Water (either from the sky or the irrigation canal) is often a key factor in determining crop yields, squeezing more crop out of the same drop will be central to one of the biggest challenges of this century: sustainably feeding a population of perhaps 9 billion people in a climate-changed …
AFTER labeling all its products with a quality seal last year to put the pesticide row behind it, PepsiCo India is again set to roll out a global first. Starting March end, the soft drink company will replace all existing packs of Aquafina, its packaged water brand, with new labels. …
Wary of the rising number of deaths caused by landslides over the last several years, the State Government is finally trying to put in a concerted effort to negate the impact of this natural disaster. In a move towards it, the State government today launched an anti-erosion-cum-water conservation project at …
Rivers are facing crisis of their existence. Though trees are being axed but they are not being planted in the same proportion. Small rivers are continuously disappearing and big rivers' water assets is decreasing. Rivers are getting polluted and water animals are decreasing continuously. Tributaries, which are the main source …
No matter all the huge efforts put together by experts and stake holders, proper management of the water resources of the State, including the Brahmaputra, will be a distant dream unless political willingness is accommodated in the water management initiatives. This observation was made by the Non Resident Indian Association …
The National Water Award and the Bhoomijal Samvardhan Puraskar-2007 were awarded by the Ministry of Water Resources, Government of India in September 2007 at Vigyan Bhawan, New Delhi. The award is given to those who have achieved significant success in rain-water harvesting over all zones of India.
On September 11, Hivre Bazar panchayat in Maharashtra's Ahmednagar district won the first National Water Award for community-led water conservation. POPATRAO PAWAR,sarpanch of the village, talks to SUPRIYA SINGH On the village water budget: After taking up watershed development works in the village, we realised that one of the three …
This policy emphasises planning, development and management of water resources in a national perspective through a well-developed information system and river basin organisations for the integrated and multidisciplinary management of entire drainage basins. It has prioritised water allocation See also: Revised draft National Water Policy 2012
From the Great Lakes to the coast, our use of the land impacts major bodies of water. Whether it be the large freshwater lakes of the United States and Canada, the Atlantic or Pacific Ocean; or the other lakes, seas, and oceans of the world, these terminal waters tell the …
