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 studies, committees and a tag of national river. Will it help? the government has decided to declare the Ganga a national river, following campaigns from several quarters to preserve its cultural and religious significance. A High Powered Ganga River Basin Authority, to be chaired by the prime minister, will …
Sabarmati embankment project ignores warnings, precedents Construction of an embankment along the 10-km stretch of the Sabarmati has begun in Ahmedabad despite warnings that it may hamper natural drainage in the city and that its design is inherently flawed. The 8.5-m-high embankment is part of the Sabarmati Riverfront Development Project, …
Court ordered a review of threat to it the Delhi High Court refused to stay constructions on the Yamuna floodplains and riverbed on November 3 and ordered setting up an expert committee to evaluate the current and planned constructions for any adverse effects on the river and its ecology. The …
The issue of upstreamdownstream water balance is an important one and there is a need to understand the feasibility of water harvesting and groundwater recharge in upstream areas. Kumar et al (EPW, 30 August 2008) highlight this issue, but they overemphasise the negative aspects.
Campaigners against the Sethusamudram shipping channel project met at the Linnean Society here to formulate a combined response to the Indian government
CHENNAI: A task force, constituted by the State government, has proposed a Rs.5,100-crore project to modernise the Cauvery delta zone. The 14-member task force submitted its report to Public Works and Law Minister Durai Murugan on Thursday. It functioned under the guidance of A. Mohanakrishnan, advisor (water resources) to the …
To ensure availability and provide safe drinking water in schools, Coca-Cola Far East Ltd in partnership with Plan Bangladesh launched a 'Rain water harvesting and drinking water project' at a school at Mirpur in the city on Tuesday, says a press release. As part of the project equipments were installed …
Prabhakar Rao Voruganti | THE Supreme Court has today directed the Union of India to file a status report on the inter-linking of rivers project. A Bench comprising Chief Justice K G Balakrishnan, Justice P Sathasivam and Justice J M Panchal also directed the State of Kerala to reply to …
A Hindalco bauxite mine in Lohardaga Movement of bauxite from the mines of Hindalco Industries Limited came to a grinding halt today as thousands of RJD supporters gheraoed several establishments of the company in Lohardaga and Palamau districts. The blockade began at around 10am and continued till late in the …
Ahmedabad : The workshop on Sabarmati river basin in CEPT University kicked off on Monday with eminent architect and urban planner Bernard Kohn addressing a group of students. Kohn pointed out that the project was an opportunity for city to express its civic choices and that project in whichever way …
Shyam Ranganathan KARAIKAL: Groundwater recharge and conservation of Cauvery water are important for the tail-end region of the delta. And the man-made lakes created by the Karaikal district administration serve both purposes, officials say. Being close to sea, Karaikal does not have good groundwater supply due to seawater intrusion. Engineers …
A water resource centre was inaugurated at Bengal Engineering and Science University (Besu) today to conduct collaborative research on water and environment. The centre has been set up in partnership with Queen's University, Belfast. Research scholars from both the universities will work together in this centre to develop various technologies …
Pakistan will go to the World Bank (WB) to seek compensation from India for reduced water flow in the Chenab River and design defects in Baglihar Dam, Indus Water Commissioner Jamaat Ali Shah said on Wednesday. Shah reiterated that Pakistan had demanded water, not monetary compensation, from India for the …
Astronauts hooked up a water recycling system and installed two new bedrooms aboard the International Space Station on Wednesday while crewmates prepared for a second spacewalk to fix the outpost's power system. The work is part of a final effort to complete the $100 billion orbital complex, a project involving …
CUDDALORE: With Tamil Nadu losing its riparian rights in the Cauvery, the Palar and in the Mullaperiyar waters a desperate need has arisen to revive agriculture in the State, said G.K.Mani, president of the Pattali Makkal Katchi. Addressing a press conference here on Wednesday, Mr. Mani said Tamil Nadu was …
China has earmarked 20 billion yuan (US$3 billion) of a massive economic stimulus packet for shoring up risky reservoirs, improving irrigation networks and supplying clean drinking water in rural areas, state media said. Beijing said earlier this month it planned to spend an extra 4 trillion yuan to try and …
A separate body is needed to save the rivers and canals in and around the capital from being polluted, said the speakers at a discussion yesterday. They also stressed the need for a halt to dumping industrial and urban waste into the rivers and canals to save them from pollution. …
