As per the Ministry of Environment, Forests and Climate Change, groundwater contamination in Madhya Pradesh, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh and Odisha is at alarming level and only 37 per cent of sewage water was being treated in the country before entering into the rivers ...
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Water Conservation
Water Conservation
Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Babul Supriyo told the parliament that 351 stretches of polluted rivers have been identified by Central Pollution Control Board which will be cleaned under the National River Conservation Plan ...
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’99 per cent of the wells in Mumbai have dried up’, says 40-year-old Subhajit Mukherjee, a resident of Kandivali in Mumbai, who has come up with a cost-effective solution to conserve rainwater and recharge ground water ...
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The government has launched ‘Jal Jeevan Mission’ to ensure drinking water to all by 2024, however, it slashed budget for major schemes for the conservation of water sources like National Ganga Plan, National River Conservation Groundwater Management ...
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As per the Government of India, mapping of groundwater would be useful in formulating policy regarding water conservation and careful utilisation of groundwater reserves ...
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Chandrapur is one of the hottest cities in the country and an NGO named ECO-PRO is inspiring people to conserve water in the city with a rainwater harvesting awareness campaign ...
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The Delhi cabinet, chaired by the Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal, approved the project for water conservation in the River Yamuna floodplains ...
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‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’, a water conservation campaign has been launched by the centre with an aim to focus on 1,592 ‘water stressed blocks’ in 256 districts of India ...
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West Bengal Pollution Control Board chairman, Kalyan Rudra stresses on the need for water conservation, saying that groundwater has limited resource and overexploitation will lead to depletion ...
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In the first ‘Mann Ki Baat’ post re-election, Prime Minister Narendra Modi urged the citizens to conserve water and tap traditional methods for water management ...
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Mr. Shekhawat said the Ministry of Jal Shakti has been created by Government of India, integrating the erstwhile Ministry of Water Resources River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation and Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation ...
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As India faces major water shortage, experts highlight that lack of mindful usage and mismanagement of water sources have resulted in the current crisis situation in the country ...
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