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. …
Ahmedabad: The Gujarat High Court on Wednesday issued notices to Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC), the state government and Archeological Survey of India (ASI) over entry fees being charged at the Kankaria lakefront and construction around the ASI-protected inlets to the lake. Acting on a public interest litigation (PIL) filed by …
The National Water Board (NWB) is meeting on September 18 to discuss a five-point agenda, with focus on the review of 2002 national water policy. The meeting, which would be attended by all State water resource secretaries, takes place after a two-year gap and coincides with the drought in 278 …
Sept. 15: Terming supporters of river-interlinking projects "non-serious," Vishwa Hindu Parishad (VHP) leader Ashok Singhal on Tuesday said such a project would be dangerous for the country. In a veiled attack on the NDA, during whose tenure at the Centre river interlinking projects were proposed, Mr Singhal said: "River interlinking …
Himanshu Kaushik | TNN Ahmedabad: The Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation (AMC) has admitted that while designing the Sarbarmati Riverfront Development project, neither did it make an attempt to increase the depth of the river nor made any provision for dredging. In reply to a Right to Information (RTI) application filed by …
THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pampa River Basin Authority Bill, 2009, which will lead to the constitution of an Authority for the management of activities related to the conservation of the Pampa river basin, was piloted in the Assembly on Monday. ``The Bill is just a beginning. A comprehensive River Protection Act will …
COMING out in full support for interlinking rivers at the national level, DMDK president Vijayakanth has termed that it was the need of the hour. Replying to queries from reporters over the remarks made by AICC general secretary, Rahul Gandhi on interlinking of rivers would lead to an ecological disaster, …
Members of the Legislative Council agreed that the government must do all it can to reform the agriculture sector as ideas ranging from interlinking of rivers in the to state to developing fresh cropping patterns were floated on Monday. Independent MLC Y A Narayanaswamy and BJP MLC Shankarappa said that …
Delhi government makes a lake and a marshland disappear the Delhi government appears to be determined to construct buildings on lakes instead of restoring them. On August 17, the government filed an affidavit in the Delhi High Court saying the Mayapuri lake and Jehangirpuri marshland are not waterbodies and can …
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REACTING to Congress general secretary Rahul Gandhi's earlier remark that linking of rivers in India would be an environmental disaster, chief minister Karunanidhi reiterated, on Sunday, that interlinking of rivers at the national level is a must. In a statement, Karunanidhi emphasised that interlinking of rivers at national level is …
Navelim villagers on Sunday demanded the intervention of the government to save the once picturesque Xelpem lake polluted by the discharge of sewage waters from neighbouring Margao city. Agitated villagers sought to know why the government has been going slow in working out a solution to the problem despite the …
Sept 12: A three-member committee appointed by the Andhra Pradesh High Court to assess the removal of encroachments in Kolleru lake informed the apex court that the encroachments are yet to be cleared and water is spread in the lake in 77,000 acres as against 2.5 lakh acres. According to …
Groundwater, which has emerged as India's prime adaptive mechanism in times of drought, will play a crucial role this year since the aquifers were recharged in 2006-08. The impact of the drought of 2009 will therefore be less severe than the drought of 2002. Beyond the immediate response, we need …
G Babu Jayakumar | ENS "I WANT TO CHANGE THE WAY POLITICS WORKS IN TN. I UNDERSTAND THERE IS NO ROOM FOR YOUNGSTERS AND PARTIES HERE DO NOT HAVE FAITH IN THEM." On DMK and MK GOOD ALLIES: Congress and DMK are good allies... I have great admiration for Tamil …
Heavy rain in Himachal has reduced depletion of water level in Bhakra and Pong dams, but may not be enough for optimum level. The three-day depleting water level trend at Bhakra was broken today with report of heavy rain in its catchment area yesterday. The rain, which is continuing, resulted …
