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. …
Gargi ParsaiAt its first meeting here on Monday, the Group of Ministers (GoM) on Integrated Approach to Water Management, decided to come up with recommendations for a new policy that took into account the management of water from the demand as well as supply-side.Already the Water Resources Ministry is looking …
A walk along the bank of the Ganga, a drive across the Gangetic plains and a boat ride through the Ganga. These are the three segments of the exhibition, Ganga 21, that opened at New Delhi’s Indian Council for Cultural Relation’s Azad Bhavan auditorium on July 15. In 21 large …
TELUGU Desam Party chief Chandrababu Naidu reignited the Godavari river water sharing controversy when he was arrested last month on his way to the Babhali barrage in Maharashtra’s Nanded district. Andhra Pradesh has long held that the barrage, located 7 km into its border with Maharashtra, will deprive Telangana of …
Why is the river so notorious? Assam has lost about 170,000 hectares to the Brahmaputra and its major tributaries between 1990 and 2007. These are mostly prime land such as tea gardens and the economic loss is phenomenal. The problem is the Brahmaputra transports heavy sediment load—about 800 million tonnes …
Sighting danger to the newly constructed water tank at Shirgao, residents of Shirgao-Bicholim have expressed anger over the mining work carried out in close proximity to the tank.
Devika Banerji / New Delhi August 13, 2010, 3:46 ISTRapidly depleting water tables have prompted the Planning Commission to work on an integrated regulatory mechanism to manage water resources. This would require setting up of regulatory bodies both at the state and Center.Prime Minister Manmohan Singh had briefed the plan …
Water is leaking out from the ground in Azad Maidan near CST and Marine Lines. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which took note of the surface run-off recently, has now asked a consultant geologist to look into what might be causing the phenomenon.SK Gupta, a consultant geologist who has already …
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.Mihir Shah, Member, Planning Commission, told The Indian Express that the proposed action …
ANAND S.T. DASPATNA A senior BJP eader has been carrying out an untiring judicial and pub ic crusade for Bihar and Jharkhand's rights over its share of the Sone river's water, which gets illegally diverted by neighbouring Uttar Pradesh for an NTPC hermal power plant, endangering farmland irrigation in arge …
The Bruhat Bangalore Mahanagara Palike has unveiled a grand plan to develop Yelahanka lake as a tourist hub.grand plans: Mayor S K Nataraj inspecting the Yelahanka Lake in City on Tuesday. DH PhotoThe Palike and Bangalore Development Authority have proposed to rejuvenate the lake and construct an amusement park at …
BHUBANESWAR: Ignoring increasing opposition to the MoU signing spree which puts additional pressure on rivers and land, the State High Level Clearance Authority (SHLCA) on Tuesday okayed 13 more industrial proposals entailing an investment of Rs 1 lakh crore.The proposals include new projects, expansion of existing units and change in …
T. RamakrishnanCHENNAI: The Monitoring Committee of the Cauvery River Authority will meet in New Delhi on August 24 against the backdrop of rising deficit in receipt of Cauvery water for Tamil Nadu.The present storage position of reservoirs in the Cauvery basin is one of the items on the agenda of …
SUDHIR KUMAR MISHRARanchi, Aug. 9: The water resources department has finalised a proposal to demand Rs 1,727.22 lakh from the National Calamity Relief Fund to restart 152 irrigation projects in the 12 districts that have been declared drought-hit. The aim is to restore these schemes within 60 days.Once these projects …
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
SEPPA, Aug 9: The villagers of Upper Liyak in particular and the district as a whole are lucky to get a centrally sponsored scheme like Integrated Watershed ManagementProgramme (IWMP), observed East Kameng Deputy Commissioner Tope Bam while addressing trainees at a day-long training on IWMP at Kameng Hall on August …
Yagnesh Mehta | TNNSurat: In a first of its kind experiment in the country to scale ground water recharge, Sardar Vallabhbhai National Institute of Technology (SVNIT) has achieved success. Since the beginning of this monsoon, SVNIT
