The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Climate in Asia 2024 report warns that the region is warming nearly twice as fast as the global average, driving more extreme weather and posing serious threats to lives, ecosystems, and economies. In 2024, Asia experienced its warmest or second warmest year on …
A survey conducted by Nigeria’s Bureau of Statistics and UNICEF shows millions of households in Nigeria do not have access to clean water sources. While the supply of clean water in Nigeria has improved recently, 3 in 10 people still lack access. Ruth Samuel and her four children live here …
The City of Cape Town – and southwest Africa more generally – experienced its worst drought on record between 2015 and 2018. With fresh rains as well as careful water management, the city has now emerged from this environmental and economic emergency. The final consequences of the drought might never …
The Ministry of Ecology and Environment has drawn up an action plan to improve the water quality of the Yangtze River over the next two years, it announced on Thursday. The ministry aims to finish the overhaul of sewage outlets and eliminate nearly all water below Grade V - the …
The pressures of climate change and population growth could cause water shortages in most of the United States, preliminary government-backed research said on Thursday. As many as 96 water basins out of the 204 supplying most of the country with freshwater could fail to meet monthly demand starting in 2071, …
Thiruvananthapuram: The Kerala water authority (KWA), which was all set to call tenders for Neyyar water supply scheme, is revising the project incorporating the suggestions made by Kerala dam safety authority. KWA is planning to introduce floating pumps instead of an open well to draw water. The Neyyar water supply …
NEW DELHI: The free water scheme was subsidised by the AAP government to the tune of Rs 400 crore, Delhi Jal Board informed Delhi high court. It also said its consumer base almost doubled since the launch of the scheme. In an affidavit filed before a bench of Chief Justice …
Bengal, Rajasthan top in arsenic contamination More than four crore people in rural India drink water contaminated by heavy metals, fluoride, arsenic, and nitrate. West Bengal is the worst-affected with 39 per cent of India’s affected population living in that State. About 1.57 crore rural residents of Bengal drink metal-contaminated …
According to the Delhi Jal Board, creation of district metering areas will be crucial to the decision. The Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is looking at round-the-clock water supply for all its residents, with Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, who is also the chairperson of the board, giving the proposal a green …
Order of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of M/S. Southern Petrochemical Industries Corpn. Ltd Vs S. Joel & Others dated 04/02/2019 regarding diversion of 0.055 hectares of forest land in Srivaigundam Village in Thoothukudi Division for construction of an intake well for "drinking water purposes". But allegation …
Nagpur: Pre-school age children (up to the age of 5) from areas that have high industrial pollution are more prone to dental problems, according to the local chapter of Indian Dental Association (IDA). Doctors were, however, quick to reiterate that this is a ‘general observation’ based on feedback from their …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s. DLF Ltd. Bangalore Vs The Chairman, KSPCB & Others dated 25/01/2019 regarding grant of consent to establish to DLF for a housing colony on the banks of Arkavati River near Tippagondanahalli Water Reservoir, Bangalore, Karnataka. The KSPCB under the …
The Bangladesh Standards and Testing Institutions (BSTI) on Monday informed the High Court that bottled drinking water of five brands were substandard. The bench of Justice Sheikh Hassan Arif and Justice Razik-Al-Jalil instructed the BSTI to inform the court about the legal steps taken against the brands by February 24. …
Public Works Minister Signs MoU with The Last Well; 30,000 water purification bucket system arrives for distribution to 5 counties The provision of safe drinking water to the Liberian people is a priority of President George Weah’s government, and therefore the Ministry of Public Works (MoPW) will partner with The …
Order of the M/S Southern Petrochemical Industries Corporation Ltd. Vs S. Joel & Others dated 11/01/2019 regarding NGT order banning supply of water to industries from Srivaikuntam anaicut, Thoothukudi District, Tamil Nadu. Attention of the Court is drawn to the problem faced by the Tuticorin Thermal Power Plant. Counsel of …
BENGALURU: HD Kumaraswamy-led coalition government has mooted to scrap the social impact study prior to making land acquisition for key public and infrastructure projects in Karnataka. An integral part of the Land Acquisition Act 2013, which has been accepted by the Karnataka government as a norm for acquiring private lands …
Green Party President Peter Sinkamba has attributed the provision of poor quality of water by water utilities countrywide to poor regulatory and institutional framework arising from Government’s failure to enact drinking water quality guidelines and standards. Reacting to recent reports of poor water quality supplied by water utility companies in …
NEW DELHI: Revival of the Yamuna got a shot in the arm with Union minister for water resources Nitin Gadkari and chief minister Arvind Kejriwal jointly laying the foundation stone of nine projects under Yamuna Action Plan-III (YAP). A total of 11 projects will be taken up by National Missing …
From clothes swapping to plogging, and building more EV charging points, Bengaluru, and Karnataka, are taking baby steps to a greener future. Here are a few eco-highlights: Plogging Bengaluru hosted its first ‘plog run’ on the occasion of Gandhi Jayanthi. Organised by Go Native in collaboration with Bruhat Bengaluru Mahanagara …
Chennai: Time was when Ambattur was dotted with water bodies that supplied most of the locality’s drinking water. Now, mindless ‘development’ and indiscriminate letting out of sewage has destroyed most of the lakes, leaving residents struggling to save the few that remain. Three of the eight water bodies in East …
The recharge of groundwater in 2018 was not highly appreciable as in more than 3,000 villages in the state, groundwater levels had dropped over 3 metres, or to the maximum depth. A team of experts at the city-based Groundwater Survey and Development Agency (GSDA) has submitted a detailed report on …
