{"id":2951,"date":"2018-07-12T06:15:22","date_gmt":"2018-07-12T06:15:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/?p=2951"},"modified":"2018-07-12T06:15:22","modified_gmt":"2018-07-12T06:15:22","slug":"delhi-groundwater-depletion-a-serious-problem-says-supreme-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/delhi-groundwater-depletion-a-serious-problem-says-supreme-court\/","title":{"rendered":"Delhi groundwater depletion a serious problem says Supreme Court"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source &#8211;\u00a0newindianexpress.com<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone  wp-image-2952\" src=\"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delhi-groundwater-depletion-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"386\" height=\"193\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delhi-groundwater-depletion-300x150.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delhi-groundwater-depletion-768x384.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/07\/delhi-groundwater-depletion.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 386px) 100vw, 386px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Centre, the Delhi government and their civic bodies for not taking any step to tackle the &#8220;serious problem&#8221; of groundwater depletion in the national capital.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court perused the NITI Aayog&#8217;s report which said that various authorities were passing the buck and shying away from their responsibility.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;You are doing nothing to reduce water consumption, there is no plan for recharge and preservation of groundwater,&#8221; a bench of Justices Madan B Lokur and Deepak Gupta said.<\/p>\n<p>It asked the Centre for immediate, intermediary and long-term measures to check the depletion of Delhi&#8217;s groundwater.<\/p>\n<p>The apex court had on May 8 expressed grave concern on &#8220;over-exploitation&#8221; of groundwater in most parts of Delhi and asked the authorities to avert a crisis, saying the situation was &#8220;semi-critical&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>It had perused a report filed by the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) on the status of groundwater level in Delhi from May 2000 till May 2017 and said it indicated an &#8220;extremely sad state of affairs&#8221; and the situation was serious.<\/p>\n<p>The issue of depletion of groundwater had cropped up when the court was hearing a matter relating to the sealing of unauthorised constructions in Delhi.<\/p>\n<p>The top court is dealing with the issue related to the validity of the Delhi Laws (Special Provisions) Act, 2006 and subsequent legislation which protect unauthorised construction from being sealed.<\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-background-color\">\n\t\t\t  <div \n\t\t\t  \tclass = \"fb-comments\" \n\t\t\t  \tdata-href = \"https:\/\/www.wakilsahab.in\/news\/delhi-groundwater-depletion-a-serious-problem-says-supreme-court\/\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-numposts = \"5\"\n\t\t\t  \tdata-lazy = \"true\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-colorscheme = \"light\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-order-by = \"social\"\n\t\t\t\tdata-mobile=true>\n\t\t\t  <\/div><\/div>\n\t\t  <style>\n\t\t    .fb-background-color {\n\t\t\t\tbackground:  !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t.fb_iframe_widget_fluid_desktop iframe {\n\t\t\t    width: 100% !important;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t  <\/style>\n\t\t  ","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source &#8211;\u00a0newindianexpress.com NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court today came down heavily on the Centre, the Delhi government and their civic bodies for not taking any step to tackle the &#8220;serious problem&#8221; of groundwater depletion in the national capital. 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