Careless Agencies Worsening Damage Instead Of Undoing It, Say Experts

Relieving trees of the concrete noose can be very tricky and requires great skill. Once the roots of a tree are covered in concrete, it’s weakened severely and use of force can topple it. Little wonder that two large peepal trees in Chittaranjan Park crashed after the corporation used heavy machinery to break this concrete.

Moga district was once declared dark zone of state

Heavy rainfall and late sowing of paddy for the past five years has helped reduce the rapid depletion of groundwater in Moga district that was once declared as a dark zone of Punjab by the Central Ground Water Board.

S. Sivakumar (35), a farmer at Manupatty in Udumalpet revenue division, has come out with an innovation in the water conservation front by developing a device to recharge borewells, utilising the impounded runoff rain/storm water in a better manner.

He has developed the cost-effective new gadget using perforated plastic barrels lined with nylon lets and slotted poly-vinyl chloride pipes for carrying water coming through the outlet valve straight into the borewell.

पश्चिमी दिल्ली : बहुमंजिली इमारतों से भरी उपनगरी द्वारका में कुओं का दिखना किसी आश्चर्य से कम नहीं। उपनगरी के विभिन्न हिस्सों में एक नहीं, बल्कि दर्जनों कुएं दिखाई देते हैं। कहीं भी कुओं की दशा संत

Rupees 3 crore is being spent in this district during the current financial year on water preservation and afforestation programmes under Mid-Himalaya Watersed Development Project.

The National Green Tribunal on Monday issued notices to the Union urban development ministry, the Ghaziabad Development Authority (GDA) and Ghaziabad Municipal Corporation taking cognizance of mind

21,964 Properties Yet To Fix It

If you’re a Bangalorean staying on a site area of 2,400 sqft or more and haven’t yet installed a rainwater harvesting (RWH) system, this is a good time to do it. Else, you may receive a notice anytime asking why you haven’t abided by the rule to mandatorily install it.

City Reels Under Shortage; UP Groundwater Bill Still Stuck In The Pipeline

Under a Central programme, sustainability works are being taken up on priority in over-exploited rural areas

The Karnataka government is drawing up a new project to recharge borewells in the backdrop of over-exploitation of ground water, drying up of 50,000 handpumps and "life-less" position of 12,000 tanks in the state, Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister H K Patil said today.

“Houses in rural pockets should also implement rainwater harvest to improve ground water level”, Collector D. Jagannathan said.