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NHRC seeks report from Centre, Delhi govt, CPCB on contaminated groundwate
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], May 12 (ANI): The National Human Rights Commission of India on Thursday sought a report from the centre, the Delhi government and Central Pollution Control Board on reported highly contaminated groundwater near four landfill sites in the National Capital.
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Ensure remedial action for potable water in Sangrur village: NGT directs P
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], April 2 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal (NGT) on Saturday asked Punjab Chief Secretary to ensure remedial action in coordination with the concerned authorities to effectuate the guaranteed right of the citizens to clean potable water.
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Study sheds light on how inland, coastal waterways influence climate
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
New Jersey [US], March 21 (ANI): A new study led by Princeton University identified how carbon is stored and transported through the intricacy of inland and coastal waterways. The study has significant implications for enforcing the carbon calculations that are part of international climate
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NHRC seeks report from Bihar govt on groundwater contamination
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New Delhi [India], March 5 (ANI): National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) on Friday took suo motu cognizance of a media report referring to the recent Bihar Economic Survey 2021-22 that in 31 of 38 districts of the State the groundwater is contaminated with Arsenic, Fluoride and excessive Ir
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Pakistan: Groundwater decline in Lahore cause of grave concern
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], February 25 (ANI): Pakistan's Lahore is seeing a continuous fall in the underground water level that will lead to a problem of absence of clean and drinkable water for the next generations to come.
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Groundwater level down 50 pc in Kabul
Updated : 4 years, 2 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 8 (ANI): Due to the excessive use of water, the groundwater levels have dropped by 50 percent in Kabul, local media reported citing the Ministry of Energy and Water on Saturday.
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Lahore faces increasing water woes with depleting groundwater
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Lahore [Pakistan], December 12 (ANI): Lahore faces increasing water woes with depleting groundwater as it tries to find ways to mitigate the looming droughts.
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NGT directs committee of Centre, UP, U'khand Pollution Control Boards to s
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], December 10 (ANI): The National Green Tribunal has asked the joint committee of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), Uttar Pradesh PCB and Uttarakhand State PCB to submit a joint report mentioning the details of groundwater extraction and the compliance of conditions
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Ice wall at Japan's Fukushima Daiichi plant appears partly melted
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Tokyo [Japan], November 26 (ANI/Sputnik): Tokyo Electric Power Co (Tepco) plans to begin renovation works at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, after finding that a frozen wall designed to stem the flow of groundwater around the reactor appears to be partly melted, media reported on
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India, Denmark exchange four MoUs, including agreements on groundwater res
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], October 9 (ANI): India and Denmark on Saturday exchanged four agreements following a bilateral meeting between Prime Minister Narendra Modi and his Danish counterpart Mette Frederiksen.
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Delhi govt to provide financial assistance to set up rainwater harvesting
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 14 (ANI): With an aim to increase the groundwater levels and efficiently utilise the rainwater, the Delhi government on Monday announced financial assistance of up to Rs 50,000 for the installation of Rooftop Rainwater Harvesting Systems and an additional reba
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Amid depleting groundwater table, Aquabrim is promoting water security acr
Updated : 4 years, 6 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], September 7 (ANI/NewsVoir): It is common knowledge, taught to us since school days that water covers 70 per cent of our planet, and only three per cent out of it is fresh water and two-third of it is stored in glaciers. However, the struggles of over a billion people world
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