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. …
To tackle the water supply crisis in the city, the civic administration has been flirting dangerously with groundwater reserves by digging borewells in areas where the water table is below normal, or where the water is polluted and saline, in violation of state norms.A report of new borewells dug between …
BHUBANESWAR: The State Government today sought to water down the Opposition charges over use of the Mahanadi water for industries.Against the backdrop of the agitation against the use of the river water for industrial use picking up steam, an unrelenting government strongly defended its decision to supply water to industries …
The main purpose of this paper is to present a somewhat unorthodox viewpoint about how the Indian Water Resources Engineers need to deal with water related extremes. Either such extreme situations are actually increasing, or the people's perceptions about such changes is becoming sharper.
The Andhra Government intends to check depleting groundwater levels by roping in farmers to monitor its use. Monya and Ashutosh Mishra wonder if it will result in a shift to less water intensive cropsShekhar, 25, committed suicide a year ago. A resident of Burgupalle village in Andhra Pradesh's Mahabubnagar district, …
KOLKATA, 5 AUG: The National Ganga River Basin Authority formed under the Union ministry of environment and forest, is not being taken seriously, said Mr Justice Shyamal Sen, former chairman of state Human Rights Commission, at a meet on Ganga pollution in the city today.Mr Justice Shyamal Sen, also the …
Every time the State is hit by floods, the political temperature rises and the clamour for revamping Brahmaputra Board reverberates, but the original proposal mooted in 2004, is yet to take first step in its legislative journey. The proposal envisaged to redefine and widen the objective of the Board, so …
Mhadei Bachao Abhiyan general secretary and environmentalist Rajendra Kerkar has claimed that the State government is not serious and sincere over Karnataka's controversial Mhadei diversion project, which would hamper the interests of Goa.In a press release, Kerkar stated that in order to divert 7.56 TMC ft of water, the Karnataka …
Deepa H Ramakrishnan and K.Lakshmi Testing stations proposed in Poondi, Red Hills, Porur, Pulicat Veeranam lake also to get similar facility Proposal for setting up 23 monitoring stations submitted to CPCB CHENNAI: The Tamil Nadu Pollution Control Board plans to establish facilities to monitor the quality of water at waterbodies …
104 dams to be renovated on an outaly of Rs. 750 croreMADURAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi has sought release of funds from the Union Government for interlinking the rivers
On the whole, around 90 per cent progress has been attained so far in implementing the about Rs 140-crore Matmora protection project in Dhakuwakhana subdivision of Lakhimpur district. Implementation of the entire project is expected to be completed by mid-October next.The project, treated as a pilot one for its being …
The Union Water Resources Minister, Mr P.K .Bansal, has been directed by the Prime Minister, Dr Manmohan Singh, to convene a meeting of irrigation ministers of Andhra Pradesh and Maharashtra to resolve inter-State disputes with regard to Babli and 13 other river projects between the two States.This follows a meeting …
The Andhra Pradesh government today said it has rejected Maharashtra's plea for withdrawal of all the Supreme Court cases on Babhli and other irrigation projects being "illegally" constructed on river Godavari."At the meeting with prime minister Manmohan Singh in New Delhi yesterday, Maharashtra chief minister Ashok Chavan wanted us to …
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) has initiated the second phase of its waste management project after recently signing a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the state government on assessing the vulnerability of the state to climate change. For the second phase, TERI plans to involve students, teachers and the …
The report would now be sent to the Cabinet Secretary NEW DELHI: The final draft of the report drawn by the Technical Advisory Committee on the Yamuna river development was approved at a meeting of the high-power committee chaired by Delhi Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna this past week. Besides Mr. Khanna, …
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. The department of water resources will map all the aquifers of the country through remote …
MAHARASHTRA chief minister Ashok Chavan and his Andhra Pradesh counterpart K Rosaiah will meet in New Delhi on Monday to find a solution to the Babhli barrage controversy. The two Congress-ruled states have locked horns over this irrigation project across the Godavari that flows into Andhra from Maharashtra. At present, …
This bill introduced in Lok Sabha is aimed at setting up an institutional system for regular monitoring of safety of large dams. It is to provide for proper surveillance, inspection, operation and maintenance of all dams of certain parameters in India to ensure their safe functioning and for matters connected …
Governments and law-makers need to integrate environmental concerns into water-use legislation to avert an impending global water crisis, according to this new UNEP report launched at World Water Week in Stockholm. The greening of water law is both a theoretical and practical effort to implement that harmony through modification of …
July 31: The East Godavari district with a total population of 55 lakh is spread over 60 mandals, out of which seven are in Agency area, and the rest are upland and plain areas. Of this area, as much as 7 lakh acres of land is under cultivation. Paddy cultivation …
