Dr Madhab calls for building infrastructure
GUWAHATI, July 3
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Google, Adobe and eBay innovate to save water in drought-hit California
Silicon Valley companies are employing low and high tech measures, from robotics to 'hydrozoning', to help save water As weather reports suggest some light relief for California from the record-breaking
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Capitals ground water table on the decline
Bindu Shajan Perappadan NEW DELHI: For a parched Delhi the latest report card on the status of its ground water released by the Central Ground Water Board spells tough times ahead, with all nine districts of the city reporting a decline in the water table.
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Guidelines for exploitation of ground water resources through bore wells in hard rock areas of Orissa
Government of Odisha intends to launch a new scheme for exploitation of ground water resources through construction of deep bore wells in hard rock areas of the State with a view to augment irrigation potential mostly in blocks which have less than 35% irrigation, it is proposed to install around 4,000 nos. of bore well projects each with in ayacut of approximately 2 ha.
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Encroachments on reservoirs a worry: Sharad Vyas
MUMBAI: Besides encroachments on water pipelines, the BMC is grappling with slums that have cropped up at its service reservoirs, most of which are located on hills and supply water to fag ends of the city.
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Implications for water services in Developing Countries
In this presentation on implications for water services in developing countries at the World Water Week 2011 Sunita Narain, Director General of CSE stresses on climate change, the catastrophic changes and the opportunities that this presents. Says that we are standing at a very critical moment and if we get our policies wrong, then the future is going to be that much more constrained. Watch this video for more.
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From local watershed management to integrated river basin management at national and transboundary levels.
Watersheds face a range of degradation challenges associated with human activities, such as pollution, deforestation and changes in sediment generation. The way they are managed has a profound cascading
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Compendium on silting of reservoirs in India
The Central Water Commission’s compendium on silting of reservoirs in India in 2015 had shown that Tungabhadra dam was the second most affected dam in the country after the massive Bhakra dam in Punjab.
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River link can be national project
The Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) said that Inter-linking of river can be taken up as a national project. The Minister, however, clarified that no river-interlinking project under National Perspective Plan (NPP) is currently under implementation and the Project depended on the consensus and cooperation of the States and agreements with neighbouring countries.
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Natural infrastructure in São Paulo’s water system
Healthy forests act as natural infrastructure by filtering water and buffering against the impacts of floods and droughts. Although these benefits are widely known, they have rarely been presented in a
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Canal work makes Thol go dry
Himanshu Kaushik & Kevin Antao
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Encroachers will have to leave water bodies: Corporation
Slum dwellers will be re-located in good tenements, says Commissioner ASSERTIVE: Coimbatore Corporation Commissioner Anshul Mishra (right) explains to councillors at an emergency meeting of the Council on Tuesday that people in slums encroaching water bodies will have to be re-located. Mayor R. Venkatachalam (second right) is in the picture.
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Workshop held on development of lakes
One of the major steps involved in developing lakes was, providing detailed information to the Lake Development Committees, opined coordinating officer of the District Planning Unit Munegowda.
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AP takes Oppositions help to fight projects
July 14: The state government has for the first time decided to take the help of Opposition parties to fight against the construction of illegal projects across Krishna and Godavari rivers by Karnataka and Maharashtra.
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Agreeing to Disagree on State’s Future Water Needs
The 2012 state water plan, the state’s strategy for meeting water needs, estimated that Texas would face a shortfall of 2.7 trillion gallons a year by 2060, and that filling the gap would take an estimated
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Water wise
A self sustained housing society, undaunted by water scarcity Come summer, several posh housing societies along Bengaluru
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Tamil Nadu readies pond plan
After successful pilot project, state plans to revive ponds in 12,618 villages Lush paddy fields abound in Pattikadu village in Tamil Nadu
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North Korea army mobilized as rivers run dry in worst drought in years
North Korea's rivers, streams and reservoirs are running dry in a prolonged drought, state media said on Monday, prompting the isolated country to mobilize some of its million-strong army to try to protect
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Water level drops in state reservoirs
Water levels in reservoirs are shrinking as snow-fed rivers have got reduced to a trickle. The water level in the Pong reservoir is 387.93 metre against last year
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New national water law coming
It will have guiding principles on laws States may adopt In a move that will have far-reaching implications, the Centre has decided to frame a new National Water Framework Act with guiding principles on water laws the States may adopt. States that adopt and reform will be incentivised for water projects. That such a law would be made is buried in the pages of the draft new national water policy, which is yet to be considered by the National Water Council, the supreme policy body chaired by Prime Minister and with Chief Ministers as members.