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 …
The Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) has released a report, titled 'Cooperation for a Water Wise World: Partnerships for Sustainable Development.' The report will serve as an input to World Water Week, taking place from 1-6 September 2013, in Stockholm, Sweden, on the same theme. The report includes an introduction, …
The Centre for Integrated Urban Development (CIUD) has established a Rainwater Resource Centre on the premises of Nepal-Japan Children’s Library in Lainchaur. The centre, which has received funds from the UNDP and Nepal Coca Cola Company, wants to present rainwater harvesting and recharge as a viable technology to tackle water …
Manipal University, which is known for its green initiatives, has bagged the Golden Peacock Environment Management Award for the second consecutive year. Union minister for petroleum and natural gas M Veerappa Moily conferred the award on the varsity at the 15th World Congress on Environment Management held in New Delhi. …
City Reels Under Shortage; UP Groundwater Bill Still Stuck In The Pipeline Lucknow: Pending for almost eight years now, the state’s groundwater conservation bill is still dragging its feet in government corridors for enactment. Even as UP’s groundwater table is constantly declining at an alarming rate, the government seems to …
13 tanks declared abandoned are puddles of stagnant water where garbage is dumped daily Scroll down the Facebook page “Namma Madurai” and you will see it is filled with posts and pictures from its 10,000-odd members highlighting what the city has to offer. While some members have uploaded pictures of …
The city corporation may focus on the protection of water bodies, heritage conservation and improvement of drainage system in the second phase of the Jawaharlal Nehru National Urban Renewable Mission (JNNURM). The local self-government department on Monday directed all beneficiary cities to submit a detailed project report of their plans …
Judgement of the Gujarat High Court in the matter of Citizens Resource & Action Initiative (CRANTI) Vs State of Gujarat dated 10/07/2013 regarding farmer suicides in Gujarat. This Application in the nature of a Public Interest Litigation has been filed for financial compensation of Rs. 5 lac to be paid …
Wiser from the disaster, the Uttarakhand government has decided to make ecological health an indicator of the state’s growth. In a statement released Friday, the government stressed the need to focus on Gross Environment Product as a critical indicator of the state’s growth and prosperity alongside GDP. “The state will …
Central Circular Doesn’t Specify Action If Deadlines Aren’t Met The Union ministry of environment and forests (MoEF) wants environmental approvals for building and real estate projects to be granted within three-and-a-half months of the plans being submitted to the state bodies responsible for clearing them. All projects involving built-up area …
The much-hyped Ganga and Yamuna Action Plans, part of the National River Conservation Plan, are facing serious hurdles due to a fund crunch. While the country needs 38,000 million litres a day (MLD) of sewage treatment capacity, at present, it is only 12,000 MLD. The environment ministry does not have …
Move is aimed at check-mating mafia which has been mining sand unchecked from rivers and lakes The Karnataka government has proposed a new sand policy to check the operations of the sand mafia. This will replace the present one formulated by the previous BJP government. Announcing this at the weekend …
Efforts, finally, seem to be are on to save and revive the fast-disappearing Arkavathy river, with the Waterman of India, Rajendra Singh, working with the State government in this regard. The Magsaysay awardee, Singh, was in the City on Friday, to hold talks with the government and chalk out a …
Alternative water supply schemes to be ready within a year The State government has made an allocation of Rs.24.8 crore for conserving and protecting the Sasthamcotta freshwater lake. The declaration was made by Additional Chief Secretary V.J. Kurien in the presence of Chief Minister Oommen Chandy at a meeting held …
While the country like India does not lack adequate rains for agricultural and domestic use, it certainly lacks methods of how to tap water and conserve it from monsoon to monsoon. Mahendra Modi, a UP-cadre IPS officer, spoke at length on this subject at a function organized by a city-based …
In an effort to spread awareness about conserving groundwater level and proper utilization of rainwater for storage, the groundwater department has chalked out a fresh strategy inducting educational institutes and a mass awareness campaign to spread the message of water conservation from second week of July. Claiming that residents of …
If everything goes well, six panchayats in Thrissur district will face no more shortage of drinking water for at least five years, thanks to the water management committees which are operational in these places. In a novel initiative, Mala, Kadukutty, Pariyaram, Mattathur, Meloor and Koratty panchayats have formed village-level water …
It appears to be yet another wasted monsoon for the State. The State government and local self-government institutions have done precious little to conserve the monsoon rain received this year. The State government and civic authorities seem to be going slow on enforcing the provisions for rainwater harvesting in the …
State Minister for Water Conservation Nitin Raut says the government will have to make major policy corrections to tackle the water crisis, which is not just confined to drought in 15 districts of the state. Raut also points out it is time the government came up with a comprehensive water …
The state government will allot 25% of its budget every year for the next three years for projects to solve water scarcity in Maharashtra, said chief minister Prithviraj Chavan in Satara on Sunday. About Rs 30,000 crore will be earmarked in the budget and the state will seek a matching …
An innovation in dryland farming has brought in much-needed relief to Karnataka’s sagging agriculture sector. thanks to Bhoo Chetana (soil enrichment), a cultivation technique initiated by the state government in 2009, productivity has shot up by more than 20 percent in dryland yield. After Rajasthan, Karnataka has the largest dryland …
