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. …
Udhampur: President of the PDP Mehbooba Mufti today warned to launch a mass movement if unfair water-sharing agreements were not scrapped and Dulhasti as well as Salal hydroelectric projects were not handed over to the state. She warned that her party workers would take to streets to force New Delhi …
About 50% of the land in Bangladesh is classified as wetlands, and major part of this area is covered by freshwater wetlands, the total area of the wetlands of the country has been estimated at seven to eight million hectors. Wetlands of Bangladesh have great diversity, which are classified on …
Business leaders from some of the world's biggest companies recently called for water, energy and climate change to be linked in global negotiations, such as the international climate talks due to culminate in Copenhagen in December. The business leaders were speaking at the launch of a report by the World …
To ensure access to clean drinking water to the residents of Palosai village of Orakzai Agency a water storage tank has been established that will cater to the needs of the entire community of the village. Palosai village had the problem of scarcity of clean drinking water and getting clean …
The US Environmental Protection Agency said on Friday six emissions of greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are a danger to public health and welfare. Here are excerpts from the EPA's so-called endangerment finding, which opens the way for possible regulation of climate-warming pollution. * "The scientific evidence clearly indicates that …
Delhi Govt. had informed the Court of their existence NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court has stayed Delhi Government orders declaring two water bodies in the Capital -- one at Mayapuri and the other at Jahangirpuri -- as non-existent despite the fact that it had earlier informed the Court about …
In what could be a historic moment in the struggle against climate change, the Environmental Protection Agency on Friday confirmed what most people have long suspected but had never been declared as a matter of federal law: carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases constitute a danger to public health and …
Meet discusses ways for inclusive water management. Bangalore, April 17 Farmers, Government officials, scientists and NGOs engaged in improving water use patterns in the Tungabhadra basin have called for improved water management and cropping techniques to cope with two looming problems: inter-State disputes on resource use and the problems arising …
Softly flowing through the greenery in the backdrop of the seven hills of the Kataragama landscape, the Menik Ganga had been the guardian and devotee of the sacred shrines and Gods for many centuries. Not only had it quenched the thirst of many a traveller, cleansed the bodies of many …
Hydro-fracturing is one way of cleaning the blockage in the fissure and releasing water back into the bore wells Many of these bore wells have yielded well in the past but now are dry. This is true of almost all the Southern states. When these life providing bore wells fail …
The residents of Kekirawa are perturbed over the on going destruction of Kossokanda state forest in Maradankadawala by an organized group of timber racketeers under political patronage. They pointed out that more than 100 acres of the forest reserve in Ehiniyanwewa and Puliyankulama have been cleared with high-speed machinery and …
Parliamentary Kashmir Committee has termed the Indian attitude over water and stopping Pakistan's water by constructing dams in the Occupied Kashmir as high-handed, inhuman and conspiratorial. Kashmir Committee met here on Friday. Chairman Kashmir Committee Maulana Fazlur Rahman presided over the meeting, which was attended by members of the committee …
Moti Jheel, which used to be a pride of Lucknow, seems to have lost its natural glory. The waterbody has been gobbled up by land grabbers, thanks to the ignorance on the part of Lucknow Municipal Corporation (LMC). Presently, the lake houses several snacks and plastic factories, godown apart from …
The Chinese word for politics (zhengzhi) includes a character that looks like three drops of water next to a platform or dyke. Politics and water control, the Chinese character implies, are intimately linked. Such a way of thinking contrasts with the usual view around the world, which argues that since …
Barrack plain reservoir in Nuwara Eliya constructed by the British rulers in 1885 to provide irrigational facilities to the Uva Paranagama area is in ruins due to neglect and misuse. The Irrigation Department or the Nuwara Eliya Municipal Council has not paid any attention to maintaining the reservoir that spreads …
To increase water availability for agriculture. Combating dry season Groundwork for the project was started in August 2008 Till date about Rs 100 crore have been spent on the project Funds are being directly reimbursed to the farmers Mumbai: In order to increase water availability for agriculture especially during the …
Clean water policy is in a terrible muddle, and the country has the Supreme Court to thank for it. The 1972 Clean Water Act was written to protect all the waters and wetlands of the United States. Two unfortunate Supreme Court decisions narrowed its scope, weakened its safeguards and thoroughly …
Hundreds of farmers, farm workers and local elected officials walked along dusty roads in the Central Valley on Thursday, part of a four-day march to protest federal cutbacks in water supplies.
Asia may see more conflicts over scarce water resources in the coming years as climate change and population growth threaten access to the most basic natural resource, a report warned on Friday. Water problems in Asia are already severe, with one in five people, or 700 million, not having access …
