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27 Jun 2023
Delhi Constructs More Rainwater Harvesting Pits
The New Delhi Public Works Department has announced that it has constructed an additional 82 rainwater harvesting pits to capture water during the monsoon and recharge aquifers. The pits were constructed at waterlogging hotspots in the city along the margins of roads to prevent waterlogging. The Delhi administration made the installation of rainwater harvesting systems mandatory in 2012 for all plots exceeding an area of 100 m²...
28 Jul 2022 DELHI, India
Dangerous Levels Of Toxic Chemical Found In Indian Drinking Water
Levels of Nonylphenol ranging from 29.1 parts per billion (ppb) to 80.5 ppb were found in 15 samples taken across the country. A safe level is considered to be 0.33 ppb.
14 May 2022 DELHI, India
Mapping "Extinct" Water Bodies
The city of Delhi has embarked on a programme to protect wetlands against further encroachments and to restore wetlands where possible.
10 Feb 2022 NEW DELHI, India
New India-Nepal Partnerships Through Hydropower
A new report from India's Observer Research Foundation explores the mutual benefit derived from sharing water resources and developing hydropower assets.
26 May 2021 Delhi, India
COVID-19 In India: Scores Of Bodies Risk Contaminating Ganges
A shortage of firewood and rising funeral costs are forcing grieving families to abandon traditional Hindu cremations. Alarmed by the risk to water quality, the national government has instructed states to clamp down on the practice and provide support for "dignified cremations".
7 Apr 2021 NEW DELHI, India
“Cordial” Meeting of India-Pakistan Permanent Indus Commission
India maintains its position that construction activities on the Chenab River are treaty-compliant. Pakistan requests information share re planned projects.
8 Feb 2021 NEW DELHI, India
Water Crisis Role In Standoff Between Indian Farmers And Government
While Indian farmers protest against threats to their subsistence livelihoods from three new laws impacting the way produce is priced and sold, the existing state-controlled pricing system continues to be associated with strain on the nation's water resources.Continuing protests against changes to India’s farming laws, reported as the world’s largest peaceful civic process until violence erupted this week, are gaining traction in global media...
4 Feb 2021 DELHI, India
India Concern Over China's Upstream Brahmaputra Intentions
Any attempt by China to build a mega dam upstream of the Brahmaputra River would be an “encroachment on the entitled rights of lower riparian states like India and Bangladesh,” the government of India has said. A 20 January statement released by the Jal Shakti Ministry (India’s ministry for water) and widely reported in the Indian media following a meeting of the nation’s Central Water Commission added that such a move would “adversely affect the availability of water in the Brahmaputra basin during the lean season”...
18 Jan 2021 NEW DELHI
India Supreme Court Addresses Yamuna River Pollution
The Supreme Court on Wednesday said pollution-free water forms a basic right under the constitutional framework as it took suo moto cognisance of the issue of contamination of rivers by sewage effluents. A bench, headed by Chief Justice S.A. Bobde, said: "We deem it appropriate at this stage to start with the issue of contamination of river Yamuna...