In his ‘Mann ki Baat’ in February 2021, prime minister Narendra Modi urged Indians to conserve water. The Jal Shakti Ministry has also announced that it would be launching a 100-day campaign, with a … READ FULL STORY
Filtered water supply to Kolkata will go up by 20 million gallons per day (MGD), as mayor Firhad Hakim inaugurated a new treatment plant at Palta in North 24 Parganas district, on March 12, … READ FULL STORY
The Maharashtra cabinet, on February 5, 2020, approved the first phase plan for treating waste water in urban areas of the state. According to an official statement, 9758.53 million litres daily (MLD) waste water … READ FULL STORY
The NGT directed the Environment Ministry on Wednesday to issue within two months a notification banning RO purifiers where total dissolved solids (TDS) in water are below 500 milligrams per litre. A bench, headed … READ FULL STORY
The Tamil Nadu government is implementing the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a campaign for water conservation, in 5,807 village panchayats spread over 249 rural blocks, official sources said, on October 24, 2019. They claimed the … READ FULL STORY
Gangapur dam across the Godavari river, the main source of water for Nashik city, is filled up to 97% of its total 5,630 million cubic feet (MCFT) capacity this monsoon, so far. While Darna … READ FULL STORY
The World Resources Institute’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas, has ranked India 13th among 17 countries, on the list of ‘extremely high’ water stressed countries. India has more than three times the population of the … READ FULL STORY
The Lok Sabha, on July 31, 2019, approved the Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, which seeks to amend the Inter State River Water Disputes Act, 1956, by a voice vote. A key feature … READ FULL STORY
A leading real estate developers association, on June 18, 2019, termed as ‘unrealistic’, the Karnataka government’s plan to impose a five-year ban on the construction of multi-storeyed residential buildings in Bengaluru, in view of … READ FULL STORY
Gujarat chief minister Vijay Rupani, on May 6, 2019, stressed on the need for reducing dependency on water received from the Narmada project, as well as ground water sources. During a review meeting held … READ FULL STORY
Rampant groundwater extraction and erratic supply from treatment plants, has deepened a potable water crisis in several parts of Gurugram, residents claim. People living in DLF Phase One, Two, Three, Four and Five, South … READ FULL STORY
Eminent scientist and former chairman of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO), K Kasturirangan, has called for an agriculture regime, where water requirement comes down from (the current) 80-85 per cent to something like … READ FULL STORY
A total of 163 million people in India have no access to clean water close to home, or 15 per cent of all rural residents and seven per cent of all urban residents, says … READ FULL STORY
