Good Food is First Food. It is not junk food. It is the food that connects nature and nutrition with livelihoods. This food is good for our health; it comes from the rich biodiversity of our regions; it provides employment to people. Most importantly, cooking and eating give us pleasure. …
Shillong, March 22: A CAG report has rapped the Meghalaya Energy Corporation Limited for not initiating any steps to protect the Umiam reservoir which feeds five downstream hydropower plants of the corporation. The reservoir covers an area of 10 square km and serves as a recreational spot for tourists with …
Union water resources minister Salman Khurshid on Saturday said that the biggest problem for Delhi in coming years would be to ensure availability of water for everyone. He was participating in
Work to protect the Rohmaria area in Dibrugarh district from Brahmaputra erosion is on since January 4 last. The administrative approval for the scheme has been accorded for Rs 52.36 crore against the originally proposed Rs 59.9129 crore. A proposal for providing permanent protection to the area with nine spurs, …
The Parliamentary Standing Committee on the Water Resources Ministry on Thursday recommended necessary steps to complete the Ganges Barrage Project within 2012. The committee made the recommendation at a meeting held in the Jatiya Sangsad Bhaban, said an official release. The committee also asked the Water Resources Ministry to identify …
Charanjit Ahuja The Punjab government has refused to share water with Chandigarh as it has come out with a Rs 316-crore project to bring additional 40 million gallons of water a day from Kajauli waterworks. NK Sharma, chairman, Mohali District Planning Board, told FE here on Friday that
The state agriculture minister, Radhakrishna Vikhe Patil, on Tuesday said he was opposed to diverting water meant for agricultural purposes to industrial use. His remarks assume significance in view of the allegations by activists that erstwhile state water resources minister, Ajit Pawar, diverted 1,500 million cubic metres of water to …
The Centre may order downstream basin study of every hydro electric project in the neighbouring State besides environment and biodiversity impact studies. This was reportedly conveyed by Environment and Forest Minister Jairam Ramesh to a delegation of Sangharsh, informed Krishak Mukti Sangram Samiti (KMSS) general secretary Akhil Gogoi. A 25-member …
THE ISSUE: India faces the task of a transition from an infrastructure of existing water structures to making them part of a watershed-based local management system. In the article
In place of the current slogan of Integrated Water Resource Management, we should look at Responsible, Harmonious, Just and Wise Use of Water. The Union Ministry of Water Resources has undertaken a review and revision of the National Water Policy (NWP) 2002. The present article is intended as a contribution …
Clearing the confusion, Union Power Minister, Sushil Kumar Shinde said the Inter Ministerial Group (IMG) on hydro power development has submitted its report and Action Taken Note to the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR). The IMG was constituted to evolve a suitable framework to guide and accelerate the development of …
Vishwanath Kulkarni Washing machines may soon sport a water efficiency label just like that for energy efficiency on your refrigerator and televisions. Industries may have to initiate water audits, while farmers could need to tweak their irrigation practices for efficient water use. Creation of bureau All this could become a …
Faced with criticism over the delay in sanctioning of Non-Lapsable Central Pool of Resources (NLCPR) projects, Union Minister for DoNER and Mines Bijoy Krishna Handique traced the lapse on part of the States in securing the mandatory clearance from Central ministries to delay in sanctioning of projects by the concerned …
Expressing dismay at the rampant corruption in State Flood Control Department, the Ministry of Water Resources (MoWR) has been moved to explore the possibility of setting up an expert committee to monitor the implementation of major flood management and anti-erosion projects. This suggestion was made by a delegation of United …
Amidst escalating tension over construction of mega dams in the upper reaches of Brahmaputra River, an Inter-Ministerial Expert Group (IMEG) after preliminary probe has found that there is no diversion of the water by China, as yet.
