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. …
Tirupur: The Public Works Department (Water Resources Organisation) will strengthen the Aandipalayam, Mangalam and Sammalapuram irrigation tanks situated in the city outskirts and its supply channels at an estimated outlay of Rs. 90 lakh. This was disclosed by the PWD (WRO) officials after Minister for Highways and Minor Ports M. …
The Western Ghats Task Force is contemplating to tie-up with the Forest department to develop Hoskere lake near Kengeri, into a medicinal park and an eco-tourism hub. Addressing a press conference in Bangalore, Task Force Chairman Ananth Hegde Ashisara said he would soon place a proposal before the Government to …
With water level falling by a metre a year and no measures has been taken yet to reverse the decline, the Dead Sea may soon shrink to a pond or even dry out completely by 2050. According to officials, the political strife in West Asia has been undermining measures to …
Vikram Soni et al. explain a scheme for large-scale natural water storage in the Yamuna floodplains near Delhi. If the water is made to percolate in the aquifer by construction of several barrages and tens of kilometres of bunds, then it cannot be called a
Shillong: Deforestation, climate change besides other factors are responsible for water scarcity across the globe including Sohra-the wettest place on earth, but mismanagement is the main problem in causing water scarcity, the speakers pointed out at the three day international seminar on "Water Crisis in the Indian Sub-continent: Issues and …
BHUBANESWAR: Parliamentary Affairs Minister Raghunath Mohanty today said that only 2 per cent of water from the Hirakud reservoir is being provided for industrial use. To a question from Prafulla Majhi (Cong), the Minister reiterated that the State Government attaches top priority to drinking water supply followed by its use …
Coimbatore: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent charge) Jairam Ramesh on Sunday said that the Ministry would widely expand projects for conservation of inland wetlands and coastal areas facing the threat of destruction. Talking to reporters after interacting with scientists at the Salim Ali Centre for Ornithology …
V.S. Palaniappan SHARING A POINT: Union Minister for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh having a word with the principal Jose T.Mathew (left), during his visit to the Central Academy for State Forest Service in Coimbatore on Sunday. Coimbatore: Union Minister of State for Environment and Forests (Independent charge) Jairam Ramesh …
Bhimavaram, Nov. 20: The Andhra Pradesh Rythu Sangham demanded that the government work out alternate sources to ensure water supply to raise crops for the rabi season in both the Godavari districts. The sangham district general secretary, Mr B. Bala-ram, said here on Friday that if the district authorities simply …
Experts here view the present move of the State Government to amend the Assam Embankment and Drainage (E&D;) Act, 1953 as a good chance to enlarge the scope of the legislation to cover many areas of activities connected with the Water Resources Department (WRD). The Act came into effect in …
In a clear sign of the growing faith of the US in Indian space programmes, two top US agencies - the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) - signed a letter of intent (LoI) on Wednesday to obtain data from the Oceansat-2 …
The Israeli government has offered to sign a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Himachal Pradesh for water management and renewable energy. This follows the keen interest shown by Chief Minister PK Dhumal and the team who are on a visit to Israel to study irrigation and poly-houses technology so as …
The ONGC (Oil and Natural Gas Corporation), in its recently-held meeting, has decided to implement rain-water harvesting in all the existing residential complexes of ONGC across the country. As a new implemented policy, ONGC has made it mandatory to implement the system of rainwater harvesting in all the future projects …
Want information on rainwater harvesting (RWH)? It is now just a phone call away. The Karnataka State Council for Science and Technology (KSCST), along with the BWSSB have launched a help desk dedicated to address queries on RWH on Wednesday.
The mining industry has forgotten cultural memory and its lessons about working in consonance with nature, says HARTMAN DE SOUZA In the thickly forested hills between the villages of Maina and Kawrem, south-east of Quepem town, a poignant story, once fortunate enough to have had a happy ending, is now …
NEW DELHI: Following serious concern over vital drinking water in rural areas in the North Eastern states including Meghalaya, the ministry has directed all the states to take adequate safety measures to tackle the problem and opt for rainwater harvesting. On the directions of the Minister of State for Rural …
REZAUL H. LASKAR Pakistani Taliban have threatened to contaminate water sources and reservoirs with poisonous materials to pressure the Army to stop military operations against them in South Waziristan tribal region. The cantonment boards of Rawalpindi and Chaklala, located near the federal capital, received the threat from the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban …
KARUR: Harness the excess water running down the Cauvery during times of flooding at the Panjapatti lake in Karur district so that hundreds of wells in the Krishnarayapuram taluk and surrounding areas could recharge easily, District Congress Committee has opined. Reiterating a long pending demand of the people of the …
S Lalitha, Bangalore, Nov 18, DHNS After a nearly two-year long exhaustive study of major water bodies in and around the City, the Karnataka State Pollution Control Board (KSPCB) has come out with this key finding: 82 pc of the lakes and tanks in the City are in conditions ranging …
