- Fishermen oppose move for bird sanctuary
The Deepar Beel-Pachpara Cooperative Society has threatened to launch vigorous stir if a ban on fishing in Deepar Beel is imposed in the name of the proposed bird sanctuary. Announcing this at a press conference held recently at Azara-Keotpara Sri Ratneswar Das and Sri Dilip Kumar Das, president and secretary …
-Capital faces water crisis
The Capital is facing a serious water crisis. The production of drinking water has been reduced by half because of a sharp deterioration in the quality of raw water in the Yamuna. The quantum of production at the water treatment plants was reduced today after an abnormally high percentage of …
- NGOs to help Govt. on water development
The Ministry of Water Resources has set up a Non-Government Organisation grouop for creating public opinion amongst people to convince basin States for agreeing to the linking of peninsular rivers and the transfer of water from surplus to deficit areas.
- Sheikh Sarai water is contaminated
Waterborne diseases have become a household problem in a colony in south Delhi where residents are being supplied with contaminated water for the last 10 days. Despite repeated requests by the residents of the DDA flats in Sheikh Sarai, Phase-I, no action has been taken by the Municipal Corporation of …
- Multipronged approach to hydel project finance
The draft paper on the proposed hydel policy, currently in the proces of finalisation, has mooted a multipronged and flexible approach with regard to the financing of projects and the operationalisation of the private participation process in the hydel sector. In an effort to make projects bankable, the Government has …
- TNEB Pykara contract to BHEL challenged in HC
The decision taken by the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board to award the contract for building a hydel power station on the Pykara high hill region ignoring the lowest bidder has been challenged in the Madras High Court. In a public interest writ petition, Mr. R. Krishnaswamy of Chennai, a former …
- Donors seminar on Ganges barrage Mar 8
PM : A three-day international seminar of donors will be held in Dhaka on March 8 to study the proposed Ganges Barrage project, reports UNB. The project is aimed at optimum use of the Ganges water, maintain ecological balance and protect the world's largest mangrove forest of the Sundarbans.
Project on ground water studies launched
A project on "Ground water Studies for Arsenic Contamination in Bangladesh" was launched in Dhaka on Tuesday aimed at conducting study on general assesssment of arsenic in the country, reports UNB.
- Arsenic problem in Bangladesh
That the persisting arsenic contamination of groundwater in Bangladesh was possibly one of the largest mass slow poisoning cases in the world was brought to sharp focus during the recently-concluded four-day international conference in Dhaka on the subject, with the participants underscoring the need to address the issue on an …
- World panel on dams gives Narmada tribals a voice
For tribals struggling for survival in the Narmada basin in Gujarat, the World Bank may have brought a new lease of life. The Asmal-Jain commission, set up by international agencies, will allow tribals to participate in an international debate on the efficacy and consequences of large dams. Along with several …
- Indian envoy on world dams panel
The Indian High Commissioner to South Africa, Mr. Lakshmi Chand Jain, has been named as the Vice Chairperson of the World Commission on Dams (WCD). The announcement was made in Cape Town yesterday by the Chairperson of the WCD, Professor Kader Asmal, who is South Africa's Minister of Water Affairs …
Goa to oppose Mhadai river plan
Apprehending disastrous affects on ecology water resources and marine life on its side, Goa government is gearing up to oppose the proposed Mhadzi river basin projects by Karnataka that would divert the river water.
- Hitches in tribal rehabilitation plan
After two decades of apathy and inaction, the authorities have finally been forced to come up with a rehabilitation plan for the victims of the Karapuzha Irrigation Project in Wayanad district of Kerala. Yet, even now, a large number of the project - affected people, mostly poverty-sticken adivasi families, remain …
World panel on dams to be set up today
The anti-Sardar Sarovar Project activist group, Narmada Bachao Andolan, is going to be represented on the World Commission on Dams that is being set up tomorrow. The commission will be an independent body comprising eminent people from all over the world, with a mandate to "review the development effectiveness of …
Manipur's Loktak lake to get ICEF funding
Manipur's bio-diversity rich Loktak lake comprising the Keibul Lamjao national park, the only floating park in the world , is all set to become the site for one of the biggest sustainable development and water resources management projects in the country with a Rs 14.35 crore funding by the India-Canada …
- Mexico City sinking by 45 cm a year
Mexico's capital is sinking at a rate of up to 45 cm a year as the water-table is drained to supply this megapolis of 20 million people, according to a report released on Thursday. The National Water Commission report also said the capital had sunk 10 metres over the course …
- Indo-Canadia aid for Manipur lake
Manipur's Loktak Lake, rich in biodiversity and comprising the Keibul Lamjao National Park - the only floating park in the world - is all set to become the site for one of the biggest sustainable development and water resource management projects in the country, with Rs 14.38 crore coming in …
- Independent world panel on large dams to be set up
The proposed World Commission on Dams is expected to be launched next week. The commission would be an independent international body to review the development of large dams. According to environment circles, the commission is to be launched on February 16. However, World Bank sources said that the date is …
- World Bank has taken lessons from Arun
The much vaunted 201 MW Arun III is certainly not a huge power project by global standards. Nor was it one of World Bank's biggest investments. Yet when the bank announced its withdrawal from the power project after backing it for 10 years, it had been an enlighytening experience for …
-Call for collective efforts to tackle arsenic problems
A five day International Conference on "Arsenic Pollution of Ground water in Bangladesh:Causes and Remedies" began at Agargaon on Monday . It was inaugurated by Former Chief Advisor of the care taker government Justice Mohammad Habibur Rahman.
