Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding drinking water unit operating in a residential area, Ahinsangar, Aurangabad, Maharashtra, 13/02/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Vinod Kumar Jaiswal Vs State of Maharashtra dated 13/02/2020 regarding illegal running of an industrial unit for manufacturing of packaged drinking water in CTS No. 12369/361, Plot No. 40, Ahinsangar, Aurangabad which is stated to be a residential area. Unauthorized drawal of groundwater through dug well and bore well was also alleged.

Judgement Date: 
13/02/2020
Tags:
Drinking Water, Industry, Groundwater, Aurangabad (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Maharashtra, Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB)
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal extraction of groundwater by industries in Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 31/01/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Panchayat ARABA Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 31/01/2020 regarding industrial units extracting underground water illegally in Jodhpur, Rajasthan.

Judgement Date: 
31/01/2020
Tags:
Industry, Groundwater, Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA), Jodhpur (D), Rajasthan, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Health

Field experience of Fluoride Nilogon: a method of fluoride removal from groundwater

Field trial of a patented fluoride removal method, based on precipitation–adsorption, has been carried out in some villages of Assam, North East India, with groundwater sources containing 1.8–20 mg/l initial [F– ] at small community (220 l) and household (15 l) levels.

Publication Date: 
25/01/2020
Rajkamal Mohan, Sweety Gogoi, Anup J. Bora & et al
Current Science
118
2
255-263
Tags:
Fluoride, Groundwater, Karbi Anglong, Assam, North East, Groundwater Quality
Industry

Report by UPPCB on a sugar industry in Hata, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, 20/01/2020

Compliance report in O.A. No. 160/2019 in the matter of Ranjeet Singh Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 20/01/2020. The matter related to M/s Awadh Sugar & Energy Ltd, Hata, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh not following environmental norms. During inspection by the Uttar Pradesh Pollution Control Board (UPPCB), hazardous waste like oil and oily sludge recovered from ETP was burned along with baggasse as a fuel in boilers. Also, there was no storage option for oil/oily sludge.

Judgement Date: 
20/01/2020
Tags:
Sugar Industry, Industrial Pollution, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Industrial Waste Treatment, Air Pollution Control, Kushinagar, Uttar Pradesh, Groundwater, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding polluting industrial units along Jojari river, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 15/01/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Panchayat ARABA Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 15/01/2020.

Judgement Date: 
15/01/2020
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, River Pollution, Jodhpur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Rajasthan, Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), Groundwater, Remote Sensing
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding Saraya distillery operating in Sardarnagar, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh causing pollution, 06/01/2020

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Dr. Anil Kumar Pandey, Prakritik Sampada Sanrakshan Samiti, Gorakhpur Vs State of Uttar Pradesh dated 06/01/2020 regarding Saraya distillery operating in Sardarnagar, Gorakhpur, Uttar Pradesh causing pollution.

Judgement Date: 
06/01/2020
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Gorakhpur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Uttar Pradesh, Groundwater, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industrial pollution along Jojari river, Jodhpur, Rajasthan, 11/12/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Gram Panchayat ARABA Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 11/12/2019 regarding Jojari river pollution, Jodhpur, Rajasthan. Counsel for Central Ground Water Board submits that they have by now inspected around 1000 units out of which 42 units were found illegally extracting ground water and the same has been sealed.

Judgement Date: 
12/12/2019
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Jodhpur (T), River Pollution, Industrial Waste, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Groundwater, Rajasthan, Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO)
Water Resources

Ground water year book India 2018-19

Ground Water Year Book is prepared annually by CGWB depicting changes in ground water regime of the country through different seasons. It is an effort to obtain information on ground water levels through representative monitoring wells. The important attributes of ground water regime monitoring are ground water level.

Publication Date: 
01/12/2019
Central Ground Water Board
Tags:
Groundwater, Water Resources, India, Wells, Hydrology, Statistics
Water Pollution

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution of groundwater, 28/11/2019

Question raised in Lok Sabha on Pollution of groundwater, 28/11/2019. As reported by States/ UTs on the Integrated Management Information System of the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation, as on 27.11.2019, 3.22% rural habitations with 3.73% population are having drinking water sources with quality issues.

Publication Date: 
28/11/2019
Lok Sabha
Tags:
Groundwater, Groundwater Pollution, India, Parliament
Water Resources

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding illegal extraction of ground water at Rawatbhata, District Chittorgarh, Rajasthan, 27/11/2019

Order of the National Green Tribunal in the matter of Muzaffar Hussain, Ecosorz Foundation Vs State of Rajasthan dated 27/11/2019 regarding inaction of the Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board against illegal extraction of ground water at Rawatbhata, District Chittorgarh, Rajasthan by water mafia for commercial purpose.

Judgement Date: 
27/11/2019
Tags:
Groundwater, Chittaurgarh (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB)

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