Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (February 6, 2024)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal  

Groundwater in 12 Indian states found to be contaminated with uranium

Punjab is the worst-affected state with Haryana being the second 

75% of Kolkata’s groundwater is now brackish due to over-extraction: Study

Impact more in south Kolkata as innumerable new multi-storied buildings there run on groundwater

Here are five ways to counter groundwater depletion in the Ganga basin

Managements of river catchments, surface waterbodies, wastewater and the agricultural sector, in addition to a water resources database can …

Groundwater protection is key, emphasises Paris Unesco meet

A highlight of the event was the formation of a coalition on transboundary water cooperation

As told to Parliament (December 18, 2023): CSE finds coal-fired power plants around Delhi not complying with emission norms

All that was discussed in the House through the day

‘Groundwater depleting fast in Indus, Ganga and Brahmaputra basins’

Shanti Swarup Prize 2020 winner Abhijit Mukherjee says Indian states with highest groundwater depletion rates were subjected to water-…

How e-waste crisis continues to plague informal sector

Over 90% of electronic waste management is done by informal sector workers, most of whom are unaware of their rights  

NGT wants groundwater extraction based on EIA only

Tribunal calls for doing away with general permissions given to commercial entities to withdraw groundwater