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. …
Over the years, both the Centre and Delhi government have spent thousands of crores on cleaning the river. A new plan to clean Yamuna, including removal of solid waste and preventing sewage from flowing into the river, is likely to be announced by the Union and Delhi governments soon. According …
Giving a major fillip to its Ganga rejuvenation efforts, the National Ganga River Basin Authority (NGRBA) - a central body to implement the government's Namami Gange scheme - has approved projects worth Rs 2446 crore for development of 'ghats' and crematoriums at various places along the river in four states …
The Damanganga-Pinjal link project entails diversion of surplus water of Damanganga basin to Pinjal reservoir in Vaitarna. Union Water Resources Minister Uma Bharti said Tuesday the Damanganga-Pinjal interstate river link project would help resolve the drinking water crisis of Mumbai till 2060. “It is unfortunate that the project got embroiled …
Ahead of the Uttar Pradesh Assembly elections slated for early next year and a day after Prime Minister Narendra Modi visited his Lok Sabha constituency, Varanasi, the Expenditure Finance Committee on Monday approved projects worth nearly Rs. 3,000 crore for the government’s flagship programme, Namami Gange. This is the biggest-ever …
Lucknow: A couple of hours after Union minister of water resources Uma Bharti accused UP's urban development ministry of stalling NOC for Vrindavan-Mathura stretch of Ganga, a press communique from CM office quoting chief minister Akhilesh Yadav said that UP government was determined to clean Ganga and its tributaries. Akhilesh …
With dissolved oxygen levels as low as 0.4 milligram per litre, Hindon river, a tributary of Yamuna, is not in a good condition and efforts are on to revive the dying river, the government said on Thursday. "The assessment of the water quality of Hindon by Central Pollution Control Board …
BHOPAL: A six-member National Board of Wildlife (NBWL) panel will this week recommend the way forward for the proposed interlinking of Ken and Betwa rivers in Madhya Pradesh, a project wildlife experts claim will prove detrimental to the Panna Tiger Reserve. The interlinking project, India's first and worth Rs 17,000 …
Acknowledging that several States were badly hit by drought, the Central Government on Wednesday said that interlinking rivers was the only solution to the problem. “Interlinking of rivers is very important. We are working on it as this would solve the problem,” Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga …
There has been no significant change in the knowledge-base and institutional structure for managing water systems since colonial rule. This makes the recent efforts of the Ministry of Water Resources for restructuring the Central Water Commission and the Central Ground Water Board significant. This article argues that the effort should …
Water scarcity is not restricted to the plains as is generally perceived, but is also seriously affecting many areas in the Himalayan heights that remain snow-bound for a large part of the year. The Central Water Commission (CWC) has identified eight villages in Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir to …
Urging people to conserve water, union Minister for Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation Uma Bharti on Monday said water conservation is essential for country's sustainable development. "Increasing demand for water for various purposes on account of growing population, industrialisation and urbanisation pose serious challenges of creating facilities for …
With 40 per cent of the country under the impact of consecutive failed monsoons, water rationing could become a norm in many parts of the country in the coming summer, they warned. According to a recent Central Water Commission report, water levels in the Maharashtra reservoirs are 58 per cent …
Plea seeks stoppage of construction on the Yamuna floodplains for the World Culture Festival. “Has any of the agencies assessed the environmental impact of the Sri Sri Ravi Shankar’s Art of Living Foundation’s three-day ‘World Culture Festival’ to be held in the city starting this Friday?” asked the National Green …
Order of the National Green Tribunal (in the matter of Manoj Misra Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. And Pramod Kumar Tyagi Vs. Art of Living International Center & Ors. And Anand Arya Vs. Delhi Development Authority & Ors. And Ojasvi Party Vs. Ministry of Environment & Forest & Ors.) …
While acknowledging implementation of 89 irrigation projects under AIBP, which have been languishing for years, Jaitley in his Budget speech had said, “we will ensure that 23 of these projects are completed before March 31, 2017”. While acknowledging implementation of 89 irrigation projects under AIBP, which have been languishing for …
Governor N N Vohra reviewed the progress of ongoing dredging of river Jhelum from Anantnag to Baramulla, in a meeting held at the Raj Bhavan here today. Under the Prime Minister’s Rehabilitation and Reconstruction Programme 2015, “Priority Works- Comprehensive Plan for Flood Management Works on Jhelum-Phase-I” costing Rs. 399.29 crore …
VARANASI: To prevent the majestic ghats from caving in, the experts of Geological Survey of India (GIS) and National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) will assess the measures to check erosion on the left bank of river Ganga induced due to siltation on right bank during their visit to the city …
While the BJP government in Haryana has gone to town claiming discovery of the mythical Saraswati river, the Centre is hedging its bet on it, at least for now. Union Minister for Water Resources Uma Bharti today said a “task force”, headed by Padma Bhushan awardee Dr Kharag Singh Valdiya …
NEW DELHI: Haryana will become the first state in the country to have aquifer mapping done for its groundwater resources by May. An aquifer is an underground layer of water-bearing rock, from which groundwater can be extracted. The mapping will assist the state in estimating the quantity and quality of …
NEW DELHI: Differences over water sharing between two BJP-ruled states Gujarat and Maharashtra continue to block the Centre's ambitious plan to go ahead with its two river-linking projects — Damanganga-Pinjal and ParTapi-Narmada. Though the detailed project reports (DPRs) of these river links had been submitted to the Centre in August …
