New Delhi: The sub-divisional magistrate (SDM) of Mayur Vihar has informed National Green Tribunal (NGT) that his office had sealed two borewells near a nursery in Yamuna Khadar. The tribunal took ...

Borewell water, which was once clean now smells bad and looks contaminated. “Even after bringing this issue to the attention of officials, there has been no use. If we dig just 10 feet in the ...

With groundwater reserves depleting and illegal borewells mushrooming, Delhi stands at a tipping point — one borewell closer each day to an environmental crisis. Early this month, the Delhi High ...

The Delhi High Court has expressed serious concerns over the illegal extraction of water through borewells, likening it to a 'sin' and warning of a potential water crisis similar to Johannesburg.

The high court lamented that if such illegal borewells are not stopped, Delhi might end up facing a similar situation as happened in South Africa's Johannesburg a few years back when the city had ...

ADILABAD: Villagers across the erstwhile Adilabad district are demanding new borewells after soaring temperatures left existing wells and water bodies dry, triggering an acute drinking water crisis.

NEW DELHI: The High Court has likened the rampant extraction of groundwater through unauthorised borewells to a “sin and warned of strict action against those who deplete groundwater.

Extraction of water through illegal borewells is nothing less than a sin, the Delhi High Court has observed while calling for imposition of "some kind of deterrence" on offenders.

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“New borewells have been dug at several villages across the district, besides making repairs to several defunct borewells. The State government is seriously pursuing the ₹300-crore project to ...

Bhopal (Madhya Pradesh): A 70-year-old man shot at his daughter-in-law following a tiff over drawing water from his borewell under Parwalia Sadak police station limits on Wednesday afternoon.

Borewells have dried up. Repeated drilling yields brackish or unsafe sub-soil water. Canal flows are inconsistent, leading to water insecurity. The situation in central Punjab is no different.