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. …
Hypsometric analysis of four agricultural watersheds namely, Parga, Paharpur-1, Bhaluksunda and RK-35 falling in laterite zone of West Bengal was carried out for assessing their erosion status.
Wastelands occupy 20% or more of India. Since these wastelands are neither in agricultural or urban use, they would fall in the undeveloped category. In other words, they have under them an invisible resource
Acute shortage of water at Kotri Barrage has pressed the panic button in the Water and Sanitation Agency (Wasa) Hyderabad, to replenish it's water lagoons for 15 days keeping in mind the fact that existing shortage, according to irrigation officials, is going to persist for around three weeks. When contacted, …
With the long awaited approval of the post-Parthasarathy Committee common guidelines for watershed development finally being given in February 2008, it is time now to push hard for actualising the suggested radical reforms at the cutting edge level of implementation.
In parts of the world already facing unreliable food supplies, an uncertain climate adds to the future stress for soils, plants and people. March 20, 2008
Climate change, growing populations and political concerns are prompting governments and investors from California to China to take a fresh look at desalination. March 20, 2008
The water shortage that threatens humanity will have wide-ranging consequences for agriculture and energy production, requiring significant shifts in the way this precious resource is managed. (editorial) 20 March 2008
Global energy consumption is expected to grow by 50% by 2030, squeezing already scarce water resources. Mike Hightower and Suzanne A. Pierce recommend ways to integrate water and energy planning. March 20, 2008
India is considering an ambitious plan to link the majority of its major river basins through a vast network of canals, diverting billions of litres from the country's more water-rich river basins to those that are water-deprived. Directed by India's National Water Development Agency (NWDA), the first canal of the …
The Central Ground Water Board, Union Ministry of Water Resources, North Eastern Region, will observe the World Water Day on March 20 at the Institution of Engineers hall, Panbazar. The theme of the function will be
The main objective of the study is to assess the environmental impacts due to the proposed Kelo project on land, water, Flora & Fauna, public Health; Climate and socio-economic conditions. Also, the study evolves a suitable environment management plan for minimizing/ eliminating the negative impacts likely to occur due to …
The ambitious North East Water Resources Authority (NEWRA) may be gasping for breath but not dead. The Centre has decided to continue with services of the High Level Group (HLG) constituted to look at various options. The proposal ran into rough weather after Arunachal Pradesh objected to it. The Arunachal …
Water is life: The impact of water shortage is being felt all over the world, in the industrialised as well as developing countries. At the United Nations, 22nd March is World Water Day. We don't expect people to stop what they are doing and observe a moment of silence
The water level of country's major reservoir- Tarbela dam on Tuesday reached the dead level of 1369 feet. According to Indus River System Authority (Irsa), water inflow at the dam was recorded at 19,500 cusecs while outflow was 22,800 cusecs. The water level at Mangla dam was recorded at 1045.10 …
Water scarcity is increasing day by day in Chittaurgarh district. Groundwater level is falling at a high rate. 12 percent of the hand-pumps have been completely dried out.
Ansupa Lake, one of the two freshwater lakes found in Orissa, is vanishing slowly. Another freshwater lake, i.e. named Saro, in Puri District, has already been wiped out from the wetland maps of Orissa due to anthropogenic pressure. (Correspondence)
Gujarat is a waterstressed state going by the definition of such areas as those having water availability below 1700 cum/ca/annum (cubic meter per capita per year). According to Priyadarshi Shukla, member of Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and IIM-A faculty, the Sabarmati river basin has an annual per capita …
The NWFP government has decided to build reservoirs for storage of water coming from springs of the Abbottabad district's Galyat area to meet the growing demand of the local population. Directives to this effect were issued at a recent meeting held here. This is likely to spark another controversy between …
Survey in progress to demarcate boundaries of waterbodies; encroachments to be removed SPRUCING UP: An earth-mover on the job around the Perungudi Lake recently as part of the lake rehabilitation project of the Public Works Department. CHENNAI: The Public Works Department (PWD) has geared up its efforts to remove encroachments …
