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 …
Growing population, industrialization, agricultural practices and urbanization have increased the water demand and hence the quantity of wastewater (ww). Availability of drinking water, including different components of daily per capita demand in developing countries, is becoming a serious issue to manage. To fight with growing water stress, reclamation and reuse …
Shimla: Groundwater resources in some highly stressed areas are being overexploited even after the enactment of the Himachal Pradesh Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act because of the failure of the government to notify such areas. Last year, a study was conducted to ascertain the existing status …
Ludhiana: Usually, environmental issues are at the bottom of the priority list of elected representatives, but Avinash Rai Khanna, BJP MP from Hoshairpur, claims to be different. At a recent visit to Ludhiana, he urged people to save one litre of water each. While the timing may reek of politics, …
Environmental audit was conducted in a small scale electroplating industry located at Ambattur in Chennai. The unit is engaged in hard chrome plating on various automobile components.
Soil infiltration and resistance to flow offered by soil and crop has a major influence on the entry of water below the soil surface in border-check irrigation. They are the key factors affecting the design of border-checks and need to be determined accurately. However, they change over the course of …
Rice-wheat cropping system is most popular among the farmers in eastern Indo-Gangetic plains of India. The adoption of reduced and zero tillage seed drill of rice and wheat can improve the timeliness of sowing and help farmers. Keeping this in view ZTSD (Zero tillage seed drill) was introduced by KVK's …
A field experiment was conducted on lateritic soil of Western Ghat region in Goa State to study the effect of bioengineering measures viz. Half Moon Terraces + Vetiveria zizanioides + Stylosanthes scabra, continuous contour trench + Vetiveria zizanioides + Stylosanthes scabra, graded trench + Vetiveria zizanioides + Stylosanthes scabra, staggered …
National Watershed Development Programme for Rainfed Areas (NWDPRA) was taken up in a Shivalik foot hill watershed of Haryana, namely, Raipur Rani in Haryana during the XI five year plan. The Central Soil and Water Conservation Research and Training Institute, Research Centre Chandigarh conducted impact evaluation of the NWDPRA programme …
Study was conducted on low cost earthen dam during 2003-2005 at the Central Horticultural Experiment Station, Vejalpur. The study indicated that, runoff water, harvested can be recycled which forms an integral part of successful horticulture fruit crops, during lean period. Dam was constructed across small gully of 3 m depth …
New Delhi: The Delhi High Court on Tuesday prohibited the State government from carrying on any further construction on two water bodies in the capital. Taking stock of the status of the marsh areas of Jahangirpuri in North Delhi and the Mayapuri lake, a division bench comprising Justice Mukul Mudgal …
Field experiment for evaluation of border-check method of irrigation was conducted with wheat crop on sandy loam soils at Water Technology Centre, New Delhi. Four basins of different aspect ratios (width/length) were evaluated. An inflow cutoff criterion for each basin was selected based on cutoff at the completion of advance …
Intensive agriculture and excessive use of external inputs lead to degradation of soil, water and genetic resources. Widespread soil erosion, nutrient mining, depleting water table and eroding biodiversity are the global concern which are threatening the food security and livelihood opportunities of the farmers, especially the poor and underprivileged. The …
In the current financial crisis, risk-weary investors worry more about keeping their own boats afloat than in pumping money into a sector noted for high upfront costs, long pay back periods and low rates of return. Add to that an inefficient use of resources, weak regulation and lack of up-to-date …
South Africa is a water-stressed country and the efficient management of the demand for and frugal use of water is a topic that can no longer be avoided. Community-based natural resource management is an alternative approach to government stewardship of natural resources, and in the instance of water management it …
This paper assesses the potential contribution, constraints and prospects of contributions from different demand management strategies in the irrigation sector to an alternative water sector perspective plan for India. The main purpose of this paper is to: set the basic economic logic of demand management options; provide an overview and …
Privatizing power: The Sri Lankan parliament passed the controversial new electricity bill, with amendments, on March 3. The Act will curb the monopoly of the Ceylon Electricity Board (ceb) over generation, transmission and supply of electricity in the country. It was passed by 109 to 40 votes. ceb was incurring …
The Democratic-led U.S. Congress gave final approval on Wednesday to sweeping land and water conservation legislation that environmental groups praised as one of the most significant in U.S. history. The measure, a package of more than 160 bills, would set aside about 2 million acres -- parks, rivers, streams, desert, …
