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. …
BHUBANESWAR: Parliamentary Affairs and Industries Minister Raghunath Mohanty today told the Assembly that the State Government would formulate a policy on the use of groundwater for industrial purposes and industries using groundwater illegally will be taken to task. Replying to the demand discussion of the Water Resources Department on behalf …
BHUBANESWAR: Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today asked the officials to make field visits for properly regulating canal water for agricultural use. Naveen today presided over a high-level meeting to take stock of the situation in view of the weakening of the monsoon. He reviewed the preparedness of the departments concerned …
Water in Pushkar lake after 2yrs Had Dried Up Completely Due To Depletion Of Groundwater Kshitiz Gaur | TNN Ajmer: After years of scanty rainfall, the rain gods finally smiled at the temple town of Pushkar, and with it on the Pushkar Lake in Rajasthan
The Himachal Pradesh Cabinet, which met here on Monday, approved a revised bid document for privatisation of all hydel projects above five megawatt capacity. It also gave a green signal to the power department to invite bids for 18 new hydel projects. On expected lines, however, the government has excluded …
Surinder Sud / New Delhi July 19, 2010, 1:06 IST Kharif sowing has progressed well despite the 14 per cent deficiency in monsoon rainfall till mid-July. But restocking of the depleted reservoirs has been adversely hit. This has caused concern about water availability for both irrigation and hydel power production …
BHUBANESWAR: The Assembly Standing Committee on Water Resources Department has asked the State Government to execute fasttrack irrigation projects with short gestation period to cater to the needs of farmers post-monsoon. The committee observed that major and medium irrigation projects do not provide immediate benefits to the farmers. In this …
Govt optimistic of favourable judgement SHILLONG: The crucial hearing on demolition of illegal structures along the bank of Wahumkhrah river right from Polo Hills up to Saw Furlong will take place at the Gauhati High Court on Monday. The State Government is optimistic about a favourable judgement as it claimed …
Mumbai: The capacity of the six lakes which supply water to the city has reduced in five years despite good rains. The Maharashtra Engineering Research Institute (MERI) has submitted a report to the BMC that says the lakes hold less water than five years ago because of silt accumulation. From …
Jabalpur: The Madhya Pradesh High Court today sought a response from seven officials including Madhya Pradesh Chief Secretary within four weeks on a petition filed over pitiable condition of lakes and a demand to remove encroachments from them in the city. MP High Court Chief Justice Mr Justice Sayed Rafat …
The Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) that has launched a campaign against the mega hydel projects being built in the NE region, on Friday demanded that the Assam Assembly move a resolution to accept the expert committee report on such projects tomorrow, the last day of the ongoing monsoon session. …
Hardening its stand on the state’s “rightful” 7.19 per cent share in Bhakra-Beas Management Board (BBMB) projects, Himachal Pradesh Chief Minister Prem Kumar Dhumal conveyed it to the Centre on Wednesday that nothing less than its legitimate share would be acceptable to the state. In a letter to Union Minister …
New Delhi: More than 100 hydroelectric projects planned by the Uttarakhand government are in jeopardy. The Union environment and forests ministry's Forest Advisory Committee (FAC) has decided not to give forest clearance to any of the proposed projects until the National Ganga River Basin Authority conducts a cumulative impact assessment …
India should strengthen its engagement with the monsoon, harvesting the rain, saving every drop of it There is one thing synonymous with being Indian that spans both urban and rural India, and transcends the rich-and-poor divide: The annual watch and wait for the monsoon. It begins every year without fail …
Mumbai The civic body may soon take action against builders who have not installed rainwater harvesting system at their buildings and civic officers who granted them occupation certificates, municipal commissioner Swadheen Kshatriya said Thursday. The move comes after an inspection by an NGO revealed that many buildings don
SHILLONG, July 15: Implementation of the Hilltop Rainwater Harvesting at Mawthawtieng and other villages by the Meghalaya Soil and Water Conservation Department has brought ecological, economic and psychological changes in the areas. Mawthawtieng village is one of the five villages covered by the Rangwieh-Kshaid WDPSCA, a project funded by the …
“We don’t govern water. Water governs us,” writes James G Workman. In 2002, Workman, who was previously a speechwriter for the Clinton administration and worked on the groundbreaking report of the World Commission on Dams, set off for the Kalahari Desert in search of a coping strategy for water scarcity. …
The Pushkar lake dried after dredging last summer. The dredging was part of a lake conservation project funded by the Centre and the Rajasthan government. The Rs 48-crore project aims to spruce up the catchment and concretize existing channels that carry the run-off. The latter is to curb losses through …
