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. …
CHENNAI: The State government has decided that no more approval of applications for installation of artificial recharge structures be given unless 50 per cent of the cases sanctioned earlier set up the facility, S. Audiseshiah, Principal Secretary (Public Works), said on Monday. So far the high-power committee, headed by the …
The river is a unique ecological entity, but has somehow not made a presence in modern-day discourse. Barrage, dam, embankment, flood, irrigation have a common thread: a river. But it is symptomatic of our preoccupation with things
The environmental resources of the province are declining at an alarming rate and particularly the condition of Indus Delta needs immediate attention, which is fast degrading due to lack of freshwater in Indus river. This was stated by Sindh Minister for Environment and Alternate Energy, Askari Taqvi. He was talking …
The recent Kosi floods have proved once again that inadequate control measures have been responsible for the recurring disasters. Typically flood control and riverine studies focus on hydrological information, whereas a much more integrated approach that pays attention to specific morphological factors is required. Since Kosi is a dynamic river …
Kerala to amend groundwater act KERALA is planning to amend legislation to check extraction of its overexploited groundwater. Five of the 50 blocks in the state are over-extracted, 15 critical and 30 semi-critical, according to a 2004 survey by the Central Ground Water Board and the state ground water department. …
Additional Chief Secretary K. Jayakumar inaugurating the first joint annual meeting of Central Ground Water Board and Kerala State Ground Water Depart THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Ground Water Department must encourage the regulated use of ground water in the State, for they are the trustees of a precious natural resource, said Additional …
By Juliette Jowit, The Observer Already, one billion people do not have enough clean water to drink, and at least two billion cannot rely on adequate water to drink or clean. It
T.S.Shankar and K.Lakshmi CHENNAI: The spurt in the construction activity and indiscriminate drawal of water along East Coast Road has resulted in the groundwater table going down in areas near the scenic coastline. P. N. Venkatakrishnan of M. K. Stalin Avenue, Palavakkam, said that the water in several areas had …
This paper explores two propositions regarding international river basins: cooperative development of international rivers offers unique economic advantages over unilateral development; and benefit sharing is a necessary condition for facilitating this cooperation. Despite the intuitive appeal of benefit sharing, clear benchmarks and good practices in structuring agreeable benefit sharing arrangements …
The glaciers in the Himalayas are receding faster than in any other part of the world and, if the present rate continues, a large number of them may disappear by 2035 because of climate change, warn Indian and foreign environmentalists and geologists. The Himalayas have the largest concentration of glaciers …
Work on beautification of the Line Tank Lake, in the heart of the state capital , which had begun way back in 2006, will commence once again. In a board meeting of the Ranchi Regional Development Authority (RRDA), the capital city
Manob Chetona, an organisation in Sodepur Natagarh near Kharda in North 24-Parganas, has taken up a programme to spread awareness about conservation of water among the masses. The members of Manob Chetona are apprehensive that the planet might face severe crisis of water in the future if the wastage of …
The Central Ministry of Environment and Forest has proposed a Bill for the conservation and regulation of wetlands in India. Tentatively called the Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules, 2008, the draft, which is still in the suggestion- incorporation stage, says, "Many wetlands are seriously threatened by reclamation through drainage and …
AHMEDABAD: Whatever grandeur and pomp the coveted Sabarmati riverfront project may promise Amdavadis in the coming years, it now faces an unusual dilemma. Will this multi-crore project remain a mere eyecandy in city
