Data: More Than 70% of Enumerated Water Bodies in The Census Have a Spread Area of Less Than 0.5 Hectares
Data from the first-ever census report of the water bodies in India indicates that the…
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Data: While 2.5% of Urban Water Bodies Are Encroached Across India, Not a Single Urban Water Body Encroachment Reported From Karnataka
The first ever water bodies Census revealed that a total of more than 38,000 water…
Data: More Than 70% of The Water Bodies Are ‘Not In Use’ in Karnataka & Delhi
The first ever water bodies census has enumerated more than 24 lakh water bodies. However,…
Data: Water Bodies Census Indicates That More Than 30% of all Water Bodies in India Are in West Bengal
The Ministry of Jal Shakti recently released the report on the first-ever census of water…
Data: While Overall Ground Water Extraction Decreases Slightly, the Situation in Some States is Dire
The latest edition of the ‘National Compilation on Dynamic Ground Water Resources of India, 2022’…
Review: NITI Aayog’s white paper highlights the issues with Urban Wastewater in India
India and Denmark together launched a whitepaper recently on ‘Urban Wastewater Scenario in India’ at…
Review: UN World Water Development Report 2022 highlights the over-exploitation of groundwater
In March 2022, the UN released the 2022 edition of the UN World Water Development…
Review: Various reports highlight the improvement in water quality of major ‘Rivers’ during the lockdown
While the nationwide lockdown in 2020 was debilitating to the economy, it came as a…
Review: As Turnover of ‘Packaged Drinking Water Companies’ nearly triples in five years, Standing committee calls for assessment of their Income
The parliamentary standing committee on water resources which looked at the issue of ‘Socio-economic impact…
Review: Standing Committee calls for multiple measures to Conserve Water & Prevent Commercial Exploitation
Providing access to safe drinking water has been on the agenda of every government for…
