Climate action: India and the LiFE forceThe onus of implementing sustainable policy can no longer be doled out to states alone. As per the Human Development Report 2020, people ar...
11 May, 2022, 04.05 PM IST
Level of toxic substances going up in rivers, chemical fertilisers contaminating groundwater: CentreCentral Ground Water Board (CGWB) had cautioned that the levels of fluoride, arsenic, nitrate and iron ore were beyond the acceptable limit...
21 Jul, 2019, 08.21 PM IST
Across India, high levels of toxins in groundwaterApart from nitrate contamination, the presence of fluoride, iron, arsenic and heavy metals has also touched worrying levels.
31 Jul, 2018, 10.24 AM IST
- India's groundwater widely contaminated with uranium, say researchers
New York, June 8 (IANS) Researchers have found widespread uranium contamination in groundwater from aquifers in 16 Indian states.
08 Jun, 2018, 05.22 PM IST
Bengaluru's Ulsoor Lake turns into fish graveyard: Is pollution plaguing water bodies?If untreated water keeps getting pumped into the lakes, it would soon contaminate groundwater resources, as is evident from the higher nitr...
20 Mar, 2016, 04.22 AM IST
NGT junks plea seeking demolition of 12 check dams in Uttar PradeshThe green panel said there was no co-relation between construction of check dams and the alleged pollution in ground water.
14 Jan, 2016, 04.14 PM IST
Bengaluru may have to be evacuated in a decade if water crisis continuesMost of the apartment complexes that have come up recently in Bengaluru, especially on Sarjapur Road, Bannerghatta Road, Whitefield, and Ma...
28 Dec, 2015, 11.22 AM IST
Groundwater turning toxic with sewageThe recent spate of moderate to heavy rains in the city may have boosted the groundwater levels by at least half a metre, but a new report ...
19 Sep, 2015, 06.53 AM IST
Delhi groundwater may run dry in 3-5 yrs: StudyScientists at NGRI have said groundwater in Hyderabad, Delhi, Mumbai and Chennai, along with several other northern cities, are declining a...
19 Dec, 2012, 07.57 AM IST
- Poison in India’s groundwater posing national health crisis
Depletion of groundwater and its pollution may be leading to a silent public health crisis as aquifers in many stretches across India are b...
02 May, 2012, 07.14 AM IST
Quenching that growing thirstWater - the giver of life has become a scarce commodity today. As the disparity in water resources and population grows, concerns of clean ...
20 Mar, 2008, 01.02 PM IST