Plan to raise ground water level on anvil
The Central Ground Water Board (CGWB), in association with the Union Ministry of Water Resources, will soon implement several schemes to raise the ground water level in 27 taluks of Bangalore, where ground water level has been drastically reduced.
Kashappanavar blamed for confusion over Bheema water
MP and BJP district President Basanagouda Patil Yatnal has blamed district in-charge and Small Scale Industries Minister S R Kashappanavar for the confusion prevailing over the release of Bheema river water from Maharashtra.
Ground water regulation bill opposed
The Travel and Tourism Association of Goa (ITAG) has strongly opposed the ground water regulation Bill 2001, which seeks to regulate exploitation of water resources to ensure its optimum and sustainable development, saying that it would spell doom for tourism industry in the tiny coastal state of Panaji.
Green protests mar Chretien's HK trip
Green-peace activists tried to upstage Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chretien's visit to Hong Kong on Friday with a protest calling for an end to excessive logging and destruction of Canada's temperate rain forests.
Underground water table up in several areas
With the success of Neeru-meeru programme in the first phase the underground water table has gone up considerably, according to director for underground water resources E G Mohan Rao.In a press release in Hyderabad on Friday, he expressed satisfaction over the rise in underground water table in 3,611 monitoring centres …
Donation given to plant trees
Financial aid from enterprises is needed to help plant trees in areas surrounding Beijing that have become desert, officials said yesterday. Substantial achievements have been made in recent years in making the city's rural areas green again, said Shan Zhaoxiang, director of the Beijing Afforestation Foundation, at a signing ceremony …
Bill mooted to protect trees
Counsel appearing for the State of West Bengal before the Environment Bench of the Chief Justice, Mr A K Mathur and Mr Justice Girish Chandra Gupta of Calcutta High Court today informed the court that the state government had decided to enact legislation to prevent nailing of trees in non-forest …
New portable water purifier could save lives
It is hoped that a new suitcase-sized water purifying system that would save lives and dramatically cut the cost of relief efforts in disaster areas will form the basis of a rapid reaction force - but only with sufficient funding. Retired British water engineer, Ron Hire, who worked for years …
Line it up
An innovative project is trying to bring internet through underused cables laid along railroad tracks. It involves the Indian Railways and is financed largely by internet service providers. The first effort was started in mid-2000. The aim was to route telephone calls and internet data through cables laid along a …
Scientists hope to catalog South African coelacanths
A population of "living fossils" unexpectedly discovered off South Africa's coast late last year may soon be studied up close and cataloged with the help of a small submersible craft.For a fish thought to have died out 70 million years ago, the Coelacanth has been doing remarkably well.
Seminar on use of waste water tomorrow
Anna University jointly with the German Technical Cooperation Agency (GTZ) will organise a 2-day seminar on 'membrane technologies for water and waste water reclamation' on Thursday and Friday.Membrane technology, a cost effective and efficient process used for waste water and salt water reclamation, is in an initial state in India.
Growers advised to avoid planting eucalyptus
Pakistani experts have advised the growers to avoid planting the saplings of eucalyptus (Sufeda) as the species has played havoc with ground water and other vegetation."In the areas where the species was planted has played havoc with the soil by creating scarce of underground water," they said in an interview …
Tree plantation campaign begins
The spring tree plantation campaign began throughout Pakistan on Monday. In all 110 million saplings would be planted during the current campaign.
Japanese team lauds progress of Rajghat canal project
A mission from the Japan Bank for International Cooperation, presently in Madhya Pradesh to review the Rajghat canal project, aided by it, has expressed satisfaction over the progress in construction work. At a review meeting with the MP chief secretary here, JBIC consultant said the project was making progress as …
Low quality pesticides a threat to life, says FAO
Nearly one-third of all the pesticides marketed in developing countries are below internationally accepted quality standards. They pose serious threat to human health and the environment, warn the UN Food and Agriculture Organisation and the World Health Organisation in a joint statement issued recently.
Rs 350 crore WB aid to develop forests
Minister for forests Chintakayala Ayyannapatrudu on Monday said that the World Bank had given its consent to release Rs 350 crore for development of forests in Andhra Pradesh.
Accord signed on forest dev
Nepal and America arrived at a mutual agreement on the American sponsored Forest Development Program and on other matters of mutual interests, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Forest and Land Conservation.
WB praise for forest project
The World Bank has praised the implementation of the first phase of Madhya Pradesh Forestry Project, which revolves around the concept of people's participation in forest management, saying that it has improved the livelihood and standard of living of the poor people specially the tribals.
