Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
More than half of the solar energy absorbed by land surfaces is currently used to evaporate water. Climate change is expected to intensify the hydrological cycle and to alter evapotranspiration, with implications for ecosystem services and feedback to regional and global climate. Evapotranspiration changes may already be under way, but …
NEW DELHI: Spurred by the need to look at climate change impact on water resources, the Centre is formulating a revised National Water Policy in consultation with the States and other stakeholders to ensure basin-level management strategies. This would deal with variability in rainfall and river flows due to climate …
BHUBANESWAR: The low pressure-induced rains in large parts of the State last week failed to improve water levels in major reservoirs. A marginal improvement has been noticed though in Indravati and Balimela reservoirs while the water level is showing a rising trend in Indravati, Balimela and Rengali river systems. Power …
THE GOVERNMENT ENUNCIATED ITS FIRST National Water Policy in 1987. A revised version was enunciated in 2002. Yet another revision is underway, for which view have been sought. Here are some bold suggestions. First, the new policy should be written for implementation. That cannot be said about water policies of …
Madhya Pradesh will become first state in the country where, with private participation under integrated water conservation area management programme, water conservation, preservation and regeneration work will be done in rural areas. Panchayat, Rural Development and Social Justice Minister Gopal Bhargava said that Memorandum of Undertaking (MoU) will be signed …
5,146 acres, 468 acres of wet lands and 4,678 acres of dry lands, to be benefited. Water will be supplied continuously for the next 120 days: Collector THENI: Water has been released through P.T.R. Rajan and Thanthai Periyar canals to irrigate single cropping areas in both wet and dry lands …
The Roorkee based National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) will now undertake studies in collaboration with the Uttarakhand Space Application Centre (USAC) on various important aspects related to water in the State. It is hoped that the collaboration between USAC and NIH would pave the way for various important research and …
Jammu: Days after refusing to give land to Punjab for the Shahpur Kandi project, the Jammu and Kashmir Government has started a survey for a project to divert the Ravi waters before the Ranjit Sagar Dam for filling the incomplete Ravi Canal. The canal will take water to the
Tapasya Mohan, a 29-year-old executive in a telecom company, recently purchased a refrigerator. She did not go by looks but the five-star label on the fridge for energy efficiency. She did not mind paying more; the salesman convinced her she would save more in the long run on her electricity …
Asian countries, including India, are facing a worsening water crisis that threatens to curtail food production while taking an increasingly heavy toll on the region's economies, the Asian Development Bank said today. Governments, industries and people around the region urgently need to stop wasting so much of the precious resource …
The Jamia Millia Islamia has submitted a report on the draft masterplan for rain harvesting measures in neighbouring Gurgaon. The report envisages providing more than 250
K Narasimhamurthy, Kolar, Oct 10, DH News Service: At a time when the district is struggling to find water for the parched fields, a farmer in Kolar taluk has dug siltation pits in his field, to utilise rainwater. Life saver: Siltation pits built in a farm growing mulberry and papaya …
Shujaat Bukhari SRINAGAR: The Jammu and Kashmir government is expected to generate revenue of Rs.850 crore a year from taxes on water used for power generation. The State Assembly on Saturday passed a Bill empowering it to do so. The State has the capacity to produce 22,000 MW of power …
Sunny Sebastian JAIPUR: Prince Charles of Britain on Tuesday witnessed the rich water conservation traditions and colourful culture of Rajasthan's Marwar region as he forayed into the sun-baked villages of Jodhpur district on a re-visit to the area. The Tolesar Charnan village was abuzz with energy as the entire population …
SHILLONG: The KHADC is planning to come up with projects to protect and preserve the various water bodies and resources in the Khasi Hills even as it has appointed the Martin Luther Christian University as a consultant to prepare the Detailed Project Reports (DPRs) for the projects. "The DPRs for …
Esther David Lately, since we have been reading and seeing changes in the river Sabarmati in the context of the riverfront development project, rivers are very much on the mind. So, while going to Vadodara, it was interesting to study the scenery between both cities. As soon as the bus …
Palak Nandi | TNN Toleshar Charnan (Jodhpur): This dusty village on the outskirts of Jodhpur, nearly 40 kilometres from the city, had an unusual visitor on Tuesday when Prince Charles arrived here for a glimpse of the village lifestyle and the unique water harvesting methods prevelant in the region. The …
