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. …
We find evidence that black soot aerosols deposited on Tibetan glaciers have been a significant contributing factor to observed rapid glacier retreat. Reduced black soot emissions, in addition to reduced greenhouse gases, may be required to avoid demise of Himalayan glaciers and retain the benefits of glaciers for seasonal fresh …
CHENNAI: Over 300 representatives from 25 countries are expected to showcase their products and expertise in water sector at an exhibition and conference to be held in Nandambakkam near here from January 7-9, 2010. While the broad theme of the event is on water and wastewater management, the exposition will …
Anantapur, Dec. 29: Watershed management scheme to conserve rainwater in rural areas is mired in corruption as officials and contractors have colluded to swallow government funds in Anantapur district. The scheme has been implemented in the district since 1974, though it has changed several names. There are 1,315 watershed programmes …
User charges and better delivery needed Nearly all large cities in India are in the grip of a serious water shortage, as revealed in a series of reports in this paper, which is likely to get worse as migration continues and rising incomes raise people
We find evidence that black soot aerosols deposited on Tibetan glaciers have been a significant contributing factor to observed rapid glacier retreat. Reduced black soot emissions, in addition to reduced greenhouse gases, may be required to avoid demise of Himalayan glaciers and retain the benefits of glaciers for seasonal fresh …
Chennai's twin corridors: The poor-rich divide represents the social conflict and the acute water scarcity reflects the environmental degeneration at OMR and ECR, says M G Devasahayam The OMR turned IT Corridor turned Rajiv Gandhi Salai is the Information Technology hub of the city, home to the top multinational IT …
MUMBAI: Here's some good news for water-parched Mumbaikars. The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC), which has sought additional water from the state government-run Upper Vaitarna and Bhatsa dams, will soon get it. Irrigation minister Ajit Pawar, who heads the committee for water resources distribution, said, "I have not seen the file …
T. N. Narasimhan Recent geophysical studies report large-scale groundwater mining in the Indus-Ganga Basin. India can gain useful insights by examining American experience in adapting to unacceptable groundwater overdraft. In September, Virendra Tiwari of the National Geophysical Research Institute, Hyderabad, reported in Geophysical Research Letters that approximately 54 cubic km …
Shashikant Trivedi / Bhopal December 28, 2009, 0:02 IST Madhya Pradesh, which cradles many rivers, lakes and waterfalls in the great Malwa plateau, is today finding its water sources not enough to quench the thirst of its fast-growing cities. While the capital here saw its water sources suddenly drying up …
THORAPPALLI (KRISHNAGIRI): The Ramanayakkan lake, one of the big waterbodies in the middle of Hosur town, will be renovated at a cost of Rs.2 crore, said State Minister for Information Parithi Ilamvazhuthi here on Thursday. He was speaking after unveiling a bronze bust of the first Indian Governor General of …
Renovation of 500 bawlis and wells in Hamirpur district will be completed by month-end Hamirpur: The district administration has taken an initiative to renovate all traditional waters sources in the district and handover the maintenance job to local panchayats with the help of other government agencies. The basic objective of …
Coastal ecosystems are sensitive to changes in the quantity and lability of terrigenous dissolved organic matter (DOM) delivered by rivers. The lability of DOM is thought to decrease with age, but this view stems from work in watersheds where terrestrial plant and soil sources dominate streamwater DOM. Here, glaciated watersheds …
Conservation, metering, end-use languish under deficit-ridden Board. Delhi gets more water than Paris, according to a report of the Planning Commission. If the national average water supply for cities is 140 litres per capita, Delhiites guzzle 240 litres per capita. But in certain parts of Delhi, like the south, and …
Gokul Chandrasekar This would boost the city's water table and help avoid water scarcity IF Chennai fails to take up water conservation including grey water harvesting on a large scale, the city will face a severe water crisis by 2020, warn experts. The water table, which was just 30 feet …
Sindh Chamber of Agriculture has expressed concern on reduction of water share of Sindh in Indus River and observed that it was result of getting water more than its due share by Punjab. The chamber said it was lack of interest and inefficiency on part of secretary Irrigation Department Sindh …
BHUBANESWAR: Union Water Resources Secretary UN Panjiar today revived the controversial river inter-linking issue saying the project would increase the irrigation potential by utilising surplus flood water.
