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. …
Chandigarh: The increasing silt deposits in the Sukhna Lake have gradually led to a decrease in its area and water storage capacity over the years. In the last few years, not much of water has entered the lake through the catchment area, which is supposed to be a vital channel …
AHMEDABAD: Naroda symbolised the epitome of neglect overflowing gutters and unforgettable corrosive waft from the chemical concoction flowing in Kharicut Canal. But in the coming year, not only is city administration readying a massive lake for Naroda in its heart, but also a Rs 390-crore project to cover up the …
Coimbatore, PTI: India is expected to experience severe water stress by 2020, according to a paper presented at a national symposium. India is expected to experience severe water stress by 2020 with the per capita availability of water projected to be less than 1,000 cubic metres. Indian water scenario was …
State Minister for Housing and Public Works Advocate Abdul Mannan Khan on Monday said, Taka 1,480 crore Hatirjheel-Begunbari canal project in the city would be completed in scheduled time on priority basis for the greater public interest. He told BSS that implementation of Hatirjheel-Begunbari canal project, at the centre of …
A finite-element groundwater flow model, HYDRUS 2D, was used to simulate drawup and drawdown of piezometric pressure heads in the aquifer storage recovery cycles of varying buffer storage volumes and residence times in a highly brackish, semi-confined aquifer under shallow water-table condition.
Warning of a social unrest over the prevailing water crisis in the country, the Supreme Court has suggested the Government study alternate modes of conserving water and devise strategies to create buffer stock of drinking water on a
SOUMEN BHATTACHARJEE The pond that was being filled up. Picture by Amit Datta An anonymous complaint has saved a pond spread over 15 cottahs in Narayantala (West). The letter to state fisheries minister Kironmoy Nanda last month led to a joint inquiry by officials of his department and Rajarhat-Gopalpur municipality. …
Chandan Mitra Elections will soon drown out all other concerns in India. We will hear endless promises to create incredible numbers of new jobs, populist schemes to provide free power and almost free rice and wheat. What will not find mention in the poll promises, nor will be addressed post-poll …
BHUBANESWAR: With use of water for industrial purposes becoming a hot debate in Western Orissa, adoption of appropriate technology in mineral processing holds new promise. However, it becomes more vital when we talk about optimal use of ore including low-grade varieties for a sustainable use as both can now be …
Jalimudi village in East Godavari district will get 1,000 litres of potable water every day, produced from air. The water station, the first of its kind set up in any village in India, has begun trial runs.
PTI | New Delhi The Indira Gandhi National Open University has been granted about Rs 2 crore to develop an intensive Diploma Programme in Watershed Management (DWM), the first of its kind in the country. The Department of Land Resources, Ministry of Rural Development, has sanctioned the fund for carrying …
One of the major development projects launched by Mrs. Indira Gandhi on returning to power in early 1980 was the epoch-making Inter-linking of Rivers (ILR) Project in August that year, finalized after the then Ministry of Irrigation and Power proposed the National Perspective of Water Resources Development. A booklet on …
