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. …
Pune The 4th edition of ‘Harvest rainwater & recycle water for future’— engaging people for environment protection initiative and addressing water efficiency— will be held at Yashwantrao Chavan Academy of Development Administration (YASHADA), Raj Bhavan Complex, Baner Road, Pune ¿ India on July 16. The objective of this workshop is …
Winner of the 2010 National Ground Water award worth Rs 10 lakh, Vruksha Prem Seva Trust of Rajkot in Gujarat has implemented 30 watershed projects since1995 sponsored by Ministry of Rural Development. The trust also undertook the construction of 500 underground tanks for rain water harvesting in 30 villages. The …
Climate change will affect water supplies in south Asia, where high-intensity floods and droughts are expected in the future. Increasing water storage is a key adaptation strategy, and the experience of irrigation tanks illustrates both the potential and challenges of this adaptation response. Although there are over 2,08,000 tanks in …
Bhopal : The monitoring of work under water catchment area mission will be made more effective. Under the mission the work will be done by fixing personal responsibility. Inter-district monitoring system will be introduced for valuation of the works. Social Justice, Panchayat, and Rural Development Minister Gopal Bhargava said so …
THE government is going to enact new laws soon to make best use of water resources in apprehension that the country may face acute water shortage in the future. A draft to this effect is in place for consultations with people concerned before finalising it for enactment. The donor-supported draft …
Resentment prevails among the river engineers here over the persistent pressure from a powerful lobby in the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for use of geo-bags to resist Brahmaputra erosion in Palasbari-Gumi and Dibrugarh. It needs mention here that the State Government is working on a scheme to protect Palasbari, Bankuwal …
Prevent possible breaches during monsoon, officials told TIRUCHI: Officials of the Public Works, Revenue, and Development departments have been instructed to inspect all river courses and water bodies in the district and take precautionary measures to prevent possible breaches during the monsoon. The instructions were given by V. Dakshinamurthy, Collector …
JAIPUR: The Rajasthan Government's Labour and Employment Department will take up construction of water harvesting structures in its offices where space is available and plant trees during the coming monsoon season. According to Principal Labour Secretary Manohar Kant here on Tuesday, this would be a significant addition to State-wide efforts …
& bamboo plantation doing the trick Jamshedpur, June 22: The tusker tally in the Dhalbhum forest division has touched a new high, courtesy massive bamboo plantation and water harvesting. According to the report of a three-day survey conducted in April, the number of elephants in Dhalbhum stands at 39 now
THE steady progress of the monsoons ought to refocus policy attention on India's deeply stressed water economy. There are fast rising demands on water resources generally, together with poorly governed supply systems, with the result that overall balances are precarious. What is worse, there's increasingly reckless mining of groundwater, and …
Freshwater resources are fundamental for maintaining human health, agricultural production, economic activity as well as critical ecosystem functions. As populations and economies grow, new constraints on water resources are appearing, raising questions about limits to water availability. Such resource questions are not new. The specter of
Jairam Ramesh to come on July 9 Sanjeev Singh Bariana and Smriti Sharma Vasudeva Tribune News Service Chandigarh, June 21 In an important development, following an exclusive series by The Tribune on
Driving down the parched Bundelkhand areas in the scorching heat of June, one sees nothing but dark brown land devoid of greenery with people struggling for water everywhere. The long rows of coloured jerry cans near hand pumps testify how scarce water is here and the pains people take in …
Haryana to allow houses on hillock next to Damdama Any structure on the hill will block flow of rainwater, thereby endangering the future of the water body Damdama (Gurgaon): Another lake in the Aravalis may soon be consigned to oblivion. If Surajkund and Badhkal lakes succumbed to mining activities in …
LUCKNOW: The Lucknow bench of the Allahabad High Court on Friday restrained the state authorities from proceeding further with the construction of any permanent structure within 100 metres of the Gomti riverbed. A vacation bench of Justice DP Singh and Justice YK Sangal also restrained the authorities from constructing any …
- Ranchi deputy mayor on a mission to revive water bodies in capital Ranchi, June 18: Deputy mayor Ajay Nath Shahdeo is on a mission to revive dying water bodies in and around the state capital. With the help of local residents and without the backing of government funds, the …
Shrimp, crab, oysters, alligators, birds, snakes, people -- all have ties to the US state's Barataria Bay. Sadly, the tides will bring the oil spill in Gulf of Mexico to its shores, writes Julie Cart "The sickening, helpless feeling around all this is the birds have to go on making …
