500 days of shramdan at river Betwa
The drive for restoration and conservation of river Betwa, which is called lifeline of Vidisha, has completed 500 days on Saturday. With this, the citizens of Vidisha have set an example in the field
The drive for restoration and conservation of river Betwa, which is called lifeline of Vidisha, has completed 500 days on Saturday. With this, the citizens of Vidisha have set an example in the field
With questions being raised about the feasibility and environment impact of the inter-linking of rivers project, the Supreme Court on Tuesday decided to have a relook at its February 27 decision this year
Apprehensive that the now-infamous first-come, first-served policy for allocation of natural resources comes with risks, states are now wiser and embracing the safer option of auctions for these allocations. The newly-elected Akhilesh Yadav government in Uttar Pradesh has introduced an e-tendering system for all leases on mining projects. The decision could impact the future of liquor baron-cum-mining czar Ponty Chaddha, who was seen as closely linked to the previous Mayawati government.
Perennial Jamni river will be linked to nearby lakes to assist in irrigation The Madhya Pradesh government claims to have launched the country's first ever river-lake linking project in the water-scarce Bundelkhand region. The Harpura irrigation and river-lake link project, launched in the Tikamgarh district, will be implemented under the Centre's Rs.7266 crore Bundelkhand package. It will link the perennial Jamni river to the nearby lakes and water bodies built during the Chandel era. Under the project, an additional 1,980 hectares of land are expected to come under irrigation.
BETWA SHARMA UNITED NATIONS Gorillas may disappear from large parts of Africa's Congo Basin if urgent action is not taken immediately, a new report has warned.
Specialist of ecology of rivers Michael Barber has said that the rivers could not be kept healthy if we ignore the chief reasons behind the pollution in rivers. He further added that the pollution should be seen in the context of the entire basin of the rivers, without considering it the pollution of the rivers could not be ameliorated.
The Centre has decided to declare the entire Bundlekhand region, the theatre of recent Congress-BSP political rivalry, as a
Aarti Dhar NEW DELHI: Minister of State for Environment and Forests Jairam Ramesh has asked the Centre to review the Ken-Betwa river-linking project in Madhya Pradesh in view of the ecological implications. In a letter to Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar Bansal, Mr. Ramesh suggested that it
Vidisha District administration of Madhya Pradesh will carry out the works of cleaning and deepening of Betwa river through public participation. the aforesaid decision has been taken in a meeting
The proposed interlinking of the Ken with the Betwa involving Madhya Pradesh and Uttar Pradesh as also the Parbati and the Kalisindh with the Chambal to benefit Madhya Pradesh and Rajasthan are a
Question raised in Lok Sabha on Inter-Linking of Rivers, 25/02/2016. This Ministry has formulated a National Perspective Plan (NPP) for Water Resources Development envisaging inter-basin transfer of water
The research foundation for science Technology and ecology has said that the proposed ken Betwa river link between Uttar Pradesh and Madhya Pradesh was "non feasible and non sustainable' and has
If the recent survey report on the Ken-Betwa link - the first in the proposed Rs 5,60,000 crore-river linking project in India - is anything to go by, then the plan is a "threat' to Panna Tiger
Even as the Centre is preparing the project report on the interlinking of the Ken and Betwa rivers in MP, environmentalists have expressed their opposition. This time, as a report by Vandana Shiva's
A new generation is now suffering the aftermath of the Bhopal gas
The government plans to build a canal to link the Ken and Betwa rivers, the first in a chain of projects to link major rivers in India. The Rs 560,000-crore river inter-linking project has been
BETWA SHARMA CANCUN As delegates strug gle to arrive at a consensus on key climate change issues at the annual climate change conference in Cancun, the World Meteorological Organisation has released a report which says 2010 is the hottest year ever recorded.
The programme of Interlinking of Rivers (ILR) in India has been one of the most ambitious ideas ever, of any government till date. It is an idea that has conjured up visions for the common Indian
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.
BETWA SHARMA NEW YORK Shenandoah and Chincoteague are two national parks in Virginia, which are also at risk because the land along the state's coastlines are naturally subsiding JAMESTOWN, A HISTORIC TOWN in Virginia, where first permanent European settled in what became the American colonies and the United States could disappear due to rising water levels, researchers have said. Shenand