A-G rules in state's favour on hump issue
The Gujarat Government claimed here on Thursday that the attorney-general of India has given his legal opinion on the controversial three-metre hump to be built on Narmada dam in state's favour.
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All dams on Narmada are safe
The director general, Geological Survey of India (GSI) Ravi Shanker said that all the dams on Narmada river despite falling under seismic belt are perfectly safe. He also rubbishes the claims of
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Parched hills wait for poll gift
Polls over, thirsty Darjeeling is now looking at the "New Left" to fulfil its election promose of adequate water supply. Residents, reeling under an acute water shortage, hope the government will
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'Water should be everybody's business'
Water is too serious an issue to be left solely to the government, hence water must become everybody's business, and for that water movement at the grassroots is a must, says a book released in
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Batteries (Management and Handling) Rules, 2001
The Batteries (Management & Handling) Rules, 2001 apply to every manufacturer, importer, re-conditioner, assembler, dealer, recycler, auctioneer, consumer and bulk consumer involved in manufacture, processing,
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Fragmentation threat in the Kanha-Pench corridor
<p>Report by WWF-India highlights threat by proposed railway line expansion to crucial corridor linking tiger habitats. Kanha-Pench tiger corridor located in the Central Indian state of Madhya Pradesh, the Kanha-Pench corridor is one of the most important forest corridors in India and facilitates tiger dispersal between Kanha and Pench Tiger Reserves.
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Living planet report 2010
<p>WWF’s 2010 Living Planet Report is the world's leading, science-based analysis on the health of our planet and the impact of human activity on the planet. The biennial report explores the changing state of biodiversity, ecosystems and peoples’ consumption of natural resources.
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Environmental Impact Assessment Report Of 2 X 300 Mw Thermal Power Plant At Villages Jobra & Hamirpur, Tehsil Gharghoda, District Raigarh (Chhattisgarh): summary
Jayaswal Neco Industries Limited (JNIL) has formed a subsidiary company named Raigarh Energy Limited (REL) to develop a thermal power plant at Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. REL proposes to establish 600 MW thermal
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Water supply project
The Haryana Sanitary Board, on Saturday approved an allocation of Rs 55 crores for rural and urban water supply and sewerage schemes. A central assistance worth Rs 104 crore was likely to be
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Students revive dying lake in Jaipur
The students of Jaipur have shown their elders that they can do a lot towards cleaning the environment. What the students of different schools did was considered an "unthinkable task" until they
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Paani, Paani Re!
Delhi awaits its capital punishment: Fifty per cent of its citizens will go without water in the near future, and by 2014, the city will be a dry concrete jungle without a drop of water for any use.
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Strategic Environment and Social Assessment: Neeranchal Phase I
The Department of Land Resources, Government of India in collaboration with World Bank have undertaken a National Watershed Development Project called Neeranchal which proposes to positively influence
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NHPC tries to revive Koel Karo
National Hydroelectric Power Corporation Ltd (NHPC) says it is still hopeful for a go-ahead to the 710 MW Koel Karo projeect in Jharkhand, stalled for more than a decade owing to determined
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Star eats planet
Astronomers now have evidence that some sun-like stars outside our solar system swallow the planets that orbit them1. The discovery may help to explain some of the mysterious characteristics of
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Order of the Madras High Court regarding grant of environmental clearance to M/s.Sterlite Industries (India) for its copper smelting plant, Thoothukudi, Tuticorin, Tamil Nadu, 28/09/2010
<p>Order of the High Court of Judicature at Madras in the matter of National Trust for Clean Environment Vs Union of India & Others dated 28/09/2010 regarding granting of environmental clearance to
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Chamera project to be completed ahead of schedule: Dhumal
Himachal Pradesh chief minister Mr Prem Kumar Dhumal today said the 300 MW Chamera Stage-11 Hydel Power project in Chamba district would be completed before the stipulated time. After performing
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2,000 water harvesting structures
The Hyderabad District Administration will take up 2,000 water harvesting structures in public utility places like hospitals, industries, school buildings, government offices and parks in order to
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Piped or packaged, every drop of water is safe to drink : WWF study
The next time you reach for that bottle of 'mineral water', consider this: It may be no safer or healthier than tap water, although it may sell for up to 1,000 times the price. Or, that it may
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Bahuguna condemns action against Tehri agitationists
More than a week after his confinement in a government guest house at Narendra Nagar, 70 km from Dehra Dun, Mr Sunder Lal Bahuguna, has in a signed statement condemned the "forcible intervention of
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India capable of taking advantage of decoding human genome
India has the intellectual capability to take advantage of the decoding of human genome and make progress in the field of drug development, Dr Eugene W Myers, one of the pioneers in decoding of human