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 …
Chandigarh, June 30: More water would be released from Bhakra and Pong dams after the level in their reservoirs increased in the last few days, an official said on Tuesday, much to the relief of Punjab and Haryana paddy farmers. A spokesman of the Bhakra Beas Management Board (BBMB), that …
Irrigation is a vital input for increasing productivity of crops. It is observed that irrigation played important role in bringing the "Green Revolution" which took place in the country after Independence.
Deficient rains imply not only a drop in crop production and consequently incomes, but also a serious shortage of drinking water and animal fodder, resulting in rural-urban migration and growing pressure on urban spaces. All eyes are on the monsoon. While industry is expecting a pick-up in the third or …
JAIPUR: Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot and his Haryana counterpart Bhupinder Singh Hooda met here on Friday in what appeared to be an effort by the heads of two Congress-ruled States to thrash out the vexing issue of sharing of river waters in a friendly atmosphere. Apart from being Congress …
PALAKKAD: The Deseeya Karshaka Samajam has urged Kerala Chief Minister V.S. Achuthanandan to get water released by Tamil Nadu immediately from the Parambikulam-Aliyar Project (PAP) for paddy cultivation in the Chitturpuzha irrigation scheme area. The request was made at a general body meeting of the organisation here on Tuesday. Samajam …
Seventy per cent of work is over and the rest is being expedited: Minister ELATED: Revenue Minister I. Periyasamy giving away free gas stove to a beneficiary at M. Ammapatti near Dindigul. DINDIGUL: A special Cauvery drinking water project meant for 735 rural habitations will be completed within three months. …
NEW DELHI: Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit, who is also the Delhi Jal Board chairperson, on Friday instructed the Jal Board to designate a separate officer for every Delhi Assembly segment to monitor day-to-day water-related issues. The Chief Minister issued the directions during an interaction with the Leader of the Opposition …
Thiruvananthapuram, June 11 A joint team comprising experts from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT), Chennai, and the Centre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM), Kozhikode, will carry out scientific studies to improve the efficiency of the Thanneermukkom bund and the Thottappally Spillway under the
K.Lakshmi It is in the process of installing sluice valves in water distribution network Improvement measures: Construction of additional underground sumps such as this one in Kilpauk Water Works is part of Chennai Metrowater
State response to Poonchi Commission Panel seeks more powers for States CHENNAI: Tamil Nadu, in its report on Centre-State relations, has reiterated that the Union government can take very effective steps, even under the existing Constitutional scheme, to ensure the implementation of orders of tribunals on inter-State water disputes, such …
Athar Parvaiz : The already exist ing disputes between India and Pakistan over water-sharing are expected to exasperate further given the forecast that the impact of climatic changes, due to environmental degradation, would cause drastic depletion in volume of water in the Indus River system originating from Himalayan glaciers. Himalayan …
PALAKKAD: The Tamil Nadu government is learnt to have considered the request by Kerala Minister for Water Resources N.K. Premachandran to release water from the inter-State Parambikulam Aliyar Project (PAP) at Manacadavu weir to take up the cultivation of the first crop of paddy in the Chitturpuzha ayacut area of …
bauxite mining Vietnam opens door to China Vietnam has invited a Chinese company to mine a massive bauxite reserve beneath its Central Highlands, despite growing opposition to mining and a deep-rooted suspicion of China. Deputy Industry Minister Le Duong Quang said the state-owned Vietnam National Coal would go ahead with …
S. Sundar Second drinking water project expected to further burden supply system Concern over EQUAL TREATMENT: The aerator at the Madurai Corporation drinking water treatment plant in Pannaipatti near Vaigai dam. MADURAI: With the Lok Sabha elections over, decks for commissioning the second drinking water scheme for Madurai city have …
impact of drought water bank: As California reels under drought, green groups have sued the government for failing to study environmental consequences of a drought water bank. The government operates the water bank by purchasing water from willing sellers, primarily water suppliers, upstream of the Sacramento delta in northern California. …
