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 …
Remote sensing has long been a useful tool in global applications, since it provides physically-based, worldwide, and consistent spatial information. This paper discusses the potential of using these techniques in the research field of water management, particularly for
As part of its ongoing drive against wastage of water, the Delhi Jal Board (DJB) collected over Rs 16 lakhs in the last one month by imposing spot fines against those whose overhead tanks were found to be overflowing. The drive is being intensified to ensure that there is no …
Pune Even as the Pune Municipal Corporation has been drawing flak from all quarters for failing to minimise the losses during water distribution, municipal commissioner Mahesh Zagade on Wednesday tried to defend the water distribution losses saying that 30 to 40 per cent of losses can be found in any …
Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) has decided to waive off charges on additional water provided through tankers to areas at the fag ends of the supply line.
Visakhapatnam, April 19: All the major reservoirs in Visakhapatnam including Raiwada have dried up and both the Greater Visakhapatnam Municipal Corporation (GVMC) and private water distributors have made this an opportunity to expand their business interests. People have to apply six days before getting a water tanker from the GVMC, …
ACCUSING Tamil Nadu government of changing the original plan of its proposed Hogenakkal drinking water project, Karnataka government on Monday sought intervention of the Centre in the matter. Speaking to presspersons here on Monday, Water Resources Minister Basavaraj Bommai said he would call on Union Water Resources Minister Pawan Kumar …
Shashidhar Gargeshwari, Chamarajnagar, April 19, DH News Service: The Tamil Nadu Government has hastened the work on the Rs 1,334-crore Hogenakal drinking water project amid controversy. The watch tower constructed by the Tamil Nadu government at the controversial Nadugadde region in Hogenakal. DH photo Defying the Central Government
Leaks in decades-old dilapidated pipeline network has affected regular supply of drinking water in major cities, Urban Development minister Suresh Kumar said on Friday. Addressing the media after conducting a video conference with commissioners of corporations and Deputy Commissioners, the minister said cities have sufficient water resources, but the citizens …
Mumbai The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation will carry out a detailed audit of water leakages and thefts along its distribution network for 2010-11, the move aimed at ensuring
Vijayawada, April 12: The minister for major industries, Mr Kanna Lakshmi Narayana, made it clear that the Congress-led state government will protect the rights of the state on Krishna river surplus water by projecting its arguments before the Brijesh Kumar Tribunal which was constituted to resolve the Krishna surplus water …
Sheila Dikshit in conversation with Amba Batra Bakshi and Shreevatsa Nevatia Why are you allowing child labour at Commonwealth Games-related sites? There are a number of teenagers between the ages of 14 and 16 working at these places, obviously lured by an adult salary. I entirely agree that there should …
Hyderabad, April 4: Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka and Maharashtra are all anxiously awaiting a judgment on water sharing from the Krishna Water Disputes Tribunal which completed its hearings last week. The judgment will have far-reaching implications for all three states and particularly for the future of several irrigation projects under construction …
Hyderabad, April 4: The Bachavat Tribunal awarded 800 TMC ft, 695 TMC ft and 565 TMC ft to AP, Karnataka and Maharashtra respectively, out of 2060 TMC ft at 75 per cent dependability of water available in the river. The 75 per cent dependability of water was calculated based on …
MARUMALARCHI Dravida Munnetra Kazhagam (MDMK), general secretary Vaiko was arrested along with 153 party workers on Friday while attempting to enter Kerala from the Onpadharu check post to inspect the site where the Kerala government had decided to construct a dam across the Pambar river. The MDMK men started from …
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is also the chairperson of the Delhi Jal Board, on Thursday gave her approval for the DJB's Plan outlay of Rs.1,624.37 crore for the financial year 2010-11. Of the sanctioned amount of the annual budget, Rs.905 crore has been earmarked for the water …
A source of conflict between Israel and its neighbors for decades, the Jordan River is now depleted by drought, pollution, and overuse. Could the fight to save it forge a path toward peace?
Khalwa block in the East Nimar (Khandwa) district of Madhya Pradesh has been in contemporary debate over development not only in the state but also in national level for so many reasons. In recent times revival of the existing canal irrigation systems by Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) in …
Farmers of Parbhani district in Maharashtra have been waiting 31 years for irrigation water promised from the dam on the Dudhna. The dam, completed a couple of years ago, has over 2,000 million cubic feet water that is of no use to the farmers. “There are no canals or pipelines …
