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. …
An amendment bill in the Delhi water Board Act, which would enable the Delhi Jal Board to impose charges on extraction of ground water is again on the cards. If this is approved in the Delhi assembly the malls and commercial complexes would have to pay for extraction of ground …
Sri Lanka Minister for Water Resources and Urban Development Dinesh Gunawardena called on Water Resources Minister Saifuddin Soz here on Thursday to discuss bilateral water issues. Sri Lanka has shown interest in India's water harvesting programme. Mr. Soz visited Sri Lanka in September this year to attend an international workshop …
Operation Kolleru Lake launched by the Andhra Pradesh Government to protect the freshwater body and its bountiful flora and fauna, seems to have paid off, with grey pelicans (Pelecanus philippensis) returning there in large numbers to nest. Over 350 nests have been recorded by the Forest Department in the Atapaka …
The Haryana Government has decided to clean and disinfect all underground water storage tanks mechanically and chemically. The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Public Health Division, Gurgaon, informed that the work for cleaning and disinfecting groundwater tanks has started in Gurgaon. There are 12 boosting stations where 20 underground storage …
Geneticists following up on the case of a 10-year old Pakistani boy who could walk on coals without discomfort have discovered a gene that is central to the perception of pain.
www.waterfair.org Water world Want to know about the rivers of Cyprus, history of water management in Morroco or about waste water recycling in Jordan? Log on to this UNDP-run site on water. The portal has interactive exhibits and virtual meeting places, where participants share their experiences on water governance with …
Known to be the second largest artificial lake in Asia, Rajsamand was built over a period of 15 years from 1662 to 1677. Rana Raj Singh, the then ruler of Mewar, undertook construction of the lake as part of a drought-relief programme to provide employment and also to protect his …
in october 2006, 150 farmers of Yellur village in Udupi district of Karnataka lost 195 hectares (ha) of land. According to Janajagrithi Samiti, a local ngo, the Udupi tehsildar K Muralidhar mutated the certificate of rights in the village title register on verbal instructions from the district collector. "The collector …
the Arunachal Pradesh Water Resources Management Authority Bill, 2006 has been passed by the sixty-member Arunachal Pradesh legislative assembly in its October session. However, it has constituted a committee headed by the secretary, water resources department to look into the discrepancies in the bill. The act, brought out in haste …
The Delhi High Court pulled up Delhi Government and civic agencies for their lax attitude towards the maintenance of the water bodies in the Capital. While hearing a petition seeking directions for DDA, MCD and State Government to ensure supply of portable water, the Delhi High Court has asked a …
Chennai-based Aqua Designs has won the "Best Upcoming Water Company 2006-2007" award for outstanding contribution in the field of water in India at the 2006-07 Water Digest Water Awards in New Delhi recently. Aqua Designs Managing Director S. Suthakar received the award, instituted by the magazine Water Digest, from Union …
