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MoEF must stop canals in irrigated villages of Narmada valley - NAPM Press Release
NAPM expresses its anguish at the destruction of well-irrigated lands in the Nimad region of the Narmada valley due to the Indira Sagar and Omkareshwar canals, Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 12:24 PM


POSCO unplugged - Villagers of Jagatsinghpur, Odisha, have no choice
Sayantan Bera travels to Jagatsinghpur in Odisha to find that villagers labeled ‘pro’ POSCO do not have a choice otherwise Posted on 14 Feb, 2011 11:38 AM


Defect in water rate amendment notification issued on 01/10/2010 by Orissa Government
Legal Aspects of Water Rate / Licence Fees charged by the State Government of Orissa for Industrial / Commercial use of Ground Water Posted on 08 Feb, 2011 03:40 PM


An insight on legal aspect of groundwater use by industries and water tax/rate/fee by Emami Paper Mills Limited
Groundwater is water that is found underground in the cracks and spaces in soil, sand and rock. Posted on 07 Feb, 2011 06:03 PM
  1. Meaning of Ground Water
  • Water located beneath the ground surface.

 Groundwater is stored in and moves slowly through layers of soil, sand and rocks called aquifers. Aquifers typically consist of gravel, sand, sandstone, or fractured rock, like limestone.

Implementing Vessel Monitoring System in India : High costs involved
VMS is essentially a Global Position System carried on commercial fishing boats that transmits the boat's geographic position to various state enforcement agencies Posted on 07 Feb, 2011 06:01 PM

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Latest status of the storage of important reservoirs in the country - CWC - PIB Release
Central Water Commission (CWC) is monitoring storage position of 81 important reservoirs spread all over the country Posted on 05 Feb, 2011 12:17 PM

Of these, as many as 36 reservoirs are having significant hydro-power benefits with installed capacities of more than 60MW each. The combined live storage in these 81 reservoirs at the beginning of monsoon, i.e. June 1, 2010 was 14% of their designed capacity and stood at 60% of designed capacity as on January 27, 2011. The present storage is 137% of last year’s storage and 145% of last 10 years average storage during the same period. Out of these 81 reservoirs there are presently 15 reservoirs where this year’s storage is less than 80 % of the average of previous 10 years and in remaining 66 reservoirs the storage is more than 80% of the average of previous 10 years.

Common concerns - Latha Jishnu reports on the IASC in Down to Earth
As the commons come under increasing assault, academics, practitioners and policymakers come together to devise ways to protect shared resources Posted on 04 Feb, 2011 04:53 PM


Experiments with SRI by Srikanth, a farmer in Kunigal, Tumkur
SRI stands for System of Rice Intensification. Here is the experiment where we have adopted the SRI method in paddy cultivation. Posted on 04 Feb, 2011 11:14 AM

 

Farmer Field School in session

Wetlands (Conservation and Management) Rules 2010 - Welcome, but a lost opportunity - Press release by SANDRP
Firstly, the definition of the Wetlands in the rules does not include Rivers and floodplains which are included under wetlands under the Ramsar convention on Wetlands that India is signatory to. Posted on 04 Feb, 2011 10:33 AM

SANDRPOn the occasion of the World Wetlands Day 2011, while we welcome the notification of Wetland (Conservation and Management) rules 2010 by the Union Ministry of Env

MGNREGA completes 5 years - PIB Release
The nation has successfully completed five years of Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Posted on 03 Feb, 2011 01:34 PM

 Addressing a large gathering at Vigyan Bhawan on this occasion in New Delhi, the Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh called upon the states to strengthen the Gram Sabhas for rural empowerment. He said the Ministry of Rural Development and Ministry of Panchayati Raj has jointly chalked out a plan to strengthen the Panchayats. Technical Units will be set up in Gram Panchayats and to improve the managerial efficiency every unit will have a Panchayat Development officer and one Junior Engineer. Focus would be on Left Wing Extremism(LWE) affected districts and the districts where more than Rs.100 crore have been spent under MGNREGA.