For Chief Minister Narendra Modi's grand celebration of the Gujarat State Foundation Day on May 1, the Satyam Shivam Sundaram Trust is organising a grand spectacle: 43,000 diyas floating on Sursagar
Strange though it might sound, elected representatives of the Capital's citizens themselves are playing a role in the water and power crisis in Delhi. While it is the single point contractors who are
The Karnataka Minister for Water Resources, H.K. Patil, is doubtful about the Centre having the political will to interlink rivers in view of its failure to clear the Mahadayi-Malaprabha and the
Celebrating the 43rd birth anniversary of Gujarat, the state government will set afloat 43000 diyas (1000 for each year) on the Sursagar Lake. The beautiful sight of the floating wax candles seems,
Uttar Pradesh today opened the Upper Ganga Canal and the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) now expects that it will be able to lift the water from the canal for its Bhagirathi Water Treatment Plant by May 2 or
A large number of people, including academics, water engineers, scientists, former bureaucrats and environmentalists have written to the Prime Minister, seeking a white paper on the proposal to
Sunlight can convert triclosan, a common disinfectant used in anti-bacterial soaps, into a form of dioxin and this process may produce some of the dioxin found in the environment, according to
Even with aggressive research, the hydrogen fuel-cell vehicle will not be better than the diesel hybrid in terms of total energy use and greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, says a study recently
"We don't mind facing contempt, but cannot let down our people," said Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister, D B Chandre Gowda, who said the Supreme Court's "interference" on inter-state matters,
The Bush administration will unveil an initiative next week that would put the federal government in the lead role in trying to avert water shortages among some of the fastest-growing areas in the
At Interior Department headquarters in Washington, the officials who manage much of the nation's public land and water in the western USA have what they call the "hot spots map." On it, about three
The report by a parliamentary standing committee on the state of drinking water supply in rural areas constitutes a severe indictment of the Government. The importance of providing safe drinking
Less rainfall and irresponsible drawing of groundwater table, which had dropped by three metres last year, has dipped upto five metres this summer, intensifying water scarcity in Nashik district
To check the ever increasing vehicular pollution, sale of loose lubricant oil has been banned in the twin cities of Andhra Pradesh since January 2001. But the sale continues in the twin cities
The prospects for commencing Kuruvai cultivation by Cauvery delta farmers seem to hinge on natural things like summer rains, said Mohanasundaram, Chief Engineer, PWD, Tiruchi division. Making this
The Telegu Desam appealed to Union Minister for Water Resources Arjuncharan Sethi to immediately stop Karnataka Government from continuing with the construction of Paragodu project on river
The privatisation of the Ganga by Suez is in fact an example of river linking of bringing the Ganga waters to the Yamuna. But privatisation of water denies local communities their water rights and
The Jamuna Irrigation Project, one of the most successful and viable scheme of irrigation in Assam state has been functioning since it was commissioned in 1969 and hitherto, rendered commendable
Manipur Chief Minister Okram Ibobi Singh has said the Government has taken all steps to expedite the completion of the Rs 300 crore Thoubal Multipurpose Project. The completion of the project would
Community Development Organisation, an NGO, has developed a project to implement biodiversity conservation programmes of the Loktak lake in Assam. The project would continue till September and
