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Farmers in Mungeshpur using toxic drain water for growing vegetables
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 15 (ANI): Risking their lives, farmers in Mungeshpur village in Delhi are using toxic water coming from Mungeshpur drain, one of the longest in north-west Delhi and part of the Najafgarh basin, for growing vegetables due to lack of groundwater for farming and to sa
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'Har Ghar Jal': Out of 6,881 blocks, 4310 have ample quantity of groundwat
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 11 (ANI): Union Minister for Jal Shakti Gajendra Singh Shekhawat on Thursday informed the parliament about implementation feasibility of 'Har Ghar Jal' scheme and asserted that our 6,881 blocks assessed for groundwater level -- the majority had an ample quantity of wa
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As India stares at water crisis, PM Modi suggests 3 methods to save water
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 30 (ANI): With water crisis rampant in many parts of India due to lack of adequate rainfall, depletion of groundwater and scorching heat, Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Sunday suggested three ways in which citizens can conserve water.
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No drinking water will be available by 2030 if we don't conserve now: Repo
Updated : 6 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi, [India], June 20 (ANI): The recent report of NITI Ayog on groundwater level says 21 Indian cities including Delhi, Bengaluru, Chennai and Hyderabad - will run out of groundwater by 2020, affecting around 100 million people.
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Heatwave leads to water crisis in Coimbatore
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Coimbatore (Tamil Nadu) [India], June 9 (ANI): Water bodies have gone dry and groundwater levels have plummeted as unprecedented heatwave conditions persist in Coimbatore.
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Swachh Bharat helped reduce groundwater contamination, says UNICEF
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 6 (ANI): The 'Swachh Bharat' initiative of the Narendra Modi government has led to a reduction in the contamination of groundwater, a UNICEF study has observed.
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UP: Water crisis looms large in Shankargarh town
Updated : 6 years, 9 months ago IST
Prayagraj (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 1 (ANI): There seems to be no end to the drinking water crisis in Room Village of Shankargarh. The daily wage labourers residing in the area are digging shallow wells in their premises for groundwater rejuvenation.
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Adani wins key approval for plan on coal mine in Australia
Updated : 6 years, 11 months ago IST
Ahmedabad (Gujarat) [India], Apr 9 (ANI): Diversified conglomerate Adani Enterprises said on Tuesday it has won a key approval for its groundwater management plan to construct a thermal coal mine and rail infrastructure project in Australia.
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SC upholds stay on use of secondary treated waste water in Karnataka
Updated : 7 years ago IST
New Delhi (India) Mar 11 (ANI): The Supreme Court on Monday refused to lift the stay on use of secondary treated waste water for recharge of groundwater in two districts of Karnataka.
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Naidu stresses importance of water resources in 5th White Paper on Natural
Updated : 7 years, 2 months ago IST
Guntur (Andhra Pradesh) [India], Dec 28 (ANI): Andhra Pradesh Chief Minister Nara Chandrababu Naidu on Thursday stressed on the importance of conservation of the state's water resources, saying that his government's priority is to increase the groundwater level by three to eight metres.
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Centre's Thoothukudi groundwater report pro-Sterlite: Stalin
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep 09 (ANI): Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (DMK) president MK Stalin on Sunday snubbed the Centre's report on groundwater contamination in Thoothukudi district, where the Sterlite copper smelter plant is located and said that the analysis was pro-Sterlite.
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TN rejects Centre's 'unscientific' report on Sterlite
Updated : 7 years, 6 months ago IST
Chennai (Tamil Nadu) [India], Sep 09 (ANI): The Tamil Nadu Government has rejected Centre’s report on groundwater contamination in Thoothukudi district, where the Sterlite copper smelter plant is located.
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