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 …
This report is divided into four main components. Section 1 summarizes the history and status of major water disputes between India and three of its neighbors, Pakistan, Bangladesh and Nepal. Section 2 forecasts trends in water demand by analyzing expected growth patterns in domestic, agricultural and industrial use. It also …
In sub-Saharan Africa (SSA), the increasing competition for water between various sectors is aggravated by growing demands for water, climate change and environmental degradation. One of the major consumers of water is livestock keeping, which is an important livelihood strategy for smallholder farmers in Africa. The water consumption for livestock …
Mumbai: The water level in the state has recorded lowest in the past five years. With the available consumable water percentage falling down to 25%, the state government has issued guidelines to district headquarters with measures to be taken for adequate water supply. More than 2,000 villages are facing acute …
Virtually every business decision is also a decision about the use of natural resources. This paper describes how global warming is affecting water and energy resources, and the challenges and opportunities this presents globally. It summarize the way in which connections among climate, energy, and water are likely to affect …
At least 20,000 household taps in Behala remained dry on Wednesday following a breach in the water mains. The breach was caused when a labourer mistakenly hit the pipe while digging Raja Rammohan Roy Road in Panchanantala to lay sewer lines.
Mumbai: When Andheri (E) residents last week used the polls to highlight their water woes, they did a big favour to the rest of Mumbai. The BMC, which had been denying a citywide water shortage for the past seven months, finally admitted that the city was not getting enough water. …
Supply-requirement gap shoots up to 10 MGD in peak summer Though a few more days are left for the onset of peak summers, water problems have slowly begun to haunt Mohali, which will continue to reel under water woes until gap between the demand and supply is bridged. Mohali is …
The total volume of water on earth: 104 crore km3. The volume of accessible freshwater: 90 lakh km3. In a few decades, that might not be enough to sustain the entire humanity, warn UN agencies.
Mumbai: The water consumption in the city has increased by 20% owing to the unusual heat wave experienced in the first week of April.The shooting up of the demand of water has affected the already overburdened water distribution system being maintained by the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC). With temperatures hovering …
South Africa is a water-stressed country and the efficient management of the demand for and frugal use of water is a topic that can no longer be avoided. Community-based natural resource management is an alternative approach to government stewardship of natural resources, and in the instance of water management it …
Decreased access to a safe, stable water supply in Asia "will have a profound impact on security throughout the region," warns a new Asia Society Leadership Group report. In response to the cascading set of consequences reduced access to fresh water will trigger
This paper assesses the potential contribution, constraints and prospects of contributions from different demand management strategies in the irrigation sector to an alternative water sector perspective plan for India. The main purpose of this paper is to: set the basic economic logic of demand management options; provide an overview and …
The city of Dhaka experiences acute shortage of water all the year round. The city dwellers have taken it as part of their life. So they don't raise a hue and cry. But in summer and the advent of summer seasons it gets terribly acute and the people come to …
The production of water in Delhi has increased by around 40 MGD and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) is expected to add 29 MGD more in next two months through Water Recycling Plants even then a huge gap between demand and supply persists. The present water production in Water Treatment …
According to government statistics, Pakistan was considered to have an abundance of quality water only a few decades ago, but a recent World Bank report states that Pakistan is among the 17 countries that currently faced water shortage. According to the report, the level of water in Pakistan
Oil companies have gained control over billions of gallons of water from rivers in the western U.S. in preparation for future efforts to extract oil from shale deposits under the Rocky Mountains, according to a new report by an environmental group that opposes such projects. The group, Western Resource Advocates, …
The United Nations warned as recently as last week that climate change harbours the potential for serious conflicts over water. In its World Water Development Report of March 2009, it quotes UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon noting the risk of water scarcity
