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. …
Anantapur, Aug. 29: The drought-prone Anantapur district once again lost a golden opportunity to conserve rainwater for groundwater recharge this monsoon due to the apathy of minor and medium irrigation officials. After nearly three years, the district has received a record rainfall from the last two months. According to official …
Ensures irrigation, enhancement of rain water realisation PUDUKOTTAI: Work on modernisation of the panchayat tank taken up by the M.S.Swaminathan Research Foundation (MSSRF) at Thalinji village near Iluppur has started paying dividends. The tank, spread over an area of 22 acres, is 300 metres in length and 25 metres in …
Metrowater launches awareness meetings on rainwater harvesting structures CHENNAI: The average groundwater level in the city has gone up by 0.2 metre since July. The level was 3.5 metre in June, senior officials of Chennai Metrowater said here recently and attributed the increase to the southwest monsoon. They were speaking …
MSSRF, JRD Tata Ecotechnology Centre plan to renovate them in phases joint effort:T. Akilandeswari, panchayat president, explaining the plan to modernise the tank to the officials at Ennai village . PUDUKOTTAI: Work on modernisation of a minor tank at Ennai village panchayat near Iluppur was taken up on Wednesday jointly …
Ranchi, Aug. 25: The state’s water resources department will have to wait for a Jharkhand High Court verdict on the fate of Kanhar dam which, once over, can be the lifeline for drought-hit Garhwa district. The delay has been brought about by senior socialist leader and former state health minister …
BURDWAN, 25 AUG: The district administration of Burdwan has been ordered to overhaul the deep tube-well system across the “rice bowl”of Burwan to help extend irrigation facilities ~ however minor ~ to the farmers who braved cultivation despite severe dearth of rainfall this year. The measure, according to the senior …
Urban housing complexes or institutional buildings have large roof area, which could be used for harvesting the rooftop rainwater to recharge aquifer in urban areas DEPLETING water bodies and dipping groundwater table have prompted Metro Water to focus on rainwater harvesting to help meet the water necessities of the city, …
Largest user of groundwater is India: World BankLauds Andhra model of self-regulationTHIRUVANANTHAPURAM: A World Bank report has expressed concern at the over-exploitation of groundwater in India.The report carried in a recent issue of the publication
Water is an essential natural resource for human and living organisms. We use water for various purposes like drinking, cleaning, agriculture practices, transportation, etc. It is the prime resource for the hydel power station, providing electricity for domestic, industrial and commercial purposes. Among the northeastern states, Arunachal Pradesh is endowed …
Niyamgiri hills belong to the Eastern Ghats, and in-situ reserves of metallurgical grade bauxite have been reported from this area. This assumed immense commercial importance during the recent years when the demand of aluminium in the internationalmarket jumped substantially, and aluminum-giants needed more reserves of bauxite (chief raw material for …
Bangladesh will face severe water challenge within next couple of decades due to random contamination of surface and underground water, absence of comprehensive water sharing with neighboring countries and mismanagement in preserving rain water. According to water experts, although the whole world is seriously thinking of conserving their water resources …
Nellore, Aug. 18: Groundwater levels have increased considerably in Nellore district in the recent past. Unlike other parts of the state, Nellore region usually experiences rains during the northeast monsoon between October and December. However, for the first time in the last 10 years, rains lashed the district during the …
KOLKATA, 17 AUG: A casual approach to a serious civic issue, the rampant misuse of groundwater, might lead to massive subsidence in the city in the near future, engineers and geologists spoken to by The Statesman have said. Though the cave-in on Council House Street today was due to the …
Rajahmundry, Aug. 16: In the wake of the controversy surrounding the use of ecologically sensitive wetlands either for setting up thermal power plants or for allowing encroachmen-ts, environmentalists found fault with state government for failing to initiate measures for implementation of circulars issued to district collectors on the conservation and …
