Water Demand

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution of Godavari river, Telangana, 29/05/2025

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 …

Chhattisgarh's Industrial Jungle

The rich green fields of Darramuda village in Raigarh district of Chhattisgarh were almost peaceful. A JCB backhoe loader whirred on as it dug in and pulled out lumps of wet brown earth. The crane inched along carving a neat road on the fertile fields. The people of Darramuda, in …

Big numbers

Chhattisgarh is industrialising fast: within 10 years of its creation, the state has 200 large industrial units and scores of small ones. More than 700 are on their way. A handful of units existed when this largely agricultural state was carved out of Madhya Pradesh in 2000. Known as central …

The top two

JANJGIR-CHAMPAWhere power kills Located on the banks of the Mahanadi, a predominantely agricultural district, Janjgir-Champa is poised to become a industrial hub as several mega projects are planned there. Four thermal power plants have got clearance and 13 are under process. Two biomass-based thermal power plants are also planned. The …

Monopoly on Mahanadi

Of the 118 proposed projects, for which data is available, 33 plan to withdraw water from the Mahanadi, Chhattisgarh's main river. The water requirement of projects withdrawing water from the river stands at 1,500 mcm per year. If the water requirement of projects withdrawing from its tributaries—Lilagarh, Hasdeo and Seonath—are …

What does it all add up to?

On an industrial roller-coaster, Chhattisgarh has not once stopped to take stock of the cumulative environmental impact of the many projects. On a spree to usher more and more, the government does not consider important an analysis of a project's incremental impact combined with the effects of other projects. The …

Bengalurus mad rush for a water drop

Unique solution Obaid Jan with friends in his barsati, reminiscing about home Elixir of life The plastic water pots that mark the city

Deposit arrears for shifting pipelines: BMC

Bhopal: The Bhopal Municipal Corporation (BMC) has appealed the residents to deposit the arrears for shifting connection of new water distribution pipeline under Project Uday in 19 wards. It is noted that the BMC is laying pipelines under project Uday for water distribution, many of them has been already laid. …

Water security for India: the external dynamics

The report by Institute for Defence Studies and Analyses is premised on the fact that India is facing a serious water resource problem and is expected to become 'water stressed' by 2025 and 'water scarce' by 2050. It raises fundamental questions about the forces driving water demand and the political …

Water conservation by use of recycled water at Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus Central Railway, Mumbai

Excessive stress on water resources due to increase in population all over the globe has compelled the water managers to look for technically feasible alternatives for meeting the demand of water for various uses. Availability & treatment of water for drinking purpose is becoming scarce & expensive, as the population …

Technical assistance for institutional development of integrated water resources management in Orissa

This document reports provides an action plan to implement water reforms in Orissa to address the imminent water challenges of the state. The report provides an overview of the water challenges of Orissa which include growing competition for water resources from industrial and urban development, in a variable hydrological environment.

Misled about water

For years, the Amravati Thermal Power Project in Maharashtra has been facing public opposition. Farmers in the Vidarbha region fear the power plant will suck water from the irrigation project in Upper Wardha. On June 17, an unexpected breakthrough appeared. The state's water resources minister Ajit Pawar met people's representatives, …

State prepares blueprint for better rabi season

CHINSURAH, 29 AUG: As rainfall is far below the required amount for better production of kharif crops, the district agriculture department has come up with a blueprint to ensure a better rabi season. The district agriculture department has decided to treat the rabi season as made of up three sub-seasons …

BMC may end 7% water cut

With the Ganesh festival round the corner, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is likely to give Mumbaikars some reason to cheer. The 7% water-cut that the city is facing currently may be rolled back by the coming weekend. Citizens can be hopeful that the decision will be taken, as most …

MMRDA plans desalination plants to tackle crisis

By 2026, Mumbai will be the largest consumer of water among coastal cities in the country. The city alone would account for 55% of the total water demand at that point, according to a report of Frost & Sullivan, an international consultant, released last year.Scary, but given the unbridled construction …

Rating system for water efficient fixtures: a way to sustainable water management in India

The Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) with this paper discusses standards for water fixtures. The paper also compares labeling and standards of water fixtures in other countries. Water use in buildings, accounts for a high percentage of overall water use in cities. With development and growth there has been …

Andhra's groundwater crisis & a trail of suicides

MAHABUBNAGAR A Shekhar, 25, committed suicide a year ago. A resident of Burgupalle village in Andhra Pradesh’s Mahabub - nagar district, he had bought half a hectare (ha) for growing paddy. He borrowed Rs 1.5 lakh to sink three borewells but did not find groundwater. Shekhar could not repay the …

Movement soon to save Brahmani

BHUBANESWAR: While Opposition parties and social organisations have launched a public movement against use of water from the river Mahanadi for industrial purposes, trade union leader Mayadhar Nayak today said a similar movement would be launched to save the Brahmani river from industrial pollution. Alleging that the Brahmani, the second …

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