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 …
The Sardar Sarovar Dam reached a height of 121.92 m in 2006 and at this height the dam has enough water to generate most of the promised benefits - irrigation, drinking water, and electricity. However, currently only 30% of the targeted villages receive regular water supplies, less than 20% of …
BHUBANESWAR: Despite Bhubaneswar being touted as one of the fastest growing among the state capitals, nearly 50 per cent of its people do not have access to pipe water supply. Sounds strange? But out of 60 wards of the Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation, four are yet to be covered and only …
Gandhinagar: The Gujarat government has formed an experts group to examine the feasibility of laying down of underground pipeline for providing waters to irrigate 18 lakh hectares (ha) in the Narmada command area. The idea of pipelines in lieu of field channels was first floated by former chairman of the …
Faulty method adopted in shifting the main water pipeline at Kadiranahalli junction, located behind Banashankari temple, allegedly by BBMP contractors on Monday afternoon led to the breaking of main water pipeline into two. Nearly three lakh litres of water went down the drain resulting in stoppage of water supply in …
Hyderabad, Jan. 12: An inter-district water dispute is brewing over Singur waters with farmers and elected representatives from Medak and Nizamabad demanding a
Haroon Habib DHAKA: Bangladesh and India have agreed to resolve outstanding issues relating to water sharing and decided that they will jointly start work for the protection of banks of the common rivers. The consensus came at the end of the two-day crucial water talks at the Secretary level here …
Rajiv Shah | TNN Gandhinagar: Gujarat government is learnt to have reached the drastic decision to use satellite imagery to identify agricultural farms which get water from the Narmada canal but do no pay for it. The decision has been reached against the backdrop of the fact that less than …
Alleging improper distribution of canal water among the consumers, farmers from Gumjal in Abohar tehsil have created an artificial barrier at the tail-end of the Malukpura minor canal near the village. The farmers are sitting on dharna since January 1 and have declared that until the government gives them "proper" …
Concerns about food security and apprehensions of future water scarcity are common to all the countries in the world. This paper focuses on the water issue between India and Bangladesh. Crisscrossed by the rivers and streams, Bangladesh is a water-abundant country with low-per capital water availability. Almost 94% of the …
Pune Despite the gloomy scenario caused by recession, a slew of development projects worth a staggering Rs 1,000 crore came up in the twin industrial township of Pimpri-Chinchwad in 2009. A majority of developments projects
As scientists worry about the prospect of a catastrophic flood from Lake Sarez in the Pamir Mountains, agricultural communities on the plains below face a very different problem. This arid region in Central Asia has inherited a set of resource blunders made decades ago by the Soviet Union. And since …
AALO, Dec 13: The water treatment plant for Aalo, headquarters of West Siang district, was inaugurated with much fanfare in January 2007 with Union Minister of state for Commerce Jairam Ramesh dedicating it in presence of a beaming Chief Minister Gegong Apang. Two years later, the plant is still running …
Mumbai: Swadhin Kshatriya took charge as the municipal commissioner on Friday, and immediately identified his biggest challenges -- to solve the financial crisis of the Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation [BMC], and to deal with the acute water crisis in the city. "To get things in shape, I will need a lot …
