Chennai District

DPCC proposes penalising structures lacking operational rainwater harvesting systems in its NGT report

In accordance with regulations, structures over 100 square meters in Delhi are required to install rainwater harvesting systems, with non-compliance resulting in a 50% penalty on the monthly Delhi Jal Board bill.

Challenges persist: Limited headway in reclaiming Southern Ridge despite NGT oversight for three years

Haryana becomes 'Har Ghar Jal’ state

An estimated 58,000 babies die in India every year from superbug infections passed on from their mothers, whilst drug-resistant pathogens cause between 28,000 to 38,000 extra deaths in the European Union every year.

Flood situation in Assam continues to remain grim

Making a landfall in Raigad district, cyclone Nisarga wanes but causes heavy rains in western Maharashtra

Environment Ministry notifies new wetland conservation rules

India leads the world in pollution-linked deaths: Study

While climate activists and world leaders were gathering in Paris in the first week of December 2015 to discuss the impact of climate change, the metropolis Chennai in the southern corner of India was inundated with floods.

Soon a national framework for e-flows in all major rivers