Report on behalf of Government of NCT of Delhi through Delhi Jal Board in compliance of NGT order dated December 22, 2023. The matter related to a news report (Hindustan Times, November 30, 2023) on arsenic present in groundwater in 25 states and fluoride in 27 states. Fluoride have been …
Pakistan has received an application from Saudi government for buying around 500,000 acres of farmland on lease to produce variety of crops and fruits for the Middle East consumers. It is most likely that the government of Pakistan would consider the application soon after Raman, said a senior official in …
Leaders of Balochistan National Party (Awami) Kharan unit demanded of the government to ensure provision of compensation and other relief measures for farmers affected by Chaghi atomic blast. Addressing a news conference at the Quetta Press Club here on Friday, Sardar Jalil Sargalzai, district president BNP (Awami) Kharan unit and …
The Public Health Engineering (PHE) department had decided to undertake a project of setting up high-raised platform tubewells in different areas of South 24-Parganas and North 24-Parganas, that had been ravaged by the cyclone Aila in May this year. The project could not take off, as most of these areas, …
Going a step ahead of Congress president Sonia Gandhi, NCP leader and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar has urged all MPs to devote a higher share of their MP Local Area Development Scheme (MPLADS) funds for irrigation and drought-proofing works in their respective constituencies. Pawar has sent a letter to all …
Water is one of the most valuable resources. The agriculture sector is the largest consumer of water resources in the developing countries. Assured supply of water is necessary for sustainable agriculture.
Chandigarh: Water woes in Haryana have further deepened. As if deficient rainfall was not enough, the water table has registered a substantial fall of half a metre since last year while it has dipped by nearly three metres in certain pockets of the state. Though the water table has shown …
At least 80 percent people in rural areas of the district are drinking arsenic contaminant water. For this reason a panic have been created among the people in four upazilas of the district. According to Public Health Engineering Department (PHED), Chandpur office sources high percentage of arsenic contaminants have been …
For millennia, India used surface storage and gravity flow to water crops. During the last 40 years, however, India has witnessed a decline in gravity-flow irrigation and the rise of a booming
The Dhaka Water Supply and Sewerage Authority has planned to install 50 more deep tube-wells to lift water from the deeper aquifer as groundwater level in the city has fallen drastically. WASA sources said they have already installed 45 tube-wells to lift water from 700-1000 feet beneath the ground, which …
Most of tube wells in Nandail upazila of Mymensingh district are not pumping waters even Monsoon and the people of upazila have been suffering from shortage drinking waters as the deep tube wells and shallow tube wells, which were used for irrigation waters during Boro season but now not pumping …
The very old proverb 'Barind is a land whose name is written in water' seems to be true to its alphabets as without water, the existence of the vast Barind region under greater Rajshahi districts (Rajshahi, Chapainawabganj, Naogaon and Natore) is going to become extinct. A field survey conducted by …
Federal Government has allocated an amount of Rs 580 million for the growth of mineral sector by 2 percent in 2009-10, which is facing still unpredictable situation in certain mineral potential areas due to the law and order problem. According to official sources, mineral potential of Pakistan was recognised to …
Falling water table in the state has been forcing farmers to go for deeper submersible tube wells with cemented structures at the base. Though found in select areas of Bathinda and Mansa districts, where water table has gone below 300 feet, experts feel other areas will also have to have …
Bangladesh needs to scale up measures for ensuring access to safe (arsenic and pathogen free) drinking water to achieve the Millennium Development Goals in water supply and sanitation by 2015. To shift rural and small town households from arsenic contaminated tube wells towards safe water sources the government undertook a …
Kaithal: A spell of rain this afternoon in Kaithal and various parts of the district accompanied by high-velocity winds not only provided much-awaited relief from prevailing scorching heat but also added to woes of people, as it caused heavy losses to electric installations in the Keorak area of the district. …
Land fertility in Rangpur region comprising Kurigram, Gaibandha, Nilphamari and Lalmonirhat districts is falling alarmingly due to shortage of green manure, sulphur and zinc in the soil. Unrestricted use of chemical fertilizers and pesticides were also contributed in reducing fertility of lands, agricultural experts here said. They said green and …
LUCKNOW: In order to tackle acute shortage of water and manage the available one in a pooled manner, the government has decided to set up water management committees at gram panchayat level all over the state. An order to this effect was issued to all district magistrates and officials concerned …
The government has allocated a mere Rs 1.5 billion for the Drought Recovery Assistance Programme (DRAP) and the Drought Emergency Relief Assistance (DERA) in the 2009-10 budget. The allocation is minor compared to the requirements, and would badly affect the development of the DRAP/DERA-II programme in the affected areas of …
