LG Orders Strict Action Against Illegal Use

New Delhi: If the Delhi Jal Board supply fails you this summer, private water tankers may not be able to bail you out. Alarmed at the rate at which groundwater levels are plummeting in the city, the lieutenant governor has ordered that strict action be taken against anyone found withdrawing groundwater illegally. This will especially apply to those extracting water for commercial purposes.

The National Green Tribunal has sought responses of the Centre and DMRC on a plea alleging that around 6.37 crore litres of water is lost every year due to the failure to implement rain water harve

A team of experts from the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) conducted a preliminary investigation into groundwater depletion and environmental pollution caused by Emami Paper Mills Ltd here on Sat

New Delhi: In 2009, clearance for digging a borewell in Delhi could only be issued by Delhi Jal Board. Only those proposals meant for community use would be considered.

New Delhi: Finally this year, DJB’s much touted GPS-enabled tankers will be out on the capital’s roads.

BHOPAL: There is an urgent need to implement water management in the state. Regions like Malwa have been alarmingly overexploited. Highlighting these concerns, a one-day workshop on 'groundwater resources of Madhya Pradesh: opportunities, problems and strategies' was organised in Bhopal on Thursday.

Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), north central region, organized the workshop under the information, education and communication (IEC) programme. The workshop aimed at providing a common platform for knowledge sharing among government agencies, academic, research institutions, industrialist and stakeholders to fight the decline in groundwater.

More than 110 of the 138 water blocks in Punjab have shown a steep fall in the water table, ringing the alarm bells.

Thousands of acres of uncultivable forested hills in Haryana, Gurgaon and Faridabad face the same prospect

Two decades ago when Sunil’s parents sold off 25 acres of their family’s share of land in the Mangar forests of Faridabad, they and other villagers thought the buyers were fools to buy it up because they were assured that they could continue to use it for grazing cattle and firewood. Today, 25-year-old polio-stricken Sunil has dropped all his other dreams and moves with lightning speed on his crutch, across the forest, in government offices and with fellow activists “to save the forests from a determined State government that wants to open it for colonisation.”

KEONJHAR: Shrinking water bodies and depleting groundwater level in the district has once again brought to the fore the demand to protect river Baitarani, considered the 'lifeline of Keonjhar'.

The Keonjhar Citizen's Forum blamed the present situation on the 'faulty policy' of the government. "The water of the district is allocated to different industries and mining houses, without any consultation with the people here, who have the first right on the water," the forum alleged.

Thrissur city is reeling under an acute water crisis. All wells, ponds and water sources in and around the city have either gone dry or filled up by real estate sharks. There is already a fall in water supply and the situation is bound to deteriorate during summer.

In this grim situation, an interesting success story of rainwater harvesting in Kolazhy, a village in the district, could serve as an inspiration to the Thrissur Corporation. The soil in the village, located just 6 km away from the city, is loamy on the top and has a laterite carpet at the bottom. The average depth of the wells here is nine metres from the ground level.