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. …
Occasionally, every once in a while, the news process shifts away from the immediate and looks at the long-term. It is a challenge to fit slow-moving stories, that take months or years to unfold, into the 24-hour news cycle. The report on the state of Goa
A committee constituted to survey bore wells by various industrial units in Verna Industrial Estate has unearthed gross illegalities and has recommended immediate capping of all bore wells there for not falling within the purview of the Ground Water Regulation Act, 2002. That
Faced with the criticism over its functioning, the Government of India proposes to amend the existing Brahmaputra Board Act 1980. The proposed amendments include expansion of the Board by including West Bengal, Minister of State for Water Resources Vincent H Pala said in a Lok Sabha reply. The Union Government
Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda today dwelt on the contentious inter-state issues-transfer of Chandigarh, SYL canal waters and the naming of the upcoming international airport in Chandigarh. Replying to the debate on the motion of thanks to the Governor, he said Punjab
Concerted efforts by the people is the only way to exert pressure on the State and Union governments for the implementation of permanent irrigation facility in the district, said Narayanaswamy, Water Expert and Action Committee President. Permanent Irrigation Action Committee members submittinga memorandum to the tahsildar in Gauribidnur on Monday, …
The long pending Teesta water sharing issue is likely to be resolved as minister and secretary level talks of the Joint Rivers Commission (JRC) between Dhaka and Delhi would start on March 17. The secretaries of the water resources ministries of Bangladesh and India will sit on March 17, while …
By 2025, 60 per cent aquifers would be in critical state, says World Bank report Two days after Prime Minister Manmohan Singh assured the Parliament of
The second International River Festival at Bandra Bhan, near the confluence of Rivers Narmada and Tawa in Hoshangabad district of Madhya Pradesh, would be held from March 21 to 23. About 600 environmentalists, social workers, economists, agriculture scientists, doctors, teachers and students are expected to join this event. The secretary …
This document contains the presentation by A.P.Dimri on "Wintertime Climatic Analysis over the Western Himalayas", presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. The eastward moving synoptic weather systems, Western Disturbances (WDs), are the most dominant source of precipitation over the western Himalayas. Topographic variability and landuse …
This document contains the presentation by Omvir Singh, Anil Beniwal, Milap C. Sharma & et al on Variability and trends in temperature, precipitation and discharge in a lesser Himalayan watershed, presented at National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010. Climate change and global warming arising from the anthropogenic-driven …
IF CURRENT trends of acute groundwater use continue, 60% of all acquifers in India could run dry in 20 years or will be in a critical condition, a World Bank report launched on Friday said. It has urged priority action through higher investment in management of groundwater resources to reduce …
Mohamed Imranullah S. Judgment to be circulated among Chief Secretary, PWD Secretary, other officials MADURAI: The Madras High Court Bench here on Thursday restrained the State government from constructing a centre for women entrepreneurs through the Small Industries Development Corporation (SIDCO) on 62.65 acres of land classified as
BERHAMPUR: A long march demanding linking of major rivers of Orissa was flagged off from Kasinagar in Gajapati district of south Orissa on Friday. Different organisations of south Orissa have come together for the march from Kashinagar to Bhubaneswar demanding linking of Vansadhara, Rushikulya and Mahanadi rivers of Orissa. The …
Delhi irrigation and flood control department stirred into action after matter reached high court. It drew up a plan which has been reviewed by the state govt Ambika Pandit | TNN Athriving water body with walkways and landscaped greens spread over 12-odd acres. The marshland wasting away along the busy …
Integrated framework for effective adaptation the water sector by A. K. Gosain, presented at the National Climate Research Conference, IIT Delhi, March 5-6, 2010.
Mumbai Mumbai, facing its worst ever water crisis, will take lessons from Israel, which tackles its own huge deficit with the help of artificial rain, desalination and treatment of brackish and effluent water. Having depended entirely on natural water sources so far, the BMC is now looking at non-conventional sources …
Many of the lakes in the city have 'disappeared' along with their water-spreads due to the rapid and unbridled urbanisation here, a study said. The research study, published by city-based Institute for Social and Economic Change (ISEC), paints a grim scenario with further worsening of the water-bodies if the state …
