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. …
April 20: The Centre on Tuesday informed Parliament that due to overlapping of watershed programmes by different ministries, these were integrated into one as the Integrated Watershed Management Programme. This integrated programme is an effort to turn barren and dry land for agricultural purposes. Rural development minister C.P. Thakur, while …
Many politicians, bureaucrats, investor and land grabbers are severely affected with decision of chief minister Shivraj Singh Chouhan to scrap and reject the Bhopal Master Plan. Though the decision came when the city lifeline, the Upper and other lakes future was at stake. Chouhan would be remembered for long, with …
Oslo: The ocean depths are home to myriad species of microbes, mostly hard to see but including spaghetti-like bacteria that form whitish mats the size of Greece on the floor of the Pacific, scientists said. The survey, part of a 10-year Census of Marine Life, turned up hosts of unknown …
PUDUCHERRY: A State Water Resources Data Centre and a level II+ laboratory building will come up under the Hydrology Project-II at an estimated cost of Rs. 3.25 crore. Chief Minister V. Vaithilingam inaugurated the construction work for the facilities on Sunday. The State Water Resources Data Centre and laboratory building …
CHENNAI: ISHA Foundation on Sunday conducted a run for water initiative to create awareness among Chennaites on the need to conserve water and preserve water bodies. The event, which was originally to be conducted in association with
Water birds like egrets and cormorants whose natural habitats are tanks and lakes, are finding it difficult to survive in the blazing summer. Egrets and cormorants have come out of the drying tank in Toopalli village in Srinivsapur taluk. DH Photo The unusually high temperatures and lack of rains are …
Use of high-capacity pumps for irrigation is lowering the groundwater table across the country to dangerous levels, says BHAVDEEP KANG IN THE Burhanpur district of central India, wealthy banana farmers draw water from depths of 700 to 800 feet, or lay individual pipelines 2-3 km long to irrigate their fields. …
We live in a world that is more interconnected - and more vulnerable - than ever before. The fallout from the banking crisis was worldwide. Concerns about infectious diseases have risen and fallen in the public's consciousness, and while no catastrophic pandemic has yet hit us, it is clear that …
MUMBAI: A day after three persons fell into a borewell in Mahim and died, the BMC on Friday issued an order that it was mandatory to secure its permission to dig borewells in the city. If the correct procedure is not followed, Mumbaikars will be liable to punishment. It was …
Even as the debate rages whether it was prudent to flush out stagnant waters of the Colva creek into the open sea, it has now come to light that the Water Resources Department carried out the construction of the trench following a request from the Goa Coastal Zone Management Authority …
Orlim villagers on Thursday have conveyed a message loud and clear to the Town and Country Planning Department that they are firmly opposed to multi-storied projects coming up in low lying areas and close to paddy fields and water bodies. In respect of one project coming up in the lowing …
With the summer season reaching its peak, shortage of water is beginning to be felt all over the State. There are reports of handpumps going dry at many rural places. For the rural people the handpumps and wells are the only source of water. The situation in six districts of …
Prince Jebakumar | ENS After completion, the project will be extended to all 14 blocks of the district} DINDIGUL has become the first district in the State to interlink 25 rural tanks, ponds and other waterbodies through a 17.5 km supply channel at Methapatti in R Kombai village panchayat of …
The water-level of Netravati river, which is a prominent water source for the district, is reducing considerably that it may dry up completely within few days. Thousands of residents in Belthangady, Bantwal and Mangalore taluk depend on Netravati river for agriculture and other purposes. Due to reduction in rainfall, the …
This work reports an attempt to make use of the indigenously developed high resolution IRS-1C satellite imagery to generate a database, including expertize from different organizations involved in floral, soil, microbial, hydro, socio-economic and geological fields. In the absence of large scale topographic maps, high resolution precision geocoded PAN + …
Maulana Talib Hussein does not find it easy to squat. Yet five times a day, the 64-year-old must get into that position to perform wudu , Arabic for the Islamic norm of cleaning. “Wudu is one of the prescribed acts of cleansing Muslims must undertake before offering prayers,” he said. …
What led you to file the public interest litigation (pil)? On July 26, 2005, there was a deluge in Mumbai. It caught the administration unawares; all utility services broke down. I was one of those stranded, who spent the night under a flyover. I started wading back home at about …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The State Government has issued guidelines on flushing of waste from toilets and soak pits into public drains, water bodies and water resources. The guidelines, prepared on the basis of Section 340 of the Kerala Municipal Act, 1994, strictly prohibits the flushing of waste water into public areas and …
Mumbai The six lakes that supply water to Mumbai have 40 per cent less in stock than at the same stage last year. Already struggling with frequent pipeline bursts and leaks, the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation has more bad news from its data on Modak Sagar, Tansa, Vihar, Tulsi, Upper Vaitarna …
