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. …
To promote water conservation in Bihar, the State Government would soon enact a law making rainwater harvesting mandatory in urban areas. The Bill would make it mandatory for every household in urban areas to build an underground water tank to store excess rainwater harvested from the rooftops of multi-storeyed buildings …
With several parts of the country already reeling under drought, scientists in the United States have found that groundwater levels in North Indian cities, including Delhi, are declining by as much as a foot per year over the past decade. Scientists, with the help of NASA satellite data, have found …
The Supreme Court has given the go-ahead for the Commonwealth Games Village on the Yamuna river bank. A three-judge bench headed by Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan set aside a 2008 Delhi High Court judgement directing the setting up of a committee to monitor the environmental impact of the project. …
http://wikis.uit.tufts.edu/confluence/display/aquapedia/Home A US based professor has launched Aquapedia, a web-based repository for information regarding the water sector. The beta version currently hosts 14 case studies, 8 of which have no information posted yet. The creator of the site, Shafiqul Islam of Tufts University, has attempted to establish a collaborative environment …
South Asian ministers will gather in Nepal next week for talks on the threat that climate change poses to the Himalayas and to the 1.3 billion people dependent on water flowing from the mountains. Experts say the Himalayan glaciers are melting at an alarming rate and with months to go …
The water supply project in Walapane which comes under the main water supply scheme in the Nuwara Eliya district is nearing completion and ready to serve more than 12,800 people in the area who suffered hardships due to the scarcity of drinking water during past few years. The main water …
Dense population, high industrial growth, increasing pollutant loads and a lack of wastewater infrastructure in Dhaka have jointly created a serious threat to the city's sustainability. The industrial wastes caused severe degradation of the watersheds. 60% of the total pollution load comes from around 7,000 industrial units located within the …
CHENNAI: The Central Government will soon introduce a bill to make rain water harvesting compulsory throughout the country. The bill is being fine-tuned by the Ministry of Water Resources for introduction in Parliament, said N. Vardraj, Regional Director, Central Ground Water Board, here on Friday. Participating in a workshop on
Even as the State is fighting a bitter battle with casino operators in the court, another off-shore casino vessel - Maharajah of Essel group, will soon begin its operation in the Mandovi River.
ALAPPUZHA: The ATREE, in association with the All- Kerala Houseboat Owners' Association, has organised a lake cleaning campaign on Thursday in the Punnamada lake and and the nearby canals. Around 100 volunteers participated in the programme. The `jalapaadom' students of the St Joseph College, the St Antony's HS, the S …
This is one powerful idea that would do away with massive solar panels. Solar cells could soon be spray painted onto the sides of buildings or rooftops with nanoparticles. The new nano-ink process could replace the standard method of manufacturing solar cells, which requires high temperatures and is relatively expensive, …
If the big and largely rich emitters of today were to take mitigation in the immediate future seriously, they could achieve emission reductions without denying the poor in India the prospects of a humane existence, says Arvind Panagariya IHAVE been surprised by the number of reasonable Indians who have come …
The right embankment of the Teesta river has been damaged at Holdi Bari point extending about 1,000 meter inundating four villages in Jaldhaka upazila Monday last. Two other cross dams have also been damaged alongside the embankment in the same area further worsening the situation. As a result about 4000 …
The State Government has decided to rejuvenate 180 lakes in Bangalore in the coming days, Bangalore In-charge Minister Katta Subramanya Naidu said on Tuesday. Speaking to reporters, he said work has been already commenced to rejuvenate and beautify 33 lakes. While the BBMP is developing 21 lakes, the BDA has …
