Central to the achievement of the Agenda for Sustainable Development is an adequate, equitably distributed and fully supported health workforce. Nurses are the largest occupational group and represent an indispensable force with which to combat inequities in access to health services and progress towards health-related Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), while …
A steep hike in water rates without any transparency has shocked consumers in Mysore resulting in protests and demonstrations demanding a rollback. Water rates of both domestic and commercial consumption have been raised three-fold from May 1. The minimum charge of Rs 60 has gone up to Rs 175 from …
PANJIM: Desperate efforts are on to plug the entry of sewerage into Panjim’s water supply line which is already suspected of being contaminated within an area of one kilometre in the heart of the city. The affected area is between Sky Lark apartments and Ding Dong Bar on 18th June …
Chennai: After raising the Cauvery water dispute with Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, Tamil Nadu chief minister J Jayalalithaa has shot off another letter to him, this time over the proposal of the Karnataka government to build check dams and diversionary structures across the Pennaiyar river. The river flows through five …
A large population, especially children, in 27 of the 50 Madhya Pradesh districts are threatened by the fluorosis menace as people in these districts are being forced to drink water with excessive fluoride, much beyond the permissible limit. According to the latest information available from the state public health engineering …
Bridge across Cauvery to carry pipelines nearing completion The Tiruchi Corporation is set to commence work on laying the pipelines across the Cauvery river, a crucial phase in the execution of new drinking water augmentation scheme for the city. Once the pumping mains are laid across the bridge, the corporation …
However, PPP model for effective utilisation of rivers, lakes will be encouraged The government today said there was no proposal for privatisation of water resources, but would encourage public-private partnership (PPP) mode for effective utilisation of the scarce natural resource. "Privatisation is not being done and it cannot be done," …
Humankind recently crossed an important threshold: over half of all people now live in cities. In contrast to most of human history, cities have become the default condition for human habitation almost everywhere on earth. Urbanization is proceeding rapidly and at unprecedented scales in Asia, Africa, and the Middle East. …
Output is far lower compared to Punjab, Haryana, Gujarat: expert Gurbachan Singh, Chairman of the Agricultural Scientists Recruitment Board, has said there is a need for Karnataka to increase production of foodgrains with the use of advanced technology and scientific management of natural resources. Dr. Singh, who was the chief …
Jaipur: It’s time Rajasthan moves out of dependence on rain to solve the perennial water crisis. If the government honestly takes up water-harvesting and conservation, backed by technology innovations, people may not face the crisis every summer. Recently, two teams from the state have made it to the finals of …
The proposal for addressing the twin problems of floods and water scarcity by interlinking rivers is based on an outdated and dangerous idea of surplus river basins from which water can be drawn at will. Global experience shows how damaging such plans of large-scale water transfer are to the environment, …
The Supreme Court’s verdict directing the Government of India to implement the interlinking of rivers seems to have overlooked the regional and international implications of what the Indian Court strangely considers “the rivers of the country”. Just Bangladesh shares 54 rivers with India. Any unilateral action by India on any …
We, the signatories to this statement, wish to record our utmost concern at the Hon’ble Supreme Court’s judgment of 27 February 2012 on the River Interlinking Project (rip),
It affects irrigation in the lower reaches of the command area Rampant violation of cropping pattern, unauthorised irrigation in the command area of the Tungabhadra irrigation project, failure of Water Resources Department officials to levy penalty on farmers violating cropping pattern and on those from outside command area drawing water …
The special squad formed by the food safety designated officer in the district raided eight tanker trucks that distribute drinking water and took samples from eight water sources from the Thiruvankulam and Irimpanam areas on Monday. The raids were conducted after the squad received a tip-off that there had been …
AgSri Agricultural Services Private Limited, the Hyderabad-based social enterprise, has signed a memorandum of understanding with the US-based Driptech Inc, the makers of low-cost drip irrigation systems, to help small farmers in Andhra Pradesh. Priced at Rs 12,000 per acre, the system scores high in acceptance due to its easy …
While access to water, sanitation and hygiene has considerably improved globally, services coverage could slip behind if adequate resources are not secured to sustain routine operations, warns this analysis of sanitation & drinking water released by WHO & UN-Water. While access to water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) has considerably improved …
It will be implemented in 32 areas recently included in Chennai Corporation The State government on Monday unveiled a Rs.2,000-crore project for improving water supply and sewerage facilities in the 32 areas newly included in the Chennai Corporation. Replying to a debate on the demands for grants for his department, …
Once phase-I of Godavari project is commissioned, the water will first reach Hitec City, Sainikpuri, Cantonment, Kapra, Alwal, Malkajgiri, Qutbullapur, Kukatpally, Rajendernagar and Serilingampally areas. In other words, the residential colonies of surrounding municipalities, which are reeling under severe water scarcity, will be the first among the beneficiaries to receive …
Rs. 5-crore surplus budget for Kottayam Municipality The Kottayam Municipality has provided thrust towards strengthening the distribution of drinking water and the waste management system through its budget estimate for 2012-13. The budget, presented by Municipal vice-chairperson and chairperson of the Standing Committee on Finance Mayakutty John, and approved by …
An acute water scarcity has hit hundreds of residential colonies in the surrounding municipalities with over 2,000 public borewells having gone dry even before the peak summer months. Over 800 new colonies in the peripheral areas, which do not have an underground water supply network, depend on public and domestic …
