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. …
Impacts of climate change on hydrology are assessed by downscaling large scale general circulation model (GCM) outputs of climate variables to local scale hydrologic variables. This modelling approach is characterized by uncertainties resulting from the use of different models, different scenarios, etc. Modelling uncertainty in climate change impact assessment includes …
Kalpana Jain / New Delhi April 23, 2010, 0:58 IST Industry may soon have to pay a lot more for the water it uses. The Union government is in talks with various state governments to draft a model Bill that would lead to a multi-fold increase in water charges for …
Rashmi Menon Vidyaranyapura is a quaint, residential ward that has seen rapid development in the last few years. Yet, a couple of years ago, the area hit the headlines for its stray dog menace. While the residents say that the problem has come down to a large extent, it still …
Chandigarh: The Haryana government has adopted a two-pronged strategy to increase water table in the state. While one aspect of the plan involves a slew of quick-fire measures across the rural-urban divide aimed at harvesting and recharging this precious but drying up resource; the other revolves around a massive campaign …
New Delhi: The regime for managing projects and construction on the 7,500-km coastline will undergo substantial changes with the environment ministry having prepared the long-pending coastal regulation zone norms. The ministry
- Reservoir level dips alarmingly, residents depend on tankers, borings for daily need Charwa dam Hazaribagh, April 21: With water level in Charwa dam dipping to dangerous levels, residents of the town are getting increasingly alarmed. The sole source of water, Charwa dam, now has only enough water left for …
KENDRAPARA: Canals, the lifeline of Kendrapara denizens, are now in a moribund state. Kendrapara, Pattamundei, Marshaghai and Jamboo canals which have been catering to the drinking water and farming needs of people of that area for over 100 years wear an unhygienic look. The slums that have sprouted along the …
April 21: MPs cutting across party lines expressed concern on the depleting ground water levels in the country and asked the government to take immediate steps to boost reservoirs. Dhananjay Singh of the BSP in his supplementary asked water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal if there were statistics to show …
BALANGIR: A big pond in the peak summer has been given to a person on contract for fishing at a time when locals are facing acute water shortage for bathing. Nearly 5,000 people depend on the pond, situated in the heart of Kantabanji, the commercial town of Balangir district. But …
Tamil Nadu Government on Wednesday The Tamil Wednesday announced its decision to send a representative to the Supreme Court-appointed committee on the Mullaperiyar row. Former SC judge Justice AR Lakshmanan has been chosen as the state's envoy to the five-member empowered committee. The Cabinet that met on Tuesday decided to …
J. Venkatesan New Delhi: With the Centre seeking time for completion of the Environment Impact Analysis (EIA) on an alternative alignment for the Sethusamudram Ship Channel Project without cutting across Adam's Bridge or Ramar Sethu, the Supreme Court on Wednesday deferred judgment till February 2011. Additional Solicitor-General Harin P. Raval …
THANJAVUR: World Bank funded Irrigated Agriculture Modernisation of Water Bodies Restoration Management Project (IAMWARM) has helped in popularising vermicompost and pulses, maize and red gram cultivation in Pattukottai and Peravurani areas of Thanjavur district. IAMWARM aims at modernising system tanks under Agniyar and Ambuliyar divisions in the area and utilising …
CHENNAI: Interlinking of rivers can affect the hydrologic cycle of the country and the Planning Commission is yet to come out with a report on the issue, according to its member, Dr Mihir Shah. Delivering the Founder
Pampa Action Plan: The picture shows how the human intervention has narrowed down the river. G K Nair Implementation of the Pampa Action Plan (PAP) and similar projects for other three rivers, Achancovil, Manimala and Meenachil, is inevitable for making conservation of the Vembanad Wetland System (VWS), which has recently …
The Supreme Court was approached on Tuesday by an environmentalist ex-Naval officer seeking a direction to the Centre to take immediate steps to protect Bhagirathi and Bhilangana, the tributaries of Ganga, which he said faced a threat of drying fast. The petition was filed after the Uttarakhand government had recently …
