Fast depleting quantity and quality of groundwater is regulated by Central Ground Water Authority (CGWA). Its recent notification has come under the scanner by NGT.
As reported by Hindu:
The National Green Tribunal on Tuesday rapped the Union Water Resources Ministry over its notification pertaining to groundwater extraction.
A Bench headed by NGT Chairperson Justice Adarsh Kumar Goel came down heavily on the Ministry and said that the notification, issued on December 12, was against “national interest”.
SANRP on it blog:
“What has the CGWA been doing? In its own words: “issuing ‘No Objection Certificates’ for ground water extraction to industries or infrastructure projects or mining projects etc., “
SANDRP also critiques the new notification.
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