State airs grievances over share of Narmada Water
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Madhya Pradesh has registered its opposition with Narmada Water Dispute Tribunal for neglecting interest of the State in benefits from Narmada river water share among partner States. Madhya Pradesh
Jaipur is on the verge of a severe drinking water crisis, with officials saying the international tourist destination may get potable water supply only once in 48 hours, given the poor monsoon so far. With the level receding at the Bisalpur dam that provides water to the city, supply is likely to be cut off from this prime source by midnight on Friday, affecting 40 lakh residents.
Residents living in the vicinity of three major landfills
With water level rising in rivers including the Kosi, the fear of floods has begun to haunt the people living in north Bihar yet again. "All the rivers are in full spate following heavy rains. Some rivers may cross the red mark late Wednesday or Thursday," officials of the Central Water Commission warned.
Maintaining a keen vigil over the progress of the tiger revival plan at Panna National Park, the State Forest Department has said that the aim of the project, to revive the number of big cats in the sanctuary, would be realised in due course of time.
Wildlife personnel in Bhitarkanika National Park in Odisha have spotted 60 nesting sites of estuarine crocodiles, officials said. The figure on the number of nests may increase as the counting process of estuarine nests will go on since the breeding season is not over. Last year, 57 nesting sites had been spotted.
India would adopt the Chinese model for ushering in the second Green Revolution which would obviously take place in eastern India, according to Agricul-ture Minister Sharad Pawar.
Despite widespread monsoon rain in Rajasthan, almost two-thirds of the State
Scars still remain on the hills of Nilgiris, or the Blue Mountains. The brown patches are not only testimony to the hundreds of landslides that killed around 50 people last November, but also of what over-exploitation and the real estate boom has done to the fragile ecosystem of the verdant Queen of the Hills. However, no one seems to have learnt anything.
Overwhelmed by success of the BRT corridor in the Capital, Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit on Thursday said the Government would go ahead with the project.
Millions of people in Uttar Pradesh are drinking water contaminated with traces of cadmium, fluoride, arsenic, nitrates and lead, says a recently released Government report.