Delhi—a city and union territory of India containing the country’s capital, New Delhi—continues to grow in population, posing challenges to civic agencies in the provision of citizens’ essential needs.
Conflicts over water are a grim reality today, and this volume traces the reasons for these conflicts from the micro to the global level. The essays look at how the cumulative effect of gross negligence and mismanagement of water resources over the years have created water scarcity. They point out that the problem is not due to shortage of water, but due to the absence of proper mechanisms for its conservation, distribution, and efficient use. The essays are organized under three sub-themes--irrigation water, drinking water and sanitation, and gender and decentralization in water management.
The present book on rainwater harvesting, is the perfect guide where detailed plans for adopting very economical rain water harvesting schemes for houses of different types is given.
Cement production is not water-intensive. On average, Indian plants use half a tonne of water to produce a tonne of cement. This is low compared to the pulp and paper industry, which consumes 200-250 tonnes of water to produce a tonne of paper. <br>
The distribution trends of trace elements over North and South Krishna delta were examined in relation to fresh-, brackish- and saline-water zonations. Strontium and boron have shown significant variations in fresh-, brackish- and saline-water environment. Strontium has shown a variation from 23 to 1500 mg/l in freshwater, 1650 to 2760 mg/l in brackish water and
Rajasthan police kills more farmers demanding water, this time in Tonk district
Today, all wells have fallen to disuse and are capped with iron shields. A pipeline fetches water from 250 km away, feeding the network of taps (<i>below</i>: a public tap, with customary Venetian craft). But the water bill is steep. And what if water stops coming from 250 km away? The number of tourists is higher than residents, raising the water demand. With tourism have come pigeons, whose droppings damage the marble edifices. And Venice is sinking by 6 mm every year. The sea is staking its claim. Who knows, a revival of wells might work!
What began as just a demand for water boiled over into an unexpected tragedy when police opened fire to disperse a mob that had reportedly turned violent. A group of farmers had gathered in Soyla village
<script language="javascript"> function graph() { var popurl="files/images/20050531/28-graph.jpg" winpops=window.open(popurl,"","width=600,height=260,scrollbars=yes") } </script> <font face=arial size=3 color=#CE181E><b>•</b></font> An average Indian spends more time on washing as compared to people of other countries. <br><br><font face=arial size=3 color=#CE181E><b>•</b></font> Worldwide, washing has a gender bias, with women spending more time in the activity than men. <br>
Udaipur s waterbodies run dry, authorities run amok
Chennai, crippled by water crisis, is also a metaphor for what Indian cities are experiencing in sourcing and managing the most precious natural resource: water. An in depth analysis
