Ahead of World Environment Day on June 5, corporate honchos and ministers came together on Thursday to discuss ways to save the city's forests and recharge the area's depleting groundwater level.

LUCKNOW: Uttar Pradesh government has undertaken a special drive to revive rivers and lakes in the state.

The National Green Tribunal today slapped a total fine of Rs nine lakh on three five-star hotels here after it found "unsatisfactory" rain water harvesting systems in their premises.

The Delhi Jal Board is setting up five decentralised Waste Water Treatment Plants (WWTP) to treat effluent for non-potable purposes and bridge the demand and supply gap.

After 102.6mm of rain in three hours on Wednesday, Pune now has an excess of 138.5mm pre-monsoon rainfall in its kitty which will help in increasing the groundwater levels here.

Every year, city residents struggle to find water during summer. But when the skies open up, little attempt is made to save the water for later days.

If everything goes as planned, Kollam could well be the first district in the state to be free of water scarcity.

Hospitals Too Pay For Absent, Neglected Device

NOIDA/GHAZIABAD: The National Green Tribunal's move to penalize establishments in Delhi for not complying with norms on rainwater harvesting systems is a wake-up call for NCR.

The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has imposed hefty fines on a number of major hospitals, malls and five-star hotels in the capital that do not have rainwater harvesting systems installed within th