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. …
Expressing concern over the high level of ammonia in the Yamuna that has made the Delhi Jal Board shut down the Chandrawal and Wazirabad water treatment plants leading to an acute scarcity of water, Leader of Opposition in Delhi Assembly Vijay Kumar Malhotra has asked Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit to …
To prepare project proposals for Conservation and Development of Water Bodies in the district, the District Development Commissioner, Udhampur (DDC), Ajay Khajuria who is also Chairman, Inter-Departmental Committee convened a meeting of District Officers, here today. The Superintending Engineer, Irrigation and Flood Control, Udhampur (Member Secretary), Virender Badyal, Chief Planning …
The National Action Plan on Climate Change (NAPCC) describes the features of National Water Mission as under: A National Water Mission will be mounted to ensure integrated water resource management helping to conserve water, minimize wastage and ensure more equitable distribution both across and within states. The Mission will take …
The Ministry of Water Resources has confirmed that it has submitted a proposal for North Eastern Integrated Flood and Riverbank Erosion Management Project, Assam to the Asian Development Bank (ADB) for financial support. The ADB has cleared the Project Preparatory Technical Assistance and the consultant has submitted draft feasibility report, …
They call it the elixir of life but with changing times, water has also become a driving force in economic activities, traditionally in agriculture, and now increasingly in the industry. No wonder, there has been a tendency to take for granted the availability of water and show scant responsibility to …
Rs 1,800 crore groundwater programme a non-starter A Rs 1,800 crore national programme for artificial recharge of groundwater through dug-wells was announced by finance minister P Chidambaram, in February 2007. It was to provide proper irrigation facilities to millions of farmers. But thanks to the delays on part of the …
The future of two hydel power plants is stalled in the wake of a stand off between two different NGOs contesting over its religious and developmental implications in the state. Supreme Court verdict on a PIL will decide the victor in the battle over power generation versus religious sentiments till …
In the beginning of the 20th century, the need for small scale laboratory investigations to study the twin problems of irrigation and drainage was recognised by the Government. The Central Water and Power Research Station (CWPRS), Pune, as it is known today, was established in 1916 by the then Bombay …
Terming the State Government as most inefficient in view of the unabated ravages of flood and erosion at Matmora, Majuli and various other places, the All Assam Students' Union (AASU) today said it would burn effigies of Water Resources Minister Bharat Narah throughout the State on July 28. In a …
State Water Resources Minister Bharat Chandra Narah today told the Assembly that the State Government was far from satisfied with the explanations given by the power generating corporations such as NEEPCO and NHPC on the flood safeguards of hydel projects, and that the State Government would seek a thorough review …
"Punjab is one of those six states in the country which feels it is not necessary to enact legislation on control and development of groundwater resources,' said union water resources minister Saifuddin Soz. The other five states are Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Mnipur and Arunachal Pradesh. Incidentally, in neighbouring Haryana and …
The Centre has announced that 4.455 million wells will be taken up for recharging groundwater in hard rock areas for the benefit of farmers. The government has asked the states government concern to take necessary steps to implement the decision before monsoon this year. The Artificial Recharge of Ground Water …
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 …
