Cauvery modernisation to cost Rs.5,500 crore
Government exploring means of funding: Durai Murugan AMBITIOUS PROJECT: PWD Minister Durai Murugan Inspecting the Grand Anicut canal development works in Thanjavur on Thursday.
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London's environment revealed
<p> State of the Environment Report for London, June 2011.</p> <div> </div>
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State coastline faces erosion
The administration and experts alike expressed concern over the prospect of depleted water resources that people of both chennai city and the industries in the rest of tamil nadu would face by year 2026. As Chennai Metro Water Supply and Sewerage Board reeled out statistics at the Tamil Nadu Water Summit-2010 and said the water shortage in another 16 years in the city would be 300 million litre
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Karnataka to speed up Krishna, Cauvery basin projects
In a bid to hasten pending irrigation projects in the Krishna and Cauvery river basins, the Karnataka government has decided to hold consultations with legal experts next month. Fali Nariman, Karnataka’s
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A global economic assessment of city policies to reduce climate change impacts
Climate change impacts can be especially large in cities1, 2. Several large cities are taking climate change into account in long-term strategies3, 4, for which it is important to have information on the
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Pygmies speak up
Bitterness is the only emotion the
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NGO takes up the issue of protecting and conserving lakes
MYSORE: Jana Chetana a NGO involved with the protection of lakes and their conservation has decided to take up the issue of protecting the lakes in the region in a big way and have a multipronged approach
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Gurgaon seeks new tubewells to quell drinking water shortage
The Gurgaon administration on Monday requested the Punjab and Haryana High Court to allow installation of new tubewells for drinking and domestic purpose. An affidavit was filed on Monday by P C Meena, Deputy Commissioner, Gurgaon during a hearing of a public interest litigation (PIL) highlighting scarcity of drinking water in Gurgaon.
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Climate change and the water convention: guiding adaptation
Pilot projects are being developed to transform the Convention
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Irrigation deals over 9 billion signed after formation of present govt
Agreements related to different irrigation projects worth over nine billion rupees have been signed after the formation of the incumbent government. The Government of Nepal and the World Bank on March
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Project to conserve Ma Oya river bank
The Geological Survey and Mines Bureau under the direction of the Environment Ministry has intervened to conserve Ma Oya river bank which is threatened by erosion. The Ma Oya river bank adjacent to the Wickramasheela National School in Kurunegala District had been subjected to gradual erosion posing a danger to the school.
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Understanding the hydrological impacts of climate change in the Tana river basin, Kenya
The Tana River is one of Kenya’s most important rivers. It is the principal water source for Nairobi, the capital city, providing water for hydroelectric power generation and irrigation. Several of the
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Seeing Trends, Coalition Works to Help a River Adapt
For 10,000 years the Nisqually Indians have relied on chinook salmon for their very existence, but soon those roles are expected to reverse. Based on current warming trends, climate scientists anticipate that in the next 100 years the Nisqually River will become shallower and much warmer. Annual snowpack will decline on average by half.
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Severe drought hits Ramechhap VDCs
Prolonged drought has triggered acute water crisis in Ramechhap district. Nineteen VDCs of the district have been grappling with water crisis after water sources dried up. Netra Prasad Dhungel of
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Nawalparasi lifts ban on river mining
Barely a month after the ban on use of heavy equipment in local rivers took effect, excavators have returned in the wake of a decision of the District Development Committee of Nawalparasi lifting a ban
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SC halts dam construction on Kobadak
The Supreme Court yesterday directed the authorities concerned to maintain status quo on construction of a dam across the river Kobadak in Tala upazila of Satkhira. The court also scrapped a High Court
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Tankers take away water resource
K. Manikandan ILLEGAL ACTION: Extraction of water from farm-wells has a bearing on the groundwater level in the neighbourhood. A tanker lorry being filled with water in IIT Colony, Narayanapuram, in Pallikaranai.
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Small water harvesting structures
This is with reference to the article by M Dinesh Kumar et al (EPW, 30 August 2008) and the discussion by K V Rao et al (EPW, 9 May 2009).
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Water and free trade: a social vision of water
Very few water experts are aware that water resources and water services can be subject to the terms of investment and trade agreements. In fact, free trade agreements can blur the boundaries of national jurisdiction and the control of water resources and public utilities, often producing negative social and economic consequences. The project social water vision commissioned several papers to identify the links between investment, trade laws and water, and to discuss related issues.
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We will oppose domination of Indian Ocean: Shaukat Aziz
The Pakistan Prime Minister, Shaukat Aziz, has said that Pakistan will oppose "domination" of the Indian Ocean by any country.PNS Jauhar in the port city of Karachi on Monday, Mr. Aziz said his