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. …
Residents of different areas in the city are facing acute shortage of water as its supply by WASA came down significantly due to frequent power outages for more than one month. Sources in Water Supply and Sewerage Authority said water production had reduced by two crore litres in recent times …
The National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), notified on September 7, 2005, marked a paradigm shift from the previous waste employment programmes with its rights-based approach that makes the Government legally accountable for providing employment to those who demand it. Convergence is an evolving process and while broad principles can …
The total volume of water on earth: 104 crore km3. The volume of accessible freshwater: 90 lakh km3. In a few decades, that might not be enough to sustain the entire humanity, warn UN agencies.
By reconstructing the history of water impoundment in the world's artificial reservoirs, we show that a total of 10,800 cubic kilometers of water has been impounded on land to date, reducing the magnitude of global sea level (GSL) rise by
RE-EXCAVATION of derelict ponds and canals will bring economic and health benefits to the people making way for the utilisation of old wisdom and indigenous knowledge and technologies on water management. A recent study on the potentials of the water bodies in the Barind area of the country called for …
Indira Gandhi National Open University on Thursday launched through teleconferencing a Certificate programme in Water Harvesting and Management (CWHM). The university also made all its 60 regional centres the special programme centres (SPCs) for this programme. The learning package will be supported by audio video CDS and cassettes made available …
In geochemical studies of water it is a general practice to filter the water samples through a 0.45 ?m membrane. Filtered samples are then acidified with a mineral acid (mostly nitric acid) to a pH < 2, to stabilize various cations. It was observed that if this procedure is not …
Excessive use of underground water of the capital through deep tube wells, and filling up of low-lying land, canals and water bodies are causing the underground water level to drop alarmingly. Experts say that this could put the city dwellers in severe water crisis in future and also cause land …
After a tedious 11-year wait, the excavation of the Reservoir Branch, an important canal linking the River Indus with the Haleji Lake, has finally been initiated. The Reservoir Branch was once the biggest reservoir for Karachi but after a scuffle with the Sindh Wildlife Department, the Karachi Water and Sewerage …
A SEMINAR held recently at the Jatiya Press Club has revealed that some 80 per cent of drinking water supplied by WASA in Dhaka city is misused. In other words, water is wasted in some forms. When it has become a familiar sight in different parts of the city that …
BHUBANESWAR: The Congress on Saturday pledged to provide rice at Re 1 per kg to the poor in Orissa, joining other political contenders to promise subsidised grain ahead of the polls in the State. The party also promised slashing farm loan interest to 2.5 per cent, if voted to power.
The National Water Policy, promulgated in 1999, provides policy direction for the water sector. Water resources in the country are facing a great challenge. The most significant of these are alternating floods and water scarcity. The National Water Policy will be reviewed periodically and revised as necessary. It will guide …
Shimla: Groundwater resources in some highly stressed areas are being overexploited even after the enactment of the Himachal Pradesh Groundwater (Regulation and Control of Development and Management) Act because of the failure of the government to notify such areas. Last year, a study was conducted to ascertain the existing status …
Ludhiana: Usually, environmental issues are at the bottom of the priority list of elected representatives, but Avinash Rai Khanna, BJP MP from Hoshairpur, claims to be different. At a recent visit to Ludhiana, he urged people to save one litre of water each. While the timing may reek of politics, …
GLORY OF ORISSA: Former Governor of Orissa M.M. Rajendran launches a souvenir of Utkal Association of Madras for Utkal Dibasa, in Chennai on Sunday. Tamil Nadu Transport Secretary Debendra Nath Sarangi (left) and the Association president Khirod Kumar Jena are in the picture. CHENNAI: The need to build small reservoirs …
CHENNAI: Chief Minister M. Karunanidhi on Thursday gave an account of how his party had been campaigning for the implementation of the Sethusamudram Ship Canal Project. Recalling that former Chief Minister C.N. Annadurai gave a call in July 1967 for the execution of the project, Mr Karunanidhi said he had …
