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. …
NEW DELHI: Taking into account DDA and MCD's inability to maintain a water body at a place where the annual `Phool Walon ki Sair' is organized, the Delhi High Court has permitted the Shree Yog Maya Mandir Management Society to take care of it. Justice Sanjiv Khanna accepted the petition …
PARADIP: Various areas in the district are reeling under acute drinking water shortage due to the decline in groundwater level. The primary reason behind this is unregulated use of groundwater by the industries. As many as seven large-scale industries and several auxiliary units are functioning in the district. Though the …
The Chinese capital of Beijing will raise water prices this year as it tries to conserve precious supplies, China News Service reported, citing a local official. Cheng Jing, the head of Beijing's water resources bureau, told a conference on Sunday the city would draw up price hike plans within the …
The article on water harvesting and artificial recharge in naturally water-scarce regions (30 August 2008) makes a number of assertions about small water harvesting systems that are based on faulty assumptions and inadequate information.
Paddy cultivators in Trincomalee, Anuradhapura and Polonnaruwa has been left in the lurch owing to sudden decline of water levels in reservoirs, JVP MP S. K. Subasinghe said yesterday. He said that the ill-effects of the economic crisis were not felt drastically, thanks to the strong contribution made by the …
Brac will organise a countrywide school debate competition as part of its awareness campaign on safe water, sanitation coverage and hygiene practices among the underprivileged population, says a press release. The yearlong competition will begin at upazila level from the middle of May in cooperation with Brac-WASH and Brac-Advocacy unit. …
Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternate Energy Askari Taqvi has called for joint efforts to save environment from hazardous impact of residential and industrial waste. Energy and environment were major concerns of all the nations, specially the underdeveloped countries, he said on Tuesday at the concluding session of the first …
R. Arivanantham Proposal to revive Jambukottapatti Lake in cold storage Great loss: Paddy damaged because of lack of proper irrigation, near Pochampalli.
A large population of more than 12,000 farmer families that depended on the Koggala Oya for irrigation facilities for centuries is facing a predicament due to the inflow of sea water through the lagoon. During World War II, an air force base of the allied nations was located in the …
Federal government is planning to get rid of a two-year ban in August, imposed by European Union on the country's seafood export, as it has decided to send to EU an action plan in mid June to invite its officials for inspection of harbour, processing units and boats in mid …
Miscreants poisoned water of a pond belonging to one Abul Kashem and killed fish worth Tk 15 lakh at village Syedpur under Sadar upazila yesterday morning. Kashem leased a one acre pond and started fish cultivation a few months ago. But hired criminals poisoned the fish due to previous enmity. …
NUAPADA: Thirteen buffaloes and over 30 goats have died in Bantapur village under Khasbahal gram panchayat in Khariar block over last one week. Villagers said drying up of the two water bodies in the village besides failure of tube wells to discharge water resulted in the deaths. Reports said the …
Jute cultivation in all eight upazilas of the district has been facing a setback due to continuous hot spell during the current season. According to district Agriculture Extension Department office, it was fixed up to bring 30,000 hectares of land under jute cultivation, one of the main jute producing areas …
More than 1,000 native Indians from around Brazil set up camp on Monday in front of Congress to push for land, mining and water rights, demands that could threaten government plans for hydroelectric dams. The activists, who will camp through Friday, plan to propose a new Indian statute -- a …
ALAPPUZHA: Indiscriminate and illegal sand mining near Thanneermukkom barrage in Vembanad lake is posing a serious threat to the existence of the Thannermukkom bund and the biodiversity of the lake. The sand mafia has been very active in Vembanad Lake for over two years. Residents of Thanneermukkom have accused that …
K. Manikandan Veeraraghavan lake takes the cake in destruction AWAITING ATTENTION: The damaged outlet point of Veeraraghavan Lake in Tiruneermalai. CHENNAI: Residents and environmentalists in the southern suburbs of Chennai have alleged that local bodies and government agencies are inactive on the damage caused to waterbodies in this area. There …
K. Lakshmi Water has been regarded as unfit for drinking purposes as the lake was polluted AWAITING ATTENTION: The Villivakkam reservoir or ICF Lake covered with aquatic vegetation. CHENNAI: The Villivakkam reservoir located in Ayanavaram Railway Colony was once a drinking water source for the nearby localities. The waterbody is …
Vessela Monta, executive head of the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance, spoke to Marianne de Nazareth of Deccan Herald with regard to the importance of rainwater harvesting in India. Vessela Monta is the executive head of the International Rainwater Harvesting Alliance (IRHA), based in Geneva. A civil engineer, from Sofia University …
The federal government will soon bring about changes in its deep-sea fishing policy to protect the interests of small local fishermen, Dawn has learnt. Accordingly, fishing zones will be separately reserved for local boats and for the operation of deep-sea trawlers. Between them, there will be an exclusive buffer zone. …
