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. …
Britain must find ways to grow more food while using less water, energy and fertilizers to help feed a growing world population and offset the effects of climate change on agriculture, the government said on Monday. A senior minister said last year's sharp rise in the cost of food and …
Ahmedabad: Seven people have approached Gujarat High Court, seeking to join the PIL filed over the issue of imposition of fee on Kankaria Lake, but AMC has raised objection for their impleading in the case. A division bench hearing the PIL has kept the next hearing on August 26, when …
The World Bank-funded Mid-Himalayan Watershed Development Project has started making a positive impact on the quality of life of the people. The Rs 365-crore project has, over the past three years, increased returns from farmland and solved the problem of fuel and fodder to a large extent. According to a …
IBM is pushing ahead into providing technology services to manage water, a market $10 billion market that the company sees growing quickly. "This to me is an area that's really going to explode in the next three to five years," said Sharon Nunes, who heads IBM's Big Green Innovations initiative. …
Waterlogging after a brief spell of rain is still a common feature in Guwahati city, but unfortunately, more than five years have passed since former Gauhati University Vice-Chancellor Dr NK Choudhury offered a series of suggestions to the Government to deal with the problem and most of those are yet …
Hundreds of villages in Atlantic Canada that depend on seal hunting for much of their livelihood are already feeling a sharp economic pinch from a European ban on seal products that went into effect last month. For more than 20 years Eldred Woodford has taken part in the annual seal …
Ashutosh Kumar Pipe manufacturing major Jindal Saw, the flagship company of the Rs 40,000-crore OP Jindal group, is tapping opportunities in water as well as waste management as future areas of growth. While Jindal Water Infrastructure Ltd boasts of an order book of Rs 650 crore, Jindal Urban Infrastructure is …
India claimed on Thursday that the stage of differences or disputes on controversial Kishenganga had not arisen and the issue could be further discussed at Commission level. The Indian Minister of State for Water Resources, Vincent H. Pala informed Rajya Sabha in respond to a question the Kishenganga Hydro-electric project …
An integrated water policy for the Saarc region is imperative for equitable use of river water for agricultural development, said Agriculture Minister Matia Chowdhury yesterday.
Sewerage waste of nearby localities is being disposed of in Rawal Lake, the National Assembly (NA) was informed on Wednesday. In query made by Chaudhry Muhammad Barjees Tahir, Interior Minister Rehman Malik told the lower house that due to increase in population and inadequate sewerage disposal mechanism, effluent partially came …
PRAMOD KUMAR There are total 479 districts in India where problem of groundwater contamination has been reported in isolated pockets. This is giving sleepless nights to the officials of the central ground water authority. According to the Centre's Water Quality Assessment Authority, Uttar Pradesh tops the list where contamination in …
K.V. Kurmanath Hyderabad, Aug. 4 Worried over decreasing groundwater levels and presence of nitrates and heavy metals, the Andhra Pradesh Government has initiated a study to assess the quality and quantity of groundwater in the Hussainsagar catchment area. The study would suggest measures to plug the sources of pollution and …
`Directives have been issued to all the government departments to install rain water harvesting systems in its buildings,' said a senior official The Delhi government has issued fresh directives to all its departments, local bodies and public sector undertakings to install rain water harvesting systems in their buildings in a …
In a move aimed at overcoming water shortage in the Capital, the Delhi government has issued fresh directives to all its departments, local bodies and public sector undertakings to install rain water harvesting systems in their buildings. The government has also modified the building norms making it mandatory for all …
MUMBAI: The state plans to write to the Centre, asking for a separate set of rules for Mumbai when it amends the Coastal Regulation Zone (CRZ) norms, which prohibits construction close to the coastline. The draft notification of the coastal management zone (CMZ) lapsed on July 22. Urban development department's …
Sandeep Moudgal, Bangalore, DH News Service: The Nellurhalli lake in Whitefield is in a state of total decay, with sewerage lines discharging effluents from factories and a private hospital in the vicinity. The lake has been reduced to a polluted water body with hyacinths and carcasses, garbage on the banks …
An integrated survey based on satellite interpretation corroborated with limited field checks was carried out with a view to assess groundwater potential of Nandimandalam-Kothapalli of Kadapa district, Andhra Pradesh falling in Survey of India toposheet no. 57J/11.
This publication documents the findings of the second phase of the study, which was completed in May 2006. The aim of this phase was to accomplish a wider, continental, coverage of river/lake/ groundwater basins (i.e., building upon the first phase), and expanding the network of researchers. Regional groups of researchers …
This working paper explores the intersection between water management, climate change, and adaptation in the Ganges River system, a basin vital to the security, economy, and environment of South Asia. Recognizing that an understanding of both the science and the policy of water management, climate change, and adaptation is rapidly …
The information system has detailed groundwater level data, groundwater quality with regard to major ions and pesticide residues information. The Project has been supported as a pilot project in the country by NRDMS, Department of Science and Technology to provide the web site at all village Knowledge Centers in the …
