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. …
One of the major steps involved in developing lakes was, providing detailed information to the Lake Development Committees, opined coordinating officer of the District Planning Unit Munegowda. He was speaking at a workshop organised on
July 14: The state government has for the first time decided to take the help of Opposition parties to fight against the construction of illegal projects across Krishna and Godavari rivers by Karnataka and Maharashtra. The Chief Minister, Dr Y.S. Rajasekhar Reddy, is learnt to have agreed to lead a …
Chief minister bans digging of borewells; mines flout the rule chhattisgarh chief minister Raman Singh has banned digging of borewells by individual households for a year. This follows a sharp decline in the groundwater levels in the state after last year
Water levels in reservoirs are shrinking as snow-fed rivers have got reduced to a trickle. The water level in the Pong reservoir is 387.93 metre against last year
Mumbai: After the state government's decision to carry out a feasibility study to decide whether desalinating sea water is an option to fight the water woes of Mumbai, experts say the membrane technology using is the best possible method that can be used to desalinate sea water. The technology, using …
MUMBAI: The Mithi could pose a serious threat to life and property in case of heavy rain. Although the former chief minister Vilasrao Deshmukh had approved the widening of the Mithi at CST bridge near Kurla up to 100 m in the aftermath of the July 26, 2005 deluge, a …
LUCKNOW: In order to save fast depleting ground water reserves, UP government is contemplating to introduce a permit system for the bulk users and a self regulation mechanism for residential colonies using deep bore pumps. In fact, besides making indiscriminate extraction a cognizable offence, the `amended' UP Ground Water Conservation, …
BHUBANESWAR: The coastal zone of Paradip is undergoing rapid geographical changes. The shoreline and the beach area in the zone have sustained major shifts in characteristics in the past three decades. The shoreline of Paradip has increased by about 7.26 km while the beach area was diminished by a good …
JAIPUR: With the monsoon rains in Rajasthan getting delayed, Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot has once again asked neighbouring Punjab to release forthwith the desert State
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) said Thursday it will help 30 urban centres in India, Nepal and Sri Lanka to improve water management to enhance economic opportunities and reduce water-borne diseases. "Intermittent water supplies are the norm in South Asian urban centres. There are no strategies to make water available …
A study has said that rapidly increasing urbanisation has seriously impacted groundwater sources inside the valley. If the present rate of urbanisation is unchecked, all the rechargeable areas inside the capital will be sealed off and groundwater cannot be recharged underground within the next 35 years, said the study. The …
Capital Development Authority (CDA) is all set to launch "water conservancy management plan" in order to meet the growing demands of drinking water of the residents of the Federal Capital. "The programme has already been approved by Chairman, CDA, Imtiaz Inayat Elahi and is expected to be launched by end …
Madikeri/Kushalnagar,DH News Service: Rivulets and rivers in Kodagu emerged in full spate on Thursday too owing to heavy rains. The district administration has extended holidays for schools for two more days, on Friday and Saturday (July 10 and 11). Rains continued to lash in Talacauvery region also, as a result …
July 9: The Centre had informed the Parliament that it is considering five river-linking projects for diversion of surplus flood water to water deficient areas. Replying to supplementaries during Question Hour in the Rajya Sabha, water resources minister Pawan Kumar Bansal said 30 river links were identified for inter-linking. "Based …
A strongly-worded letter from the Orissa chief minister, Naveen Patnaik, to the governor, Syed Sibtey Razi, on inordinate delays plaguing the ambitious Subernarekha Multipurpose Project (SMP), despite the neighbouring state spending a whopping over Rs 545 crore over the last three decades, has activated the Jharkhand administration. The state development …
