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 …
The need for achieving food security is felt significantly in the recent years due to enormous pressure from the ever increasing population in India. Owing to the change in preferences in crop production techniques over a period of time, several new challenges draw attention to food security. This article discusses …
CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu is facing a water deficit of 11%, says a report. This is bad news, coming as it does at the beginning of a torrid summer. While the current total water demand in the state, for domestic, irrigation, livestock and industrial needs, is 1,867.85 tmcft (thousand million cubic …
KOCHI: Following acute water shortage and huge expenditure incurred on water supplied by the Kerala Water Authority (KWA), the Cochin University of Science and Technology (Cusat) has decided to build a pond and harvest rainwater in the campus. While presenting the budget recently, university authorities drew the attention of syndicate …
New Delhi: Against a demand of 1,025 million gallons per day of water, Delhi is getting only 818mgd of treated water. By 2021, the demand is expected to touch 1,216mgd. Over Rs 600 crore has been spent for augmenting water supply but none of the projects has come through. The …
ITANAGAR: Inordinate delay in completion of drinking water mega project at Aohali in Mebo constituency under East Siang district has evoked massive public reaction as the Pasighat division of Public Health Engineering Department (PHED) has miserably failed to supply drinking water to the concerned villages under the constituency. The project …
PUNE: About 17.46 lakh rural population of Pune division is facing severe water scarcity and most of them are dependent on tankers for drinking water supply, said a senior officer from the divisional commissionerate. The revised report on water scarcity in villages and hamlets stated that 865 villages and 3,823 …
New Delhi: Is water privatization really needed in Delhi? Delhi Jal Board vehemently opposes the use of the word privatization, saying that since it will retain control of water treatment plants and other infrastructure, it is only outsourcing work that is necessary to bring efficiency into the system. Those opposed …
With the state in the grip of a drought, Deputy CM Ajit Pawar, who holds the finance portfolio, set aside almost 25 per cent of the budget for tackling the state's water crisis. Though he avoided announcing any new schemes despite it being a pre-election year, the total expenditure for …
The International Day of Action for Rivers on March 14 passed by without a murmur in Bangalore. A city that drew on two reservoirs of the Arkavathy for its water supply, now has no words left for the river that satiated a third of its water needs. Yet, plans to …
In the election year, the two main political parties in the city, ruling Congress and Opposition BJP, are looking to target two of the main problems that residents face — water shortage and its pollution. Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, while laying the foundation stone for sewer rehabilitation at a Delhi …
Optimising Local Water Resources and Availability in Urban and Peri-urban Chennai by S.Janakarajan at Anil Agarwal Dialogue 2013: Excreta Does Matter, March 4-5, 2013, India Habitat Centre, New Delhi.
This report aims to provide a macro level overview of water-related risks to and from Indian businesses, their response mechanisms and the opportunity for businesses to embark on a water stewardship journey. The report addresses a number of questions and concerns related to industries water risk perception, as well as …
The Arkavathy sub-basin, which is part of the Cauvery basin, is a highly stressed, rapidly urbanising watershed on the outskirts of the city of Bengaluru. The purpose of this situation analysis document is to summarise the current state of knowledge on water management in the Arkavathy sub-basin and identify critical …
The onslaught of drought and the alleged shortage of pumping time have put the residents of Fort Kochi in dire straits with the area reeling under acute water shortage for the past few weeks. The situation has worsened during the past few days, said Fort Kochi councillor Antony Kureethara, who …
This summer, people in southern Maharashtra can enjoy either electricity or water, not both. Until recently, the state had prioritised use of water for industrial purposes over agriculture. But now the government finds itself at odds to explain the diversion of water to hydel projects when water activists claim that …
Jaipur: The higher level of fluoride content in water, causing dental and skeleton fluorosis, will be measured by fluoride ion meters in Jaipur. A state government report says that quality of water will further deteriorate with climate change. The medical, health and family welfare department has purchased fluoride ion meter …
MADURAI: Farmers in Kanyakumari district are desperate to save their crops which are withering fast, due to lack of water and the water level in Pechiparai, one of the major dams in the district, is depleting at a very fast pace adding to their woes. The Pechiparai dam in Kanyakumari …
With the changing face of Delhi, delivery of essential services like drinking water and sanitation to the people living in slums ought to be a policy priority for the government. However, public spending in the Eleventh Plan (2007-12) for slums seems to have been unresponsive and inadequate, leading to poor …
This Compendium of Environment Statistics 2012 published by the Ministry of Statistics and Programme Implementation is the thirteenth edition of its series and covers five core parameters - biodiversity, atmosphere, land and soil, water and human settlements. This Compendium of Environment Statistics 2012 published by the Ministry of Statistics and …
This report on the new private water supply augmentation project from Madikheda Reservoir, on Sindh River, to Shivpuri town looks at some of the issues concerning existing water supply and sources. It further discusses and analyses the concession contract signed between private operator and Shivpuri Municipal body to execute the …
