Bobba project will submerge farm lands: Experts
Experts at NITK Surathkal have made public the fact that the proposed Mini hydel power project was most likely to inundate farm lands in the vicinity of the project area. According to experts, the
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Fog spell may benefit wheat crop: IARI
The prevailing dense fog spell over the northern region is beneficial to the standing wheat crop. The dewdrops provide half to one mm moisture to the land, dispensing away with the immediate
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Metro Rail: Two stretches to be ready by 2015
CHENNAI: The elevated stretch from Koyambedu to St Thomas Mount, a part of the ambitious Metro Rail project in Chennai, is expected to be completed by the end of 2013 and the underground stretch of Metro Rail from Washermenpet to Saidapet may be completed by the end of 2015, according to highly placed sources in Chennai Metro Rail. The sources told City Express that preliminary work was being c
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Don't use fertile land for mining: Virbhadra
The Chief Minister, Mr Virbhadra Singh, while addressing a gathering at Jugahan village, 5 km from here, today appealed to the farmers not to use fertile land for mining. He said for mining only
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Census to focus on threat to waterbird population
On January 2, the kole lands which straddle Thrissur and Malappuram districts, one of the three Ramsar sites in Kerala, will witness the first-ever organised census of waterbirds in a decade. The
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Give land details in Faridabad mining areas: SC
The Supreme Court today gave one week's time to the Haryana Government to furnish details about the status of land use in Faridabad district falling in the fragile Aravali hill range, where mining
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Rape of the mangroves
Hundreds of acres of eco-sensitive mangroves, especially in the western suburbs, have been systematically destroyed in Mumbai by land grabbers, unscruplous builders and squatters. Mangroves act as a
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18000 acres more for rehabilitating units
The Delhi government has decided to allocate another 1800 acres of land for rehabilitating industries that had been shut down for operating from non-conforming areas. Over 24000 persons whose
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Growing a better future: food justice in a resource-constrained world
<p>This report describes a new age of growing crisis: food price spikes and oil price hikes, devastating weather events, financial meltdowns, and global contagion. Behind each of these, slow-burn crises smoulder: creeping and insidious climate change, growing inequality, chronic hunger and vulnerability, the erosion of our natural resources.</p>
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Construction work of Barak sanctuary from December
The construction works of Assam State's biggest wildlife sanctuary in Barak Valley will start from December next. The Forest department sources informed that the total land area of the proposed
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Govt estimates housing shortage of 25 million
New Delhi: The proposed change in laws on rent control may come as a shock to tenats paying monthly rent of Rs 50 or 100.
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Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income: Volume V- sustainability concerns in agriculture (Ashok Dalwai Committee)
The fifth volume of the Report of the Committee on Doubling Farmers’ Income (DFI) examines the strengths, weakness and reforms in the agricultural system. The focus is on promoting a sustainability approach
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Jal Board fixes Rs.405/455 as new sewerage development charges
To be paid in areas where water, sewer lines are newly laid or about to be laid The Delhi Jal Board has decided to fix the water and sewerage development charges for the year 2011-12 at Rs.405 and Rs.455 per sq.
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Chatterjee readies Rs.4,000 crore projects
Sensing the winds of change blowing through the state, Purnendu Chatterjee, the key promoter of Haldia Petrochemicals Ltd (HPL) is hopeful of being able to make a break with the past and take HPL to the next level. On Monday, he became one of the first industry-chiefs to announce new projects since the Mamata Banerjee-government assumed power on May 20.
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3 projects to be shifted from coal-bearing areas
The boundaries of the airport city project will be redefined, says Sabyasachi Sen.
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Over 100 killed in coastal Kerala
At least 109 people were killed in southern Kerala today as tsunami waves rising from the Arabian Sea invaded the land, wreaking havoc and destruction in the coastal fishing hamlets. The toll was the
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Climate change 2014: mitigation of climate change (IPCC Climate Change Report, Fifth Assessment, WGIII AR5)
<p>This final volume of the three-part landmark report released by the IPCC shows that global emissions of greenhouse gases have risen to unprecedented levels and calls for emissions reductions from energy production and use, transport, buildings, industry, land use, and human settlements.</p>
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Govt to take action against tree fellers
Bhubaneswar: The state government on Saturday decided to take stern action against the encroachers of forest land in the capital city in the first phase in its effort to embark on a massive plantation programme to make the city eco-friendly under the Urban Tree Plantation Initiative. It also imposed restrictions on felling of trees and cutting of branches in the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation
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Govt plans to invest Rs 12,000 cr to complete irrigation projects
Bhubaneswar: With a view to expanding irrigation coverage to additional three lakh hectares of land, the Odisha government has planned to invest Rs 12,000 crore during the next three years on major and medium projects, said principal secretary, water resources department, Suresh Mohapatra. Briefing newsmen here Mohapatra said that the thrust is now to complete the ongoing 12 medium and eight ma
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Emami to diversify into biofuel cultivation
The 700 crore Emami Group to diversify into Jatropha (biofuel) cultivation. Emami Ltd chairman R.S. Agarwal told that the company has already applied for 300 acres of land and has been