Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Minister M Y Ghorpade today said the Karnataka State Government was contemplating amendments to the Karnataka Panchayat Raj Act in order to give more powers to the
As estimated 6000 people in Pokhariya of Parsa district (Nepal) have not had access to clean drinking water project that remains unfinished . Blame has fallen to the consumer's committee of
The Bangladesh government has decided to review the Ganges Water Sharing Agreement signed with India and necessary preparatory work is now underway to that end. This was disclosed by Water Resources
A good quantity of phenol leaked out from a tanker carrying the hazardous chemical from Hindustan Organic Chemicals, Kochi, to West Bengal, on the NH 47 at Kumbazha, under the catchment area of
Narmada Bachao Andolan activists resumed their protest dharna in Bhopal on Friday after the agitators, who had been arrested on Thursday, were
The environment ministry has given the go-ahead to Nathpa Jhakri Power Corporation to divert 48.1304 hectares of forest land for its power project.
Shahapur, another tribal village of Thane, Maharashtra, is facing severe water scarcity though the tehsil boasts of three major irrigation projects - Tansa, Vaitarana and Bhatsa. Hundreds of farmers
The downright and unconditional "No" by the Union Minister of Power, Suresh Prabhu, over the issue of a generation tax has led to many raised eyebrows in Shimla. this fund starved State and its
The Irrigation-cum-public Health Department provided potable water to 70 villages of Bamsan, Hamirpur and Nadaun under the Central rural Water Supply Scheme and to 20 villages under the Prime
BHEL Bhopal unit has created a new benchmark in the turnkey execution of mega greenfield projects with the synchronisation of the first 500 MW unit, at Simhadri TPS in record 39 months. The Company
Booker prize winner Arundhati Roy has entered into a public debate with Madhya Pradesh Chief Minister Digvijay Singh on the controversial issue of the resettlement of the oustees of the Maan
The Bhopal district (Madhya Pradesh) administration has virtually failed to control the use of kerosene and liquid petroleum gas (LPG) cylinders of domestic use in the vehicles. Last year,
Adopting a concerted and a comprehensive approach to mitigate drought, the Karnataka State Government is all set to launch Jala Rakshana Andolan - a peoples' movement for conservation and economical
Chief Minister S M Krishna said he has urged the Centre to ask the Tamil Nadu Government to review its stand on the desiltation of tanks in the Cauvery basin areas in Karnataka. The World Bank funded
For these ex-servicemen: it's a war of different kind. To conserve water and protect the ground water table. In a unique move, the Andhra Pradesh Government has decided to rope 600 ex-servicemen to
Inspite of a comfortable ground water table in Jammu the resource is not being properly explored due to lack of awareness among people and a lack of resolve in the government. Though, there has been
Calling for a paradigm shift in the country's policy and planning for development in order to make it sustainable and equitable, noted economist and water resources expert Prof H M Desarda said the
The UP government with the assistance of the Inland Waterways Authority of India (IWAI) under the ministry of shipping plans to promote water tourism in the state. A beginning was made today by
Scientists studying a speck of pigment from a 16,000-year-old cave painting found mysterious bacteria that they suspect may be nibbling on the equivalent of the Sistine Chapel for Paleolithic art.
The agriculture experts expressed concerns over maximum use of pesticides by farmers in Makwanpur district (Nepal) in a seminar organised by District Agriculture Development Office (DADO) in Hetauda.
