The rainwater harvesting project across nine upazilas in the district has failed to attract people to the use of rainwater instead of that from tubewells.

The authorities are planning to launch the “Rainwater Harvesting Project” to address the issue of depleting underground water table in Lahore just as India has already done successfully in New Delh

To address the issue of water crisis in the capital, Delhi government has decided to revive “non-functional” rainwater harvesting systems in schools to raise the groundwater level.

Around 800 governmentrun schools have rainwater harvesting pits and over 50% of them are non-functional, mostly due to no monitoring by the previous regime, Delhi government education coordinator, Amit Mishra said.

Harvesting It Is The Only Way To Keep Capital’s Depleting Groundwater Levels In Check

New Delhi: With groundwater levels dipping across Delhi, and really fast in some areas, rainwater harvesting is the one tool the government has to ensure that the city has recourse to some internal source of water. So far, Delhi has been almost entirely dependent on other states for its water supply and there is no likelihood of an increase in this supply in the next few years.

Oppose removal of Mangar Bani land from forest category

The Haryana Government's ambitious plan to utilise Mangar Bani land for eco-tourism has come under the scanner with city environmentalists yet again moving the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) against the land being removed from the category of forest area.

Nine big tanks to be desilted and interlinked in Dindigul

The Dindigul Municipality has plans to invest Rs.98.44 crore to raise groundwater table and recharge bore and open wells within the town limits by desilting nine big tanks and interlinking them with supply channels.

Delhi government’s environment department has reservations about the National Capital Region Planning Board (NCRPB) draft regional plan 2021.