Expressing concern at the fast depleting water table in Punjab, Mr Saifuddin Soz, Union Minister for Water Resources, has asked Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh to take immediate steps for its

If you ever wondered why the Yamuna resembles a drain most of the time, here is what the Supreme Court-appointed committee has to say: For nine months in a year, the river

THE 1960 Indus Water Treaty between India and Pakistan has "perceived disadvantages' to India because "something went wrong initially' and possible reviews could be examined, said minister for water

Cleaning Yamuna on the pattern of the Thames requires constant investment for building and maintaining infrastructure, a committee appointed by the Supreme Court has said in its interim report. It

The Delhi high court asked the vice-chairman of Delhi Development Authority (DDA) to appear in person in court on the next date of hearing for not assisting the monitoring committee in clearing the

Despite crores of rupees being spent on the Yamuna, pollution in the river has not decreased by significant levels, recent report prepared by Central Pollution Control Board has said. The Board has

Classifying Goa as one of the 20 "most high risk sites" for an oil spill along the country's coastline, the ministry of earth sciences has now developed a computer simulation model to track oil

The First Bench of the Madras High Court, hearing a batch of petitions relating to the discharge of untreated effluents into the Noyyal river, is contemplating imposing a fine on the dyeing and

The much-touted attempt to clean the Yamuna's 22-km stretch through the Capital and turn it into another Thames has come a cropper, after sinking almost Rs 100 crore per km in what passes as a river.

The Himachal Pradesh State Environment Protection and Pollution Control Board recently issued a notice to a company executing the 70 MW Budhil Hydroelectric Project under the provisions of the Air