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DJBs water masterplan likely by June
Water utility has roped in JICA to conduct audits, assess situation The Delhi Jal Board is all set to finalise its Water Masterplan for Delhi by June.
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Water from Renuka Dam to take 5 years
SYED ASIM ALI NEW DELHI The construction of the Renuka Dam, which is expected to be a major source of drinking water in the city, is likely to take at least five more years. And even then, the city will receive 15 percent less water from its allocated quota as that amount is likely to get evaporated by the time it reaches Delhi.
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I used my judgment: Jairam
Having rejected the recommendations of the Forest Advisory Committee (FAC)
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No climate for change
Because, after lots of build-up, Copenhagen failed to yield an accord that was officially adopted, die-hard optimists clapped at Cancun.
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Where you stand is where you clean
Renuka Bisht In reality, Copenhagen was cold and Cancun is warm. But the case is quite contrary if we compare action at the two climate change summits.
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Fight against big dams is fight for space: Medha
NEW DELHI: Speaking on the second day of the five-day
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Renuka Dam: The saga continues
Touted as the panacea for Delhi's drinking water problem, this dam can only be constructed by breaking a host of forest and environmental laws and riding roughshod over the livelihoods of farmers in about
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3 good ideas, all dammed up
Ravish Tiwari While the severe rainfall deficit in the upper Yamuna basin last year has been handsomely compensated this year, it has come with a rider of its own.
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Action replay in Bhopal?
Renuka Bisht When the Bhopal Court finally gave out convictions for the 1984 Bhopal gas tragedy on June 7 this year, the judgement attracted such a public outcry that the government
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CEA as regional centre for emission inventories
The Central Environment Authority (CEA) will function as the regional centre for emission inventories. “CEA as the regional centre for emission of inventories will be the lead centre in South Asia in
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Deep waters still beckon
Renuka Bisht
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Meat of the Bt brinjal matter
Renuka Bisht
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Nabard pushing for low-cost drinking water in State
Aims to set up 600 water purifying plants in the country by 2014 National Bank for Agriculture and Rural Development (Nabard), along with the government of Karnataka, will promote water purifying plants throughout the State to provide clean drinking water in rural areas at more affordable rates, said G. R. Chintala, Chief General Manager (CGM), Regional Office of Karnataka, Nabard.
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Kaushalya Dam to be made functional soon
The Kaushalya Dam being constructed on Ghaggar river in Panchkula at a cost of Rs 217 crore will soon be made functional. Work on the project started in 2008 and it was to become operational by August
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Red alert for the missing girl child
The ministry of women and child development has sounded a red alert for the disappearing girl child in the country. On the occasion of International Women's Day, the minister, Mrs Renuka Chowdhury,
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DJB struggles with Water Master Plan
After Union Urban Development Minister Kamal Nath slammed Delhi’s Master Plan-2021 as disconnected from ground realities and in need for revision, officials behind the Water Master Plan for Delhi-2021
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Damn the dam: Even parched Delhi cries
Focus On Displacement & Loss Of Green Cover New Delhi: So far Delhiites have been concerned with the refusal of environment clearance to the Renuka dam as that means a serious water crisis for the city.
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Hooda launches water conservation drive
Siwani (Bhiwani): Each drop of water should be cherished as national property so that every citizen could get clean drinking water besides adequate proportion for irrigation.
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Government set to encourage organic farming
Shimla: The state government will consider granting 50 per cent subsidy to farmers to encourage organic farming in the hill state.