Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of News Item titled "Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari threatens lives livelihoods appearing in the Telangana Today dated 13.05.2025" dated 29/05/2025. The application was registered suo-motu on the basis of the news item titled Telangana: Deepening pollution crisis in Godawari …
Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of M/s Hindustan Coca-cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd. Vs U. P. Pollution Control Board dated 11/06/2014 regarding the requirement of a No Objection Certificate from the Central Ground Water Authority for the operation of M/s Hindustan Coca-cola Beverages Pvt. Ltd.
Discussion about water in South Asia – in particular the shared rivers of the region – is vociferous, antagonistic and increasingly associated with national security. Renewable water resources in the region have fallen dramatically on a per capita basis since the 1960s. India hit the ‘water stress’ mark around a …
ORF report "Attitude towards Water in India", authored by Samir Saran, Sonali Mitra and Sarah Hassan, seeks to decode the diverse perspectives around water and rivers. It attempts to tease out the diversity in understanding of water challenges and difference in approaches to managing water across sectors, communities and geographies. …
This book discusses key academic research and issues in water management and policy. Coverage of a wide range of specific issues and its accessible style make it an excellent textbook for introductory to intermediate courses in water governance, a reference for readers working in water, or simply a good read …
Chak Nirtaul residents took to streets on Thursday against the pathetic supply of potable water. Angry residents raised slogans against Jal Sansthan and accused it of turning a blind eye towards their woes. Shyam Sunder Singh Patel, who was leading the agitation, said: "We are facing water crisis in this …
Mysore Grahakara Parishat (MGP), an NGO involved with customer-related issues and citizens' problems , on Sunday decided to launch an agitation to urge the government to resolve drinking water problem in the city. MGP leaders, after a meeting here, said that the water crisis is not due to shortage of …
Alternating between despair and anger, Sharda Rani, who lives in a South Delhi jhuggi cluster, said the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) was responsible for her family’s plight. The resident of Tigri said her family was forced to skimp on food because after paying the tanker mafia for water they simply …
This paper analyses the ground-level impact of the national rural drinking water policy in Maharashtra. It observes that compared to what is reflected in the national rural drinking water programme database, the drinking water coverage status is poorer on the ground and scheme failures are more widespread. The case studies …
The 2012 state water plan, the state’s strategy for meeting water needs, estimated that Texas would face a shortfall of 2.7 trillion gallons a year by 2060, and that filling the gap would take an estimated $53 billion in new infrastructure. But some water law and planning specialists said that …
Judgement of the Supreme Court of India in the matter of State of Tamil Nadu Vs State of Kerala dated 07/05/2014 regarding water level of Mullaperiyar dam. State of Kerala – is restrained by a decree of permanent injunction from applying and enforcing the impugned legislation or in any manner …
Greenpeace, an NGO working for environment protection, has demanded assessment of water diversion to power plants in the state following the water position in reservoirs of Marathwada. The water resources department's (WRD) figures released on April 28 reveal that the water levels of the region are a dismal 30%. The …
Wards in Vadavalli, Veerakeralam to benefit The Coimbatore Corporation will partially fund the Rs. 42-crore drinking water supply augmentation scheme it has proposed for the Wards in Kavundampalayam, Vadavalli and Veerakeralam. Sources in the civic body said that it would spend Rs. 10 crore and go in for a loan …
The DDA told the court that it had identified several new sites where groundwater could be extracted. The Delhi Development Authority (DDA) will dig 16 borewells in Dwarka to increase water supply during summer, DDA’s counsel told the Delhi High Court on Wednesday. The DDA told the court that it …
For this 44 per cent residents, a scheme has been drawn up by the DJB for supplying water through private and government tankers. The BJP has asked Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung to issue a white paper on the status of water supply by the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) along with the …
This technical focus paper is the second in a series of papers that provide a critical review of progress made in planning and putting integrated water resource management (IWRM) into practice. The papers synthesise the challenges, the successes, the setbacks, and the direction for further integration. They provide valuable insights …
DESPERATE TIMES: Helpline Gets 4,000 Distress Calls In Two Days Bangalore: Just two days and 4,000 calls; the water crisis in the districts is severe, going by the distress calls flooding the state government’s toll-free number from Monday. Experts say the state’s reservoirs have depleted, while 93% of lakes and …
Acute water shortage plagues about 48 seaside villages, with a population of around two lakh, in Mahakalapada and Rajnagar blocks of Kendrapada district. Villagers said the problem worsens during summer and alleged that no politician had ever made an effort to address the issue. "Many tubewells here don't work. And …
‘Water scarcity curtailed cultivation of short-term crops’. The Tamizhaga Vivasayegal Sangam has made an appeal to the Government to declare Tamil Nadu as a drought-hit State. A resolution in this connection was passed at the state executive committee meeting of the association, here on Saturday. The association’s state president, M.R. …
Lt-Governor Najeeb Jung has cleared a proposal to set up “pay-and-use” water ATMs in water- starved slums and resettlement colonies of Delhi. Water ATMs operate as cashless vending machines for water. A customer uses a smart card, which can be recharged, to draw water from the kiosk. A customer can …
With summer looming ahead and a belownormal monsoon expected this year, Delhi Jal Board has renewed its demand for 51 cusec water from Haryana that the state is supposed to supply to Delhi for irrigation. While Haryana claims it is supplying the entire amount to Delhi through a local canal …
