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 …
by Kari Lydersen WATER management is serious business in areas, where precipitation is scarce, irrigated agriculture is a major industry and new housing subdivisions spread across arid landscapes. "If you can't measure it, you can't manage it," water officials are fond of saying. But measurement
Groundwater, which has emerged as India's prime adaptive mechanism in times of drought, will play a crucial role this year since the aquifers were recharged in 2006-08. The impact of the drought of 2009 will therefore be less severe than the drought of 2002. Beyond the immediate response, we need …
A multilateral lender-funded project with a cost of $107.3 million has been undertaken to help improve flood management, drainage, water conservation and irrigation in the rural Bangladesh. Around 1.7 million people are expected to directly get benefit from the project that will be implemented through 230 subprojects across the country, …
KOCHI: The groundwater Department is upbeat as the rain water harvesting programme introduced in the State four years ago has started yielding positive results with the groundwater level in several parts of the district showing signs of improvement. In Ernakulam district, the department had bored 62 observatory wells in the …
Lux Lakshmanan Food security in India is getting more and more dependent on annual monsoons. In a year of low rainfall, a large section of the people, especially those below the poverty line, have to depend on subsidised government food rations. If this situation continues, the country will be stressed …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Gandhinagar: The state capital which is the highest per capita water consumer among 20 major cities of the country will now have to conserve rain water. The government, in the new master plan which is being prepared for Gandhinagar, has decided that it will be mandatory …
It is time we began to live differently. But if you believe that governments and power and water utilities can bring about that change, you need to think again. The change has to begin with us. We have to be the change without governments telling us what to do. Without …
To promote water conservation in Bihar, the State Government would soon enact a law making rainwater harvesting mandatory in urban areas. The Bill would make it mandatory for every household in urban areas to build an underground water tank to store excess rainwater harvested from the rooftops of multi-storeyed buildings …
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Tuesday spoke of an eight-point programme of her government that would help preserve natural resources and also serve as a code of conduct for the citizens of Delhi. Inaugurating a conference on
Water is one of the most valuable resources. The agriculture sector is the largest consumer of water resources in the developing countries. Assured supply of water is necessary for sustainable agriculture.
A two-day training programme on micro irrigation was conducted at the PAU department of soil and water engineering here in which participants from the department of soil and water conservation, Punjab, participated. Dr PK Gupta, dean, College of Agricultural Engineering, who was the chief guest, said the use of drip …
Forest ponds will be constructed to check the depleting groundwater and to harvest rainwater in Himachal Pradesh, state Forest Minister J.P. Nadda said Sunday. He said the 'van sarovars' or forest ponds will be constructed under the NREGA (National Rural Employment Guarantee Act) programme. "These would help check depleting water …
Lalitpur sub-metropolis has allocated five million rupees this year for the conservation of water sources in the area to minimise the shortage of drinking water. Due to excessive use of underground water in Lalitpur, most of the stone taps, ponds and other sources of water have dried up. The office …
