“It has become important for the city to have an alternative source of water.

The NGT had earlier asked the government to act against unauthorised water extraction and directed it to seal the illegal borewells.

A report accusing Base Titanium mining company of disregard of rights and skewed benefits sharing with mine operations host communities in Kwale, has been dismissed by the company as "mostly incorr

Even though water level recovered in 2017, it’s falling due to scanty rains.

NEW DELHI: With the latest Central Ground Water Board reporting a fast depleting water table in Delhi, the focus is on the thousands of illegal borewells that are draining the aquifers.

NEW DELHI: To popularise the idea of rainwater harvesting, Delhi Jal Board, in association with an NGO, opened three “rain centres” two years ago.

NEW DELHI: The capital, already facing a severe drinking water shortage, is heading towards a more serious situation as the level of groundwater, continuously depleting in the last two decades, has

MUMBAI: The authorities have no control on groundwater extraction from private wells in Mumbai, putting the city’s water security at risk.

A bench of Justice Madan B Lokur and Justice Deepak Gupta, which perused a report of the Central Ground Water Board on the status of groundwater level in Delhi from May 2000 to May 2017, said it “i

PUNE: Nagpur oranges and other fruit crops in the Vidarbha region are bearing the brunt of a severe water crisis as borewells in the region go dry.