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. …
Sikkim Flood Control and Irrigation Minister Dawcho Lepcha has called for the inclusion of the State as a permanent member of the Brahmaputra Board, a statutory body under the Union Ministry of Water Resources. Sikkim should be considered for permanent membership along with other Northeastern States in the Brahmaputra Board, …
ARIYALUR: The Agricultural Engineering Department has proposed to create 36 new farm ponds and four shaft wells in Ariyalur district during the current year under the Artificial Groundwater Recharge Scheme, said Collector T. Abraham here on Tuesday. Subsidy The Collector said that a subsidy of Rs.50,000 would be given to …
The Bangalore South constituency may boast of having the maximum number of water bodies, hills and hillocks, good number of civic amenity sites but these jewels of the constituency are now in danger. Subramanyapura lake choked with hyacinth and other weeds.The lakes are either encroached upon or would be land-filled …
It will be carried out with the participation of people COIMBATORE: Rain water harvesting structures will be put up at Rs.1 crore at 215 places prone to stagnation across the city. The project will be funded by the Central Ground Water Board of the Union Ministry of Water Resources, District …
Ronald Anil Fernandes, Mangalore, Nov 10, DH News Service: Conserving water is one of the top most concerns of many states in India and Karnataka is no exception. The lush green surroundings of Kairangala village near Konaje. . DH photoHowever, here is a classic case of official apathy wherein the …
Aquifer storage and recovery (ASR) is an effective method of recharging reclaimed or surplus surface water into confined or semi-confined permeable formations for later extraction. A key factor in the long-term viability of ASR is the extent of mineral interaction between two dissimilar water types, their recoverable fractions and consequent …
India has good average annual precipitation, but its poor distribution in space and time has led to the scarcity of groundwater in many areas. Artificial recharge to groundwater requires a composite procedure along with detailed morphometric and hydrogeological studies of the area. In Maharashtra State, a programme was initiated to …
This article reviews the various available methodologies to estimate submarine groundwater discharge (SGD) and demonstrates the utility of radon with a case study. An attempt has been made to identify the existence of submarine groundwater discharge (SGD)and semi-quantitatively estimate its rate in the coastal area of Vizhinjam, Thiruvananthapuram, Kerala.
Huge quantity of water gushed into Hasthinapuram Alarming: The breached portion of the outlet point of Sembakkam Lake. TAMBARAM: In a repeat of incidents that took place during monsoon the previous years, encroachers damaged a portion of the outlet point of a lake near Tambaram. The damage to the outlet …
Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily said that emphasis should be laid to inter-linking at least two tanks in every gram panchayat under NREGS scheme. Union Law Minister Veerappa Moily reviewing the development works at the district-level officials meet in Chikkaballapur on Monday. Bagepalli MLA N Sampangi is also seen. dh …
Even as the Union Water Resources Ministry is planning to introduce a tighter regulatory mechanism to check indiscriminate use of ground water resources, peasant associations are set to protest the move as they feel it would 'eliminate small and marginal farmers'. Sources said that to check the 'indiscriminate use of …
Punjab, the land of rivers, is drying up rapidly. The overexploitation of groundwater is leading to drastic depletion of water table in the state, prompting the scientists to call it a
The worldwide paradigm shift in river basin management has not affected policymakers in south Asia. Hydro-diplomacy in the Ganges-Brahmaputra- Meghna basin is still based on reductionist engineering, and looks at marginal economic benefits, without showing any concern for the long-run implications for livelihoods and ecosystem. The governments in the river …
Kumar Manish | TNN Ahmedabad: Finally, the new avatar of Kankaria lakefront is legal. The Archaeological Survey of India (ASI) has given a letter of approval to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) for construction carried at Kankaria Lake Front Development Project (KLFD). Earlier, ASI had questioned AMC for not taking the …
A meeting of the special committee constituted for reviewing problems of MPAs regarding installation of tube-wells has demanded to increase number of tube-wells annually. This was demanded in a meeting held here under the chairmanship of provincial Minister for Agriculture Arbab Mohammad Ayub Jan in his office. NWFP Minister for …
