JAIPUR: The Public Health and Engineering Department (PHED) sanctioned more tube wells to tide over the water crisis in the summer season but the authorities failed to properly implement the rule to construct
Thiruvananthapuram: A comparison of the groundwater level for November 2017 and November 2018 shows decline in 65% of total monitoring wells and rise in 35% of the total monitoring stations. Both fall
GHAZIABAD: An association of industrialists met the district magistrate on Tuesday and appealed to her that notices issued by the pollution control board against many of them be withdrawn. Members of
NEW DELHI: Discharge of toxic elements from industries and landfills and diffused sources of pollution like fertilisers and pesticides over the years has resulted in high levels of contamination of groundwater
NEW DELHI: With Delhi staring at an alarming situation to reach virtually zero groundwater level by 2020, the Supreme Court on Wednesday slammed the Centre and Delhi government for not taking steps and
From 519 in 1976, count has dropped to 251 now, while 4 main reservoirs have shrunk due to encroachment Here’s a statistic that should worry every Gurugram resident. In the past 40 years, more than
“It has become important for the city to have an alternative source of water. For the additional demand of water which goes upto 120 mgd in summers, the city depends on tubewells and at one point of time,
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 “indicates
MUMBAI: The authorities have no control on groundwater extraction from private wells in Mumbai, putting the city’s water security at risk. Water tanker owners and housing societies who sell groundwater
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 resulted
