Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Akhilesh Kumar Vs State of Uttar Pradesh & Others dated 23/05/2025. The matter related to illegal mining activites carried out by Jai Maa Chandrika Enterprises, Rajendra Nagar, village Kabari, district Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The applicant also alleged about illegal sale …
District secretary holds drought review meet; water supply through tankers in 109 villages Chikkamagaluru district in-charge secretary Rajeev Chawla on Saturday instructed officials to ensure adequate supply of drinking water and fodder to livestock in the villages. Chairing a drought review meeting in the DC’s office here, he instructed the …
Water and Irrigation Cabinet Secretary Eugene Wamalwa speaking during the signing and launch of the Kenyan Chapter of Billion Dollar Business Alliance(BDBA) at World Agroforestry Centre in Nairobi on Tuesday April 11,2017.The alliance consists of Government,private organisations and development partners aim to bring resources together to harvest rain water which …
Burgeoning urbanisation coupled with policy implementation gaps have resulted in growing disparities in the provision of public infrastructure services in urban areas of India. Apart from the impact of this, a household’s ability to procure basic amenities is also subject to its economic and social condition and the prevalence of …
This UN GLAAS 2017 report presents an analysis of the most reliable and up-to-date data from 75 countries and 25 external support agencies on issues related to financing universal access to water and sanitation under the SDGs. According to the report, countries have increased their budgets for water, sanitation and …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (Southern Zone, Chennai) in the matter of Suo motu proceedings initiated based on the news item published In “The Times of India” Chennai –Edition dated 20.1.2017 on the caption “Bhavani river water unfit Chennai – 9 for consumption” and “waste from Mettupalayam Government Hospital …
The Rs 69-crore Giri water scheme has come under a scanner after a Shimla Municipal Corporation (SMC) team yesterday found many “missing links” in the quality and specifications of water pipes used by the Irrigation and Public Health (IPH) Department. The water pipes developed leakages soon after its inauguration in …
Drought-hit Cape Town scraps free water for all Drought-hit Cape Town scraps free water for all Geosmin is a naturally occurring organic compound‚ which has an earthy smell. It does not affect water quality or safety‚ the city said in a statement on Facebook. "The City continues to add powdered …
The water crisis in Nairobi is worsening by the day, despite the rains a few days ago across the country. The long rains still have not arrived in the capital. The Nairobi Water and Sewerage Company yesterday said levels at Ndakaini Dam have dropped to an all-time low of less …
Nairobi — Water rationing in Nairobi is expected to worsen in the next two weeks after the levels at the Ndakaini dam hit a new low of below 25 per cent. Nairobi City Water and Sewerage Company (NCWSC) Managing Director Philip Gichuki attributed the situation to the drying up of …
Cape Town - South African Breweries (SAB) will be investing in additional infrastructure to accommodate the growing number of people collecting water from its Newlands spring. This is to ensure the water supply is available to as many people as possible. The severe drought in the Western Cape has prompted …
This briefing note details a human rights-based approach to water, sanitation, and hygiene and lessons from southern Africa. WaterAid launched the ‘Human Rights-Based Approach Action Learning Initiative’ in June 2013, in which eight country programmes began work on projects developed and run according to the principles of a human rights-based …
Taps may run dry in the drought-stricken city of Cape Town and the south-western Cape as dam levels drop and rainfall forecasts for the region over the next few months are no better than chance, said local scientist Nicky Allsopp. There is enough water in Cape Town's dams to last …
The PS Housing and Urban Development Ms Aida Mwinano (with specs) inspect ongoing works in various informal settlement schemes in Naivasha. She said that the government would use Sh16B in upgrading informal settlements in 14 counties. Pic By Antony Gitonga The national government has launched a Sh143 million water project …
Cape Town - Cape Town’s water supply is down to its last 100 days, resulting in the municipality bringing forward its emergency supply schemes. Dam storage levels had declined to 26.2%, one percentage point down from last week, the City of Cape Town said in a statement on Monday. The …
This paper presents the findings of an impact evaluation to assess the performance and sustainability of the demand responsive community-based approach toward rural water supply in the state of Kerala, India. To achieve the study's objectives, conceptual definitions of the "performance" and "sustainability" of rural water supply schemes were first …
The “General Guidelines for Water Audit & Water Conservation” have been prepared as conceptual guidelines to cover broadly three main sectors of water use viz. irrigation, domestic and industrial. The aims and objectives of these guidelines are to introduce, standardize and popularize the water audit system for conservation of water …
Reducing inequality, securing water supplies and strengthening disaster prevention are crucial to bolster Chile's quake-prone capital against climate change and other hazards, Santiago's authorities said. In a new strategy to make the city more resilient, they laid out plans this week to cut congestion and air pollution, improve public transport …
Capetonians will have to dig deeper into their pockets after July if plans to scrap the free-water-for-all policy are passed. The city wants to impose a 19.25% tariff hike for both water and sanitation‚ according to its draft budget for the 2017-18 financial year, tabled at a full council meeting …
The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) said on Wednesday that Boko Haram terrorists have destroyed 75 percent of the water infrastructure in the Northeast Nigeria. UNICEF Director of Emergency Programmes, Manuel Fontaine, also said that 3.8 million people in the northeast are currently threatened by lack of water. “In northeast …
Cape Town - Agriculture and food security in the Western Cape are under threat due to increased heat, water stress on crops and livestock and droughts resulting from climate change. Delivering his Budget Speech in the Western Cape legislature on Wednesday, Agriculture MEC Alan Winde said the Western Cape government …
