Uttarakhand

People in remote hamlets left out by previous schemes like Swajal and Sector Wide Approach Program of the Uttarakhand Jal Nigam and Uttarakhand Jal Sansthan longed for household-level piped water supply for drinking and domestic purposes.

Government prepares strict directives to prevent groundwater wastage

Monsoon 2020: Countrywide deficit of 10 percent in July; September may have heavy rains

Uttarakhand’s rural areas are marked by massive outflux of people and it is believed that rural migration may alter the state’s political geography.

NGT slams centre over groundwater extraction in dry areas

UP emerges as the top state in the country to give employment under MGNREGS

Springs are the key source of water for rural households in Uttarakhand, yet they have seen an overall neglect over the decades with discharge from many springs declining bit by bit. The depletion of aquifers, changes in land use and ecological degradation have led to several initiatives to address springshed management in the state. We speak to Dr.

Developments in geographical information systems (GIS) in India, both in policy and law, have thus far empowered to a greater extent government and business at national and regional level. The real challenge in this sector is to extend this technology to local communities for self-governance and to enable them to participate on an equal footing in regional and national development.

30 districts in Delhi-NCR had contaminated groundwater in 2019: Water Minister

Ensure 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers: NGT to authorities