Nagpur District

  • Guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste are out
    CPCB releases guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has released guidelines for handling, treatment and safe disposal of biomedical waste generated during treatment, diagnosis and quarantine of patients confirmed or suspected to have the novel co...
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  • After 40 years, Hilsa migrates to Allahabad again
    Navigation lock at Farakka Barrage redesigned for Hilsa migration This monsoon, the Hilsa fish will be able to swim down the Ganga all the way up to Allahabad from the Bay of Bengal. The migration of the fish till Allahabad had been stopped after the Farakka Barrage was built on the ...
    swatiposted 1 year 3 months agoread more
  • Vidarbha farmer's date with success
    In a drought-prone region like Vidarbha in Maharashtra, mostly in the news for water scarcity and farmer suicide, it is not every day that you hear the success story of a farmer. That's why the story of Savi Thangavel, 69, a resident of Mohegaon village which is just 22 km from Nagpur, is speci...
    makarandpurohitposted 1 year 7 months agoread more
  • Delhi enveloped in smog again
    Yet again, North India shrouded in heavy smog Delhi and parts of north India are once again enveloped in heavy toxic smog, thanks to crop burning in Punjab. Taking note of the crisis, the National Green Tribunal has rapped the state governments concerned and has instructed them to ta...
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  • The search for a shelter
    In the last few decades, India has seen an increasing number of people migrating from rural areas to urban cities in search of work and better living. These migrants often get employed in the informal sector as construction workers, vendors, domestic servants, etc. They also live in informal settlem...
    makarandpurohitposted 3 years 4 months agoread more
  • Query on theft of water from our well to neighbours well via horizontal bore
    Hi My neighbour is threatening me that he is going to make ahorizontal bore from his farm's well to my farms well to take water. Are there any laws to stop him from doing so? Else how can it be done. Please give detailed ideas to solve this problem. Manu B., Nagpur
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  • Rajasthan gets chilled water kiosk
    Country's first mobile chilled water kiosk in Rajasthan Rajasthan’s Barmer district has received the country’s first mobile-any-time-water kiosk that dispenses chilled water for the community. The initiative is a part of the corporate social responsibility of Cairn India that is supporting...
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  • Water not for profit
    In August 2016, the Karnataka government gave Abu Dhabi-based businessman B.R. Shetty permission to privatise the iconic Jog Falls to make it a perennial waterfall and to develop it into a tourism hotspot. As per the newspaper report, Shetty is to invest Rs 450 crore towards the project and charge v...
    makarandpurohitposted 3 years 7 months agoread more
  • NGT slams Railways for using groundwater illegally
    Railways using groundwater 'indiscriminately and illegally': NGT The National Green Tribunal has issued notices to the Ministries of Railways and Environment and Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) for groundwater extraction by the Railways without getting permission from concerned authorities. T...
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  • 4 crore native tree species to be planted along the stretch of the Ganga
    Centre releases DPR on forestry intervention for Ganga river The Water Resource Ministry has unveiled the Detailed Project Report (DPR) on Forestry Intervention for the Ganga which has been prepared by the Forest Research Institute, Dehradun. The project envisages the plantation of 4 crore native t...
    swatiposted 4 years 2 months agoread more
  • Water for Profit: Experiences from America and India
    In January 2016, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Employees Union and residents of Nagpur yet again protested the privatisation of water services in the city. They demanded the remunicipalisation of their water services since the tall claims made by private operator Veolia Water (Ind...
    makarandpurohitposted 4 years 3 months agoread more
  • Nagpur Union launches world-wide campaign against much hyped water privatisation
    World-wide campaign against impacts of water privatisation The Nagpur Municipal Corporation Employees Union has launched a world-wide campaign against the much-hyped water privatisation. Boston-based Corporate Accountability International and France-based Public Services International will be helpi...
    swatiposted 4 years 5 months agoread more
  • Nagpur Municipal Corporation in troubled waters
    The Maharashtra State Accountant General (AG) recently exposed the hidden agenda of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its so-called best Public-Private Partnership model with regards to Nagpur's water supply. Per the news report, NMC pays a higher rate to private operator Veolia Water (Indi...
    makarandpurohitposted 4 years 10 months agoread more
  • Government fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
    Government bends its own guideline, fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project After giving its green nod to the 1200-MW project on the Lohit river, the expert panel of the Ministry of Environment and Forests is all set to consider the 3097-MW hydel project in Dibang Valley and the 3097-MW Et...
    swatiposted 5 years 3 months agoread more
  • Swachh Bharat Mission launched on Gandhi Jayanti
    PM launches the nationwide cleanliness campaign The Prime Minister formally launched the nationwide cleanliness campaign, the 'Swachh Bharat Mission' or 'Clean India Campaign' on October 2. On the same day, the Minister of State, Social Justice and Empowerment launched the 'Swachhta Udyami Yojana -...
    swatiposted 5 years 8 months agoread more
  • Use clean coal, NGT tells Mahagenco
    NGT tells Mahagenco to use clean coalThe National Green Tribunal has ordered the Maharashtra power utility to strictly abide by the Environment Ministry's notification, which prohibits coal and power utilities from using coal that has over 34% ash content. Inferior quality coal generates large amoun...
    ravleenposted 6 years 1 week agoread more
  • Don't promote water privatization: NGOs urge World Bank
    NGOs urge World Bank not to promote water privatizationThe Bank has been funding a lot of such projects in South Asia. Even as they face a lot of problems, they are being cited as models to be emulated elsewhere. Nagpur's Orange City Water is one such project plagued with corruption and service shut...
    ravleenposted 6 years 1 month agoread more
  • Fly ash laden water from power plant spills into MP village
    Fly ash laden water from power plant contaminates water in MP villageThe water spilled into the village when mud wall of the fly ash dyke of Essar's Mahan thermal power plant in Singrauli district collapsed. In an earlier instance, the state pollution control board asked the plant to shut down when ...
    ravleenposted 6 years 1 month agoread more
  • India will be the hotspot of water crisis by 2025: UN
    India will be the hotspot of water crisis by 2025: UNThe United Nation's report on the World Water Day talks about conflicts between India and its neighbouring countries over river water sharing.  Areas of conflict might include Ganga-Brahamputra basin and the Indus and Mekong river basins, say...
    ravleenposted 6 years 1 month agoread more
  • Narmada Kshipra interlinked
    India's first river interlinking project inuaguratedBJP leader LK Advani inuagurated the first phase of the Narmada-Kshipra river interlinking project in Ujjaini village near Indore. The 432 crore project will lift water from the Narmada with pumps upto a height of 350 metres from a distance of 50 k...
    ravleenposted 6 years 3 months agoread more

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Posted Date : Tue, 2018-10-30 10:12
Farmer Thangavel tastes success with date farming in the drought-prone region of Vidarbha.

In a drought-prone region like Vidarbha in Maharashtra, mostly in the news for water scarcity and farmer suicide, it is not every day that you hear the success story of a farmer. That's why the story of Savi Thangavel, 69, a resident of Mohegaon village which is just 22 km from Nagpur, is special. He took up date farming when nobody even thought about it and became the first successful date farmer in the region.

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Posted Date : Tue, 2017-11-14 12:56
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Yet again, North India shrouded in heavy smog

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Posted Date : Wed, 2017-02-01 20:46
The sorry state of urban slums are testimony to poorly implemented policies for the rehabilitation of migrants.

In the last few decades, India has seen an increasing number of people migrating from rural areas to urban cities in search of work and better living. These migrants often get employed in the informal sector as construction workers, vendors, domestic servants, etc. They also live in informal settlements, generally known as slums.

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Posted By : Anonymous (not verified)
Posted Date : Wed, 2016-11-02 22:52

Hi

My neighbour is threatening me that he is going to make ahorizontal bore from his farm's well to my farms well to take water. Are there any laws to stop him from doing so?

Else how can it be done. Please give detailed ideas to solve this problem.

Manu B., Nagpur

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Posted Date : Mon, 2016-10-31 22:09
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Country's first mobile chilled water kiosk in Rajasthan

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Posted Date : Sun, 2016-10-16 20:58
Water privatisation has a history of failure in India. Why are we still engaging private operators to manage our waters?

In August 2016, the Karnataka government gave Abu Dhabi-based businessman B.R. Shetty permission to privatise the iconic Jog Falls to make it a perennial waterfall and to develop it into a tourism hotspot. As per the newspaper report, Shetty is to invest Rs 450 crore towards the project and charge visitors a “minimal” fee. 

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Posted Date : Tue, 2016-04-05 09:47
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Railways using groundwater 'indiscriminately and illegally': NGT

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Posted Date : Tue, 2016-03-29 11:24
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Centre releases DPR on forestry intervention for Ganga river

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