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 …
New Delhi: Delhi Jal Board will tap into the city’s massive network of dry tubewells to increase its groundwater levels. It is considering a proposal by the NGO FORCE to study the effectiveness of such tubewells for rainwater harvesting and will use them as demonstration units for the development of …
Draft national water policy (2012) as recommended by National Water Board in its 14th meeting held on 7th June, 2012. The objective of the National Water Policy is to take cognizance of the existing situation, to propose a framework for creation of a system of laws and institutions and for …
China's capital is expected to exceed its historical record of water consumption this summer, local water authorities said Friday. It is estimated that the peak day volume of water consumption in Beijing will reach 2.97 million cubic meters this summer, said Liang Li, a spokeswoman for the Beijing Waterworks Group. …
Reckitt Benckiser (RB) has beaten its lifecycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions target of 20% by 2020 - eight-years ahead of schedule. The health, hygiene and home products company behind the likes of Finish, Vanish, Air Wick and Strepsils, Sustainability Report 2011, released yesterday (May 31), revealed it achieved a 21% …
The federal government has planned to spend Rs 41.2 billion on water resource development including small and medium dams as well as canal channels to enhance irrigation income. The water sector’s share out of the total development budget remained between 16 to 20 percent during the last five years whereas …
The Environment Protection Department (EPD) has devised a legislative framework for Punjab and simplified the procedure for the initial environmental examination. Environment Secretary Saeed Iqbal Wahla said at a seminar titled “Green economy — does it include you’ at a hotel on The Mall on Friday. The seminar was organised …
The overall objective of the Environmental Report Card is to explore citizens’ perspectives on the environment of Bangalore and assess the gap between perceptions and actions by government. In specific terms, objectives of the study are four-fold: Assess the perceptions of the citizens of Bangalore with regard to the key …
A new carbon reduction forum for the pub and hospitality sector has been launched to help businesses beat energy, water and waste price increases and maintain profitability. Set up by carbon management company Carbon Statement, the Hospitality Sector Carbon Reduction Forum aims to share best practice to cut consumption and …
WATER Minister Tony Burke has vowed he will press ahead with a plan to rescue the ailing Murray-Darling river system this year even if it means brushing aside states that refuse to sign up. After the independent Murray-Darling Basin Authority put out its latest recommendations for a national river plan …
Urban Administration and Development Minister Babulal Gaur said it is a noble work to conserve the holy rivers and life giving water bodies while voluntarily labouring for the desilting of Hathaikheda dam on Sunday. Gaur appealed youth to come forward for the noble work of deepening of dam and emphasised …
SRINAGAR: Minister for PHE, Irrigation & Flood Control, Taj Mohi-ud-Din alongwith Minister for Rural Development and Panchayati Raj, Ali Mohammad Sagar today inaugurated the augmentation of water supply from Rangil plant to fort area at Pokhribal water treatment plant which has come at a cost of Rs. 42 crore. Addressing …
The civic administration will soon visit residential societies to urge residents to implement rainwater harvesting technology. With the slow progress of the rainwater harvesting technology, the civic body will also plan hoardings, advertisements and awareness campaigns to advocate residents regarding the project. A senior official said ward level officials would …
Imphal, May 17: Three departments of the Manipur government — public health engineering (PHE), irrigation and flood control and forest — are about to join forces under one policy, set to be initiated by the PHE to conserve the state’s water resources. “A joint meeting of the three departments will …
Premachandran sees attempt to push through neoliberal reforms A high-level consultative meeting and seminar on the draft National Water Policy 2012 here on Wednesday expressed concern over several of its features, calling for a cautious approach and serious thoughts on the actual objectives for amending the existing policy. The former …
Due to the erratic monsoon in 2011 and rising summer heat, Maharashtra's water supply position has come down to 19 per cent of the total capacity of dams in the State. Last year, it was 32 per cent and in 2010, it was 21 per cent. In the water-surplus Konkan …
It is mostly caused by deliberate neglect and designed failure of the way we manage water and land It’s drought time again. Nothing new in this announcement. Each year, first we have crippling droughts between December and June, and then devastating floods in the next few months. It’s a cycle …
SRINAGAR: Minister for Forest and Environment, Mian Altaf Ahmad today asked the executing agencies to gear up men and machinery for effective implementation of prestigious Wullar Conservation Plan, for which Centre has already released the first installment of Rs 56 crore out of a total project cost of Rs 120 …
To refurbish old tail-end sluices and construct new ones Chief Minister Jayalalithaa on Monday unveiled a Rs 1,560-crore project to refurbish old tail-end sluices and construct new ones in the Cauvery delta districts to conserve rainwater during the monsoon and take measures to prevent incursion of sea water into agriculture …
Water woes for Bangaloreans will continue with fresh government data demonstrating that the current level of water supply in India's IT capital is almost four thousand million cubic metre short of the requirement, exposing 22 lakh people to water scarcity every year. Every drop countsThe shortfall is in the prevailing …
The Haryana State Urban Water Policy for 2012 has been notified for prevention of wastage of water and for its conservation. Senior officers of the Public Health Engineering Department said on Monday that the policy has been formulated in the context of the present scenario of high percentage of wastage …
