A number of Rivers of Europe, including Rhine, Danube, Loire, Po and Elbe are flowing at record low levels during the last couple of weeks. Europe, in fact has been a region that has the most elaborate policy and institutional structures, better than any other place, for ensuring its rivers flow perennially and healthily. This is partly also because of its economic, social dependance on the rivers. When the rivers of such a region are in such dire situation, it is a major wake-up call, also for the rest of the world.
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DRP 040526: NGT acknowledges vacuous Groundwater Governance in India
It is good to see this week that the National Green Tribunal (NGT) has acknowledged the non-existent or vacuous groundwater governance in India at both central and state levels. It was long overdue. It took the judiciary almost three decades to realise this, since the Supreme Court order in late 1990s for setting up Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA) under the 1986 Environment Protection Act.
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DRP 050126: Mumbai HC approval for cutting 45675 mangroves for road that does not make public interest sense
The uproar against the Govt of India and Supreme Court on Aravalli and stay on the decision by the Supreme Court is welcome. However, similarly absurd decision of the Maharashtra Govt, approved by the Bombay High Court on allowing cutting of 45675 mangroves in Mumbai’s northern stretch for a coastal road that makes no public interest sense did not invite similar reactions, as highlighted by the Question of Cities. (Feature Image above from the Question of Cities website)
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