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New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) Groundwater extraction for domestic purposes, including use in high-rise apartments, accounts for a significant share of total withdrawal in Delhi and adjoining NCR districts, the government informed the Lok Sabha on Thursday. Replying to a question, Minister of State for Jal Shakti Raj Bhushan Choudhary said that as per data available with the Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA), of the total groundwater extraction, 71.88 per cent in Delhi was for domestic purposes. T ...Read More >
New Delhi: About 73 per cent of wells monitored across the country recorded a rise in groundwater levels in the 2025 post-monsoon period compared to the decadal mean between 2015-2024, the government told the Lok Sabha on Thursday. In a written reply to a question, Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil said annual assessment of dynamic groundwater resources, being conducted since 2022 by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) in coordination with the state governments, shows that total groundwater ...Read More >
New Delhi, Apr 2 (PTI) About 73 per cent of wells monitored across the country recorded a rise in groundwater levels in the 2025 post-monsoon period compared to the decadal mean between 2015-2024, the government told the Lok Sabha on Thursday. In a written reply to a question, Union Jal Shakti Minister C R Patil said annual assessment of dynamic groundwater resources, being conducted since 2022 by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) in coordination with the state governments, shows that total ...Read More >
Jhabua (Madhya Pradesh): Collector and District Magistrate Neha Meena declared all urban and rural areas of Jhabua district as water scarcity-affected zones due to the continuous decline in groundwater levels and the possibility of a drinking water crisis during the summer season. The order has been issued under the Madhya Pradesh Drinking Water Preservation Act, 1986, and its amended provisions. Under Section 6(1) of the Act, drilling of new borewells has been completely banned across the dist ...Read More >
Kishangarh: Endless white plains glowing under the sun, no pine trees, no chill in the air, yet the scenery looks straight out of a winter postcard. Many confuse it for Bolivia's Salt Flats, snow-clad Gulmarg or even scenic Switzerland. This picturesque location, which has become a popular reel destination, is Asia's largest marble waste dumping yard in Kishangarh in Ajmer district of arid Rajasthan. The dumping site, where over 700 tankers carrying around 22 lakh litres of marble slurry are e ...Read More >
New Delhi - Akvo Atmospheric Water Systems Pvt. Ltd., a leading company in cutting edge water technology has been awarded recognition as one of the Most Innovative Companies in the Asia-Pacific regions for 2026 by Fast Company; ranking 10th in the Asia-Pacific Region. Akvo is one of only three Companies from India listed on the 2026 Global List, further strengthening its international presence in the innovation space. Akvo's inclusion underscores its pioneering work in Atmospheric Water Generat ...Read More >
New Delhi, Mar 30 (PTI) A total of 18,790 complaints have been received under the Centre's Jal Jeevan Mission aimed at providing potable tap water to every rural household, with the highest numbers reported from Uttar Pradesh, followed by Assam, the government said in the Rajya Sabha on Monday. Responding to a question by MP Phulo Devi Netam, Minister of State for Jal Shakti, V Somanna, said the complaints were received from various sources, including media reports, suo motu cognisance, public ...Read More >
Hyderabad: Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday praised the people of Telangana's Mudigunta village in Jaipur mandal for transforming water conservation into a people's movement. During the 132nd episode of his monthly radio programme 'Mann Ki Baat', the Prime Minister commended the dedication of the villagers and noted that the construction of soak pits in a majority of households has significantly improved groundwater levels and sanitation conditions. Of the 443 households in the village, ...Read More >
JAIPUR: Amid fears and tensions, the grand Mahapanchayat of farmers protesting against the proposed ethanol factory in Hanumangarh passed off peacefully on Wednesday. The Mahapanchayat demanded the closure of Asia's largest ethanol factory being planned in Rathikhera village of the Tibbi area. After talks between farmer leaders and the district administration, the farmers' body called off the protest for the moment, but it has issued a 20-day ultimatum to the Rajasthan government to announce t ...Read More >
JAIPUR: An air of high tension and uncertainty prevails in Rajasthan's Hanumangarh district as hundreds of farmers have begun gathering for a large Mahapanchayat to protest against a proposed ethanol factory in the area. Farmers who clashed with the police last week over the issue have stepped up their agitation after talks with the administration failed. A large Mahapanchayat has been called on Wednesday at the grain market in Hanumangarh Junction. The gathering was initially planned outside ...Read More >
Assets worth Rs 79.93 crore belonging to a Punjab-based company has been seized by the Enforcement Directorate as part of a money laundering investigation linked to an environmental crime involving large-scale water pollution. The attached properties include land, buildings, and plant and machinery owned by Malbros International Pvt Ltd. The provisional attachment was carried out by the ED's Jalandhar Zonal Office under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The probe stems from ...Read More >
Jalandhar, Dec 16 (SocialNews.XYZ) The Directorate of Enforcement (ED), Jalandhar Zonal Office, filed a Prosecution Complaint before the Special Court for PMLA at Jalandhar against Malbros International, Gautam Malhotra and others, in connection with a money laundering investigation related to an environmental crime. The charges were filed on Monday under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, said an official statement. The ED initiated an investigation on the basis of a crimina ...Read More >
Jalandhar: In a money laundering probe related to an environmental crime, the Enforcement Directorate attached properties, including land, building and plant and machinery, worth Rs 79.93 crore belonging to a Punjab-based company involved in water pollution, an official said on Monday. The Enforcement Directorate (ED), Jalandhar Zonal Office, provisionally attached the immovable properties of Malbros International Pvt Ltd on Saturday in the money laundering investigation related to environmental ...Read More >
New Delhi, Oct 30 (PTI) For years, the ground beneath southwest Delhi quietly sank as its aquifers ran dry. Now, satellites show a rare reversal; the land in Dwarka is lifting again, a sign that the city's long-depleted groundwater is slowly bouncing back, a study claimed. The research paper, titled 'InSAR Reveals Recovery of Stressed Aquifer Systems in Parts of Delhi, India', published in the Water Resources Research journal, examined satellite data from October 2014 to October 2023. Land sub ...Read More >
State Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy directed the Irrigation department to remove all procedural hurdles for the Devadula... State Irrigation and Civil Supplies Minister N Uttam Kumar Reddy directed the Irrigation department to remove all procedural hurdles for the Devadula scheme, expedite pending works, and ensure that irrigation benefits reach every farmer in the drought-prone areas of north Telangana. Officials informed the minister that the Devadula scheme, con ...Read More >
Gurgaon: Haryana has closed this monsoon season with its highest rainfall in three years. It has recorded a 70% surplus over the long-term average, according to IMD data.At 129.2 mm against a normal of 77.2 mm, 2025 stands out not just for the statewide numbers but also for the intensity of Sept showers that tipped the balance. In 2023, rainfall stood at 43mm (-44%) while in 2024, it was 105.7mm (37%). Officials at the meteorological centre noted that the late-season bursts were unusual. An IMD ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA / GUNTUR: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu on Sunday night took stock of the flood situation in the State, following heavy inflows into the Krishna and Godavari rivers. Emphasising dynamic flood management, he directed officials to optimise water resource utilisation by filling reservoirs and tanks to their full capacity, while ensuring timely alerts for residents in flood-prone areas. Officials informed that the Prakasam Barrage is currently experiencing an inflow of 6.57 lakh cu ...Read More >
This roundup of The Conversation's climate coverage was first published in our award-winning weekly climate action newsletter, Imagine. Around the world, rivers and lakes that sustained civilisations for millennia are vanishing before our eyes. The Caspian Sea - the world's largest inland body of water - has shrunk dramatically in just a few decades. The Ganges nourishes hundreds of millions of people across India and Bangladesh, yet is drying at a rate scientists say is unprecedented in the pa ...Read More >
The longer-term implications are complex. India is achieving its fuel-blending targets, but at the cost of crop diversity. India's farmlands are in the middle of a quiet-but-dramatic shift. New government data show that crops linked to the ethanol economy -- sugarcane and maize -- are steadily expanding, while oilseeds like soybean, a critical crop for the country's edible oil security, are losing ground. This pattern is visible across states, being reinforced by policy incentives guaranteeing ...Read More >
New Delhi, Aug 29 (PTI) The Supreme Court-mandated Central Empowered Committee (CEC) has sought a ban on Conocarpus, a fast-growing exotic species planted widely in India for quick greening of roads and urban spaces, saying it poses grave ecological and public health risks. In a 40-page report submitted to the apex court, the CEC described the tree as "ecologically unsuitable" and said its unchecked spread threatens biodiversity, groundwater, infrastructure and human health. "The Conocarpus pl ...Read More >
Water Crisis to Water Security: The Art of Living's Scalable Model for a Water Positive India Water Crisis to Water Security: The Art of Living's Scalable Model for a Water Positive India 5 min read Last Updated : Aug 26 2025 | 12:00 PM IST PRNewswire Bengaluru (Karnataka) [India], August 26: Water is India's lifeline - and its looming crisis. With 80% of the country's water needs met through fast-depleting groundwater, and erratic monsoons failing to replenish rivers and reservoirs, the thr ...Read More >
VIJAYAWADA: Chief Minister N Chandrababu Naidu held a meeting at his camp office on Wednesday to review heavy rainfall across Andhra Pradesh. The meeting, attended by Home Minister Vangalapudi Anitha, and Water Resources Minister Nimmala Ramanaidu, Chief Secretary K Vijayanand, and senior officials from disaster management, agriculture, and water resources departments, focused on preparing for intense rain forecast for the next two to three days. Naidu instructed officials to maintain high ale ...Read More >
Chennai: Tamil Nadu Chief Minister MK Stalin on Monday backed West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee for calling out the Delhi police for allegedly referring to Bengali as a Bangladeshi language, labelling it a "direct insult to the very language in which the National Anthem is composed." Stalin said such remarks were not "inadvertent errors" but a reflection of a regime that undermines India's linguistic diversity. "The Delhi Police, under the Union Home Ministry, has described Bengali as ...Read More >
Jashpur (Chhattisgarh) [India], August 4 (ANI): Covering several kilometres to fetch clean drinking water was the routine of earlier days for the population at Kujri, a village surrounded by forest and hills in tribal-dominated Jashpur district of Chhattisgarh, before the Jal Jeevan Mission came as a boon to them. Kujri is a village located around 15 to 17 kilometres from Jashpur district and close to the border of the neighbouring state of Jharkhand. Earlier, the villagers had to rely on borew ...Read More >
A new study from IIT Roorkee has just flipped the long-standing belief about what keeps the Ganga flowing during the harsh Indian summer. New fingings show that it is in fact not glacier melt but groundwater that keeps the mighty river alive, at least until Patna. Researchers from IIT Roorkee tracked the river right from its Himalayan beginnings to its delta end, using advanced isotopic analysis. Published in Hydrological Processes, the study is the first of its kind to cover such a full-scale ...Read More >
Amaravathi (Andhra Pradesh) [India], July 19 (ANI): A Telugu Desam Parliamentary Party meeting was held at the Chief Minister's Camp Office under the leadership of Chief Minister Chandrababu Naidu, in which it was emphasised that the party will focus on issues concerning Andhra Pradesh in the upcoming Parliament session. Andhra Minister Nara Lokesh and several MPs attended the meeting. Also Read | Ganeshotsav Declared 'Rajya Mahotsav': Maharashtra Government Elevates Century-Old Festival to St ...Read More >
KATHUA, July 18: District Development Council Kathua in its meeting held today, approved Rs 7452.53 lakh District Capital Expenditure Budget for the financial year 2025-26. The approved budget includes Rs 913.62 lakh for ongoing works and Rs 6538.91 lakh for new development proposals. The Capex plan aims to strengthen infrastructure, improve service delivery and push forward district-wide growth through focused investments across key sectors. Deputy Commissioner Dr Rakesh Minhas, while address ...Read More >
Mumbai (Maharshtra) [India], July 19 (ANI): Union Culture and Tourism Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat has said that the proposal to rename Islampur in Sangli district as Ishwarpur in Maharashtra reflects India ongoing cultural renaissance. He said that it marks an effort to restore historical identities that were once deliberately erased. Speaking to the media on Friday, Shekhawat said, There were many of our subjects, places, history books, and incidents, which were intentionally erased, or ...Read More >
12 Guwahati: Assam cabinet on Friday approved notifying drought-like situation in five districts in western Assam due to significantly deficient rainfall -- around 40% below normal -- based on data from the meteorological department and groundwater commission. CM Himanta Biswa Sarma in a post-cabinet briefing said a formal declaration of drought-like situation in Kokrajhar, Dhubri, Barpeta, Bongaigaon and Baksa districts will be issued by the revenue department following the cabinet's approval.I ...Read More >
HYDERABAD: As Hyderabad grapples with water shortages and drying borewells, rainwater harvesting remains largely ignored, despite clear mandates from the Greater Hyderabad Municipal Corporation (GHMC). Between 2020 and 2025, GHMC issued 69,575 building permits. Of these, 23,239 required rainwater harvesting structures (RWHS), yet only 33% complied. In 2024-25 alone, just 4,578 out of 11,509 approved buildings had soak pits. Only 2,036 received occupancy certificates, even though RWHS completion ...Read More >
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