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Rajasthan owes Punjab billions of rupees for water
Rajasthan owes Punjab billions of rupees for the water it has been receiving through Rajasthan canal for more than 40 years now.
- Date:
- 05/01/2009
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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City will face severe water crisis by 2011
Shortage Hits Western Suburbs
Clara Lewis | TNN
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
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- Times Of India (Mumbai)
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Kudankulam desalination plant to be operational in a week
T.S. Subramanian
It will cater for both the nuclear plant and NPCIL township
All set for pure supply: The desalination plant at the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Project site. In the background is the huge reactor building of the first unit (1000 MWe) which will be commissioned this year.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
- Source:
- Hindu (Chennai)
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Environment master plan soon: Dhumal
The Himachal Government will soon formulate an environment master plan to effectively address sensitive ecological issues and pave the way for sustainable economic development in the fragile hill environment.
- Date:
- 03/01/2009
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- Tribune (New Delhi)
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Village left parched as pond disappears
Mumbai: At the tiny Kutarpada Eksar village in Dahisar, 76-year-old Gayatribai Shinde inches towards a well with a bucket on her head and a pot in her hand. It takes her half-anhour to reach her destination and more than an hour to return, when she balances the two vessels filled with water to the brim.
- Date:
- 25/12/2008
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- Times Of India (Mumbai)
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Selling drinking water is not Govt policy, says Minister
KOLLAM: Water Resources Minister N.K. Premachandran said that selling drinking water was not the policy of the Government.
- Date:
- 24/12/2008
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- New Indian Express (Kochi)
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Gomti sinks to a new low in city
Alarming Reduction In Water Level Of The River Around Barrage
Lucknow: One needs nothing more than a pair of naked eyes to see it happening. Beyond the barrage, the river Gomti is gasping for life. It has virtually dried up with a huge dry tract visible in the middle. The river meanders around this tract — which has
- Date:
- 23/12/2008
- Source:
- Times of India (Lucknow)
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DC Udhampur seeks plan proposals for development of water bodies
To prepare project proposals for Conservation and Development of Water Bodies in the district, the District Development Commissioner, Udhampur (DDC), Ajay Khajuria who is also Chairman, Inter-Departmental Committee convened a meeting of District Officers, here today.
- Date:
- 22/12/2008
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- Kashmir Times (Jammu)
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Meet to protest against encroachment of wetlands
GUWAHATI, Dec 21: The wetlands by the side of the DTO office, Ulubari has been a dwelling ground for Asiatic Cranes. The wetlands have contributed a lot to maintaining the ecological balance of the region. The cranes survives on the waste that gathers at the waste land. In these way it has helped in keeping the environment clean.
- Date:
- 22/12/2008
- Source:
- Sentinel (Guwahati)
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India’s Master Plan for groundwater recharge: An assessment and some suggestions for revision
The government’s Groundwater Recharge Master Plan reflects belated recognition of the growing criticality of groundwater for the Indian economy. The plan aims to raise post-monsoon groundwater levels to three metres below ground level through annual “managed artificial recharge” of 36.4 km3 by constructing some four million spreading-type recharge structures at a cost of Rs 25,000 crore.
- Date:
- Dec 2008
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- Economic and Political Weekly Vol: 43 Issue: 51 pp: 41-49
