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. …
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has sought government commitment to tax water used for irrigation, prior to release of funds for the construction of Diamer Bhasha dam. Sources in Finance Ministry told Business Recorder that ADB is of the view that water to be stored in the dam, if used …
There is a marked fall in groundwater table Underground drainage project progressing slowly CUDDALORE: The Tamil Nadu Science Forum has voiced concern over the fast-depleting groundwater level in Cuddalore. At a district conference held here recently, the forum passed a resolution urging the authorities to take speedy measures to reverse …
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: For a parched Delhi the latest report card on the status of its ground water released by the Central Ground Water Board spells tough times ahead, with all nine districts of the city reporting a decline in the water table.
National Water Resources Database (NWRD) is playing a very important role in fulfilling the demands for water resources planners by providing latest database on water resources. The NWRD also help planners to make their functions more accurate by providing correct database and relevant information. Principal Scientific Officer of Water Resource …
PERAMBALUR: Government is providing subsidy to farmers who are implementing rainwater harvesting system in their irrigation wells and recharging the groundwater table in Perambalur district, said M. Vijayakumar, Collector, here on Thursday. He said that the scheme was being implemented in the four panchayat unions of Perambalur, Alathur, Veppur and …
K. Lakshmi The work will be completed by this month-end Coming up: Poles erected along the Cooum on Langs Garden Road, Pudupet, as a prelude to the fencing work.
Falling water table in the state has been forcing farmers to go for deeper submersible tube wells with cemented structures at the base. Though found in select areas of Bathinda and Mansa districts, where water table has gone below 300 feet, experts feel other areas will also have to have …
For the first time, environmental violations along the coast may be tracked via satellite imagery. In a move which is likely to check the development of industries along the country
KOLLAM: A society for the conservation of Sasthamcotta lake will be constituted with the District Panchayat president as chairman and the District Collector as convener. Heads of various government departments in the district and activists of environmental organisations will also be included in the society. The first meeting of the …
MUMBAI: Bring water under the Essential Commodities Act (ECA). This was the demand echoed by some members of the BMC standing committee on Wednesday. With no respite from water cuts and tankers holding the city to ransom, the members wanted that the proposal, raised several times during previous water crises, …
MUMBAI: Besides encroachments on water pipelines, the BMC is grappling with slums that have cropped up at its service reservoirs, most of which are located on hills and supply water to fag ends of the city. Security walls and chowkies at many of the 28 reservoirs have collapsed. Worst affected …
The High Court yesterday issued a set of directives to the government for preserving and protecting Gulshan-Baridhara and Gulshan-Banani lakes in the capital from illegal encroachments and structures and to shield the environment. The HC said surveys should be conducted to demarcate the lakes. It asked the government to identify …
LUCKNOW: Even as the state Met department kept a close watch on the movement of the "low pressure" area over the Bay of Bengal, which converted into a "deep depression" on Tuesday, chief secretary Atul Kumar Gupta after a review meeting issued directions to distribute among farmers seed of crops …
Himanshu Kaushik & Kevin Antao AHMEDABAD: Thol lake bird sanctuary on the city outskirts has gone dry. All thanks to lining work being done on an irrigation canal. Forest department officials said the irrigation department wanted to repair a canal and decided to empty the lake which is home to …
A parliamentary panel on Tuesday decided to seek opinions of environmental experts and civic groups in working out final recommendations to save rivers from being polluted and to reclaim them from illegal occupation, said a panel member.
Slum dwellers will be re-located in good tenements, says Commissioner ASSERTIVE: Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra (right) explains to councillors at an emergency meeting of the Council on Tuesday that people in slums encroaching water bodies will have to be re-located. Mayor R. Venkatachalam (second right) is in the picture.
