Water Conservation

Dennis Selvan|ENS Krishnasamy Kasturirangan, the former chairman of ISRO and now a member of the Planning Commission, on Wednesday warned that while the per capita supply of natural resources would decrease during the 21st century, the most crucial three securities, resulting from depleting supply of resources, would be water, food and energy. Speaking to ‘Express’ after delivering the third F

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Local communities are creatively adapting traditional knowledge to cope with climate change Keya Acharya / August 21, 2010, 0:41 IST In some remote villages in India, which are most unlikely to pose as models of development, a quiet rejuvenation is taking place, with communities learning to adapt to the climate change reality of the country today. Everyone knows by now that one of the fore

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In its action plan on water security, the Planning Commission will likely recommend a cess on the use of groundwater. The quantum of cess will be state-specific and will depend on the volume of water used by farmers.

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Poornima Nataraj, Bangalore: Aug 9,, DHNS,

The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has come out with a new initiative to promote rainwater harvesting in the City. It has proposed to give two per cent rebate in next year’s property tax to house owners who adopt rain water harvesting.

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THE alarming state of the groundwater resources in the country has precipitated some action from the government. An ambitious project to recharge underground aquifers through greater community participation in water conservation is in the works.

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We all know that water is indispensable to life. Yet, water sources, including groundwater, are often contaminated by pollutants such as sewage, industrial waste and agricultural runoff.

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BHUBANESWAR: The Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources Department has asked the State Government to execute fasttrack irrigation projects with short gestation period to cater to the needs of farmers post-monsoon. The committee observed that major and medium irrigation projects do not provide immediate benefits to the farmers.

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Pune “Water conservation is crucial .Therefore it should be included in schools curriculum so that importance of water conservation can be imbibed from childhood,” said Mayor Mohansingh Rajpal. He was speaking at the inauguration of the 4 th edition of ‘Harvest Rainwater and Recycle Water for Future” organised by Vision India at YASHADA on Friday.

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Mumbai The civic body may soon take action against builders who have not installed rainwater harvesting system at their buildings and civic officers who granted them occupation certificates, municipal commissioner Swadheen Kshatriya said Thursday. The move comes after an inspection by an NGO revealed that many buildings don’t have a rainwater harvesting system.

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