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Report finds efficient rainwater harvesting structures missing along Metro lines
1 year, 5 months ago

Report finds efficient rainwater harvesting structures missing along Metro lines

The Hindu  

A survey by Action Aid India has found that efficient Rain Water Harvesting structures are missing along the new elevated Metro lines in the city. While model RWH structures exist in the Reach-1 of Namma Metro between Mahatma Gandhi Road and Byappanahalli stations, the report found that no similar structures exist along the surveyed stretch on Green Line and Purple …

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Delhi’s Dwarka rainwater system polluting water table: Panel
1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi’s Dwarka rainwater system polluting water table: Panel

Hindustan Times  

The rainwater harvesting systems installed in the residential societies in Dwarka are ill-maintained and are causing groundwater contamination in over a dozen societies, a joint inspection by the National Green Tribunal -appointed expert committee comprising the Delhi Jal Board and the Delhi Pollution Control Committee has found. “The RWH systems were found as per design of the Delhi Jal Board/ …

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Delhi govt suggests up to ₹5L fine on buildings without rainwater harvesting
1 year, 5 months ago

Delhi govt suggests up to ₹5L fine on buildings without rainwater harvesting

Hindustan Times  

The Delhi government has proposed slapping an environmental compensation of up to ₹5 lakh on property owners with an area of at least 100 square metres who fail to maintain a functional rainwater harvesting system. The Delhi government had made rainwater harvesting systems mandatory in 2012 and non-compliance attracts a penalty of one-and-a-half times the water bill amount. The government …

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Government buildings in Puducherry flout laws, have non-functioning rainwater harvesting structures: CAG report
1 year, 8 months ago

Government buildings in Puducherry flout laws, have non-functioning rainwater harvesting structures: CAG report

The Hindu  

More than five years after the Puducherry government amended the Building By-laws and Zoning Regulations and included rainwater harvesting structures as a mandatory requirement in all buildings, a majority of government schools in Puducherry and Karaikal regions are yet to comply with the guidelines, either for storage or recharge of groundwater, according to a report of the Comptroller and Auditor …

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Apartment in Alwarpet turns to recharge wells to get rainwater-rich
2 years, 4 months ago

Apartment in Alwarpet turns to recharge wells to get rainwater-rich

The Hindu  

As apartments go, Aashiana Apartment at Venus Colony is a Baby Boomer. Besides, constructing new recharge wells, we converted a few existing recharge structures — actually, recharge bores — into recharge wells,” says Bhuvana Panchanath, secretary of Aashiana Flat Owners Association. For the sake of knowledge transfer, the community Report on Work on Aashiana ‘s Rain Water Harvesting System – …

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City marks five years of Gurujam with similar woes
3 years, 4 months ago

City marks five years of Gurujam with similar woes

Hindustan Times  

Residents woke up to flooded roads and water overflow inside housing societies as 91.8mm rainfall wreaked havoc in the city on Wednesday morning, with several areas expected to be waterlogged till midnight. The day also marked the fifth anniversary of the infamous “Gurujam” incident of 2016 when commuters were stuck on the Delhi-Gurgaon Expressway for nearly two days and a …

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Yogi Adityanath Govt Gears Up For Big Rainwater Harvesting Campaign Before Monsoons
3 years, 8 months ago

Yogi Adityanath Govt Gears Up For Big Rainwater Harvesting Campaign Before Monsoons

News 18  

The Yogi Adityanath led government in UP has decided to launch a special campaign for rainwater harvesting before the monsoon season. Principal Secretary Housing Deepak Kumar has issued a government order saying that in the layout plans of more than 10 acres of the area, the reservoir or reservoirs will be compulsorily constructed under the proposed land for the park …

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NGT Orders Panel Probe Into NHAI's Non-Compliance Of Conditions Of Compensatory Afforestation, Rainwater Harvesting While Constructing Pune-Nashik Highway [Read Order]
4 years, 3 months ago

NGT Orders Panel Probe Into NHAI's Non-Compliance Of Conditions Of Compensatory Afforestation, Rainwater Harvesting While Constructing Pune-Nashik Highway [Read Order]

Live Law  

The Pune Bench of the National Green Tribunal has ordered a panel probe into National Highway Authority of India's alleged violations of the specific conditions imposed on it by the Environmental Clearance granted to it for up-gradation of the Khed-Sinnar section of the NH-50 Pune Nashik Highway. The Applicants submitted to the NGT that the National Highway Authority of India …

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