In a bid to make villages sustainable, the Aurangabad divisional commissionorate for the first time has undertaken the task of making eco-friendly development plans for them in tune with the needs

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.

Farmers blame drastic fall in groundwater table on bottling plant, saying it draws out far more water than can be naturally recharged

Till the late 1990s, Bansi Aheer, like all other farmers around Kaladera, used to irrigate his seven-bigha farm, drawing water from a well. “Water was easily available at about 40 feet. But it dropped annually by one or two feet and later by eight or ten feet,” he says.

Wednesday, January 22, 2014 - Islamabad—Scientists have proposed to establish a taskforce on water scarcity to devise water security action plan on conservation, recycling, harvesting, and dam stor

Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) today informed the National Green Tribunal that it intends to set up rain water harvesting systems in 17 of its stations in the national capital, but 27 others w

Owners of environment-friendly homes and those who plan to build such homes have something to cheer about. And, the houses that are not environment-friendly have reasons to go green with envy.

Focus Should Be On Constructing, Monitoring RWH Systems, Say Experts

Aam Aadmi Party may be yet to achieve its goal of equitable water supply in Delhi but this can be worked out in the long run. It is hoped that AAP will take up rainwater harvesting in a big way to meet the massive demand of consumers, especially those in unauthorized colonies.