (NRCP) should come under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation (MoWRRDGR) to evolve an integrated approach for conservation of water resources, the finance ministry has proposed. The Cabinet Secretariat has sought the comments …
When a residential complex near Bellandur Junction recently drilled a borewell, they found water at a depth of 1,050 ft. "This is the sixth borewell we got drilled in 10 years. And we are not sure how long water would last in this one," said Ajith Kaverappa, a resident of …
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Notification on Environmental Protection, 22/12/2015. Comments were received from different stakeholders including general public on the draft notification on Standards for Thermal Power Plants (TPPs) issued in April, 2015 under the Environment (Protection) Act, 1986. The Standards for TPPs were finalized also considering the …
'Similar projects likely to be implemented in Western Ghats' Zilla Nethravathi Nadi Samrakshana Okkoota Chief Convener Dr Niranjan Rai alleged that Yettinahole project intends to empty the Nethravathi river and it is an anti-people project. He was speaking while taking part in a protest staged in front of the taluk …
From 2017, thermal power plants across India will have to cut particulate matter emissions by as much as 40 per cent and reduce their water consumption by nearly a third according to this notification by the Union Ministry Of Environment, Forests and Climate Change. The Ministry of Environment, Forest & …
The government has proposed setting up of an independent water regulatory authority and amendments to the Goa Ground Water Regulation Act, 2002 and Goa Irrigation Act, 1973 to manage and regulate utilisation of water resources in the state. In an earnest attempt to conserve, protect and regulate the most precious …
As many as 15 villages of Surguja district will be covered under 'Ground Water Supply Scheme', officials stated. The State Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has sanctioned an amount of Rs 17.4 crore for the plan. As per the scheme, the water from Ghunghutta Dam will be supplied to these …
This report aims to fill a need for the latest thinking on climate change adaptation (CCA) in the Asia-Pacific region, thus the members of the Asia Pacific Adaptation Network (APAN) produced this report titled Emerging Climate Change Adaptation Issues in the Asia-Pacific Region to address pertinent and relevant issues in …
If you haven't installed the rainwater-harvesting unit at your house yet, then cough up a huge penalty from December. The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board has decided to levy incremental penalty on erring property owners. The harvesting unit is a must in houses built on sites of dimension of …
Nagpur: The city that once stood as role model for environment is now seeing its environmental resources deteriorate, be it greenery or lakes. Its three rivers-- Nag, Pili and Pora-- have already turned into sewage carrying nullahs. Experts say the absence of a department of environment in Nagpur Municipal Corporation …
As many as 3,571 rainwater harvesting tanks have been sanctioned as residents of the district have evinced interest in conservation of water. Deputy Commissioner Sandeep Kadam said work on 2,354 rainwater harvesting tanks had been completed at a cost of Rs 24.42 crore. “The tanks are being constructed under MGNREGA,” …
Panaji: Water resources department's (WRD) attractive 50% subsidy since 2009 to harvest rainwater from rooftops has no takers. But a modified approach to recharging ground water has immense scope to catch raindrops, say water conservation experts. WRD had offered individual households and bigger residential complexes up to 50% of the …
