The Hidden Toll: The high price of entertainment on water resources revealed in stadium water usageA report by India's Jal Shakti ministry has found that 20 of the 26 stadiums examined were using borewells/tube wells to extract groundwate...
07 Aug, 2023, 12.47 PM IST
Punjab Pollution Control Board fines beverage factory Rs 99.71 lakh for illegal groundwater extractionDuring the raid, the team found several discrepancies, including illegal extraction of groundwater and non-compliance with pollution contro...
18 Mar, 2023, 11.44 AM IST
SC stays NGT order imposing penalty of over Rs 15 crore on Coca-Cola's bottling unitThe top court was hearing an appeal filed by Moon Beverages Ltd challenging NGT's order imposing an environmental compensation of Rs 1.85 c...
24 May, 2022, 02.30 PM IST
Water conservation fee likely on residential complexes, industryThe environment ministry considers a 'water conservation fee' on residential and commercial complexes, submits a report to the NGT.
25 Jul, 2019, 11.06 AM IST
Centre's notification on groundwater has serious flaws, not to be given effect: NGTFast depletion of groundwater in recent years is a "cause of concern for human well being", NGT said
05 Jan, 2019, 07.42 AM IST
Experts suggest water labels for food items so consumers can make more sustainable choicesSome now suggest that producers should consider adding water labels to help consumers make more sustainable choices about their food.
08 Apr, 2017, 01.38 AM IST
Here's reason behind depleting groundwaterGrowing food consumption across the globe and efforts by governments to boost agricultural trade in order to improve incomes of farmers has...
01 Apr, 2017, 11.53 PM IST
Unchecked groundwater use to put Bengaluru in dire straitsAccording to the Central Ground Water Board, the net available groundwater in Bengaluru Urban -the water that can be extracted without usin...
02 Dec, 2016, 11.40 AM IST
Villages demand ban on groundwater extraction by Coca-Cola bottler in Varanasi: Activist IRCNew guidelines to regulate groundwater came into effect on November 16, 2015, and a significant addition was to bring existing industries u...
26 Nov, 2015, 02.49 PM IST
SC notice to Centre, Delhi government on pricing of groundwaterThe Supreme Court today sought responses from the Centre and Delhi government on a plea seeking metering and pricing of groundwater for its...
31 Jul, 2015, 10.04 PM IST
UP pollution board shuts down Coca-Cola's Varanasi unitThe company-owned plant in Mehdiganj near Varanasi has been shut during peak season by the UPPCB as it found the company to be "violating a...
19 Jun, 2014, 12.19 PM IST
- The Water Policy is at best a beginning and needs to cover more ground
The Water Policy now okayed by the Centre touches upon a wide range of issues concerning the precarious water economy but without clear foc...
03 Jan, 2013, 04.54 AM IST
- New norms on anvil to make groundwater public property
Groundwater, a precious natural resource, is for all practical purposes a private property in India.
18 Jul, 2012, 09.16 AM IST
- Inadequate power,water pricing promoting groundwater misuse: PM
Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today stressed on the need to move towards participatory mechanisms of pricing of water by the primary stakeh...
10 Apr, 2012, 02.08 PM IST
Sustaining water: Be sensible while using itWater is the oil of the 21st century and as with oil, supplies of accessible clean water are coming under strain.
08 Apr, 2011, 05.47 AM IST
- Government mulls cap on ground water usage
A cap on ground water usage and a tax to discourage its indiscriminate use for irrigation may be on the cards as the government looks to pr...
08 Apr, 2011, 01.22 AM IST
- Cash for power bills may check water misuse at farms: Parikh
The Planning Commission on Tuesday suggested providing one-time cash compensation to farmers for paying electricity bills instead of the cu...
19 Sep, 2007, 02.41 AM IST