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 …
China's rapid economic growth has been causing shortage of water resources in the North China and also has been leading to shortage of power in the coastal areas of East China. Therefore it began to execute the water right transfer policy from the agricultural sector to the power generation industry. …
China's water and energy price reform began in the late 1978 after running large-scale interventions in pricing system for long time then has a gradually deep influence on consumer's behaviors. The main objective of this paper is to empirically examine Chinese consumer reactions as a response to the introductions of …
India continues to struggle with growing financial crunch to complete its water sector infrastructure and its operation and maintenance cost. On the other hand, inadequate institutional reforms and effective implementation has affected its performance level. In recent years, the Government of India has initiated several steps to improve investment and …
Indore under water emergency THE Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh is facing acute water shortage. Most reservoirs in the region dried up as early as December following a scant monsoon. While Ujjain residents are getting water supply for an hour in four days, Indore has declared water emergency from …
Gambhir reservoir that supplies water to Ujjain has dried up. The Ujjain municipality plans to get water from Amla Vida Dam, 24 km away. The government might face resistance from farmers since the dam
This article is an interim outcome of an action research project being done on Water Governance under which an analysis of the sub-basin is being done to understand the dynamics of water allocation and regulation in practice. It studies inter-sectoral water allocation, planning and management in the last decade in …
The Army will be deployed in Bhopal albeit for a cause with a difference! The men in olive green will join the war against water crisis in the Madhya Pradesh capital by taking part in desilting - of the almost-dry Upper Lake - launched by Chief Minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan …
In this article the author advocates demand management for optimal adaptation to changes in water resources in the Indus Basin resulting from climate change.
The famous work of Hardin on 'The Tragedy of the Commons' explains why the Common Pool Resources (CPR) or Open Access Resources are over-exploited, degraded or depleted. The economic reason explains that "unregulated access to the CPR creates a decision making environment in which private benefits to an individual from …
Even as Himachal continues to plead its case for seeking a larger share from Punjab in the Shah Nehar irrigation project, a sum of Rs 17.28 crore has been given by the Punjab Government to the hill state. Although Himachal is demanding a sum of Rs 212 crore from Punjab …
Research study on water and development which also looks into Trans-water boundary water conflict in South Asia as it recognizes that there is need to address the issues of politics of water, conflict and peace from a regional perspective. It strives to document alternative approaches of water sharing and outlines …
Over the coming decades, global change will have an impact on food and water security in significant and highly uncertain ways, and there are strong indications that developing countries will bear the brunt of the adverse consequences, particularly from climate change. This is largely because poverty levels are high, and …
A study on water and sustainability for power production in the US by the Electric Power Research Institute compared the water needs and consumption rates of existing power stations by type of fuel and cooling technology. The EPRI analysis showed that existing nuclear power stations used and consumed significantly more …
In many regions around the world, demand for fresh water now outstrips renewable supplies. Water scarcity is projected to worsen considerably due to a combination of factors such as population increase, higher incomes and changing lifestyles, pollution, and climate change. Agriculture is by far the biggest water user, accounting for …
