Irrigation
A river comes to people
Posted on 13 Jun, 2016 08:28 PMGajanand Sharma is excited about the monsoon this year. He is building an anicut on the small stream that runs through his farm. “After the rain, the land will be filled with water and then I will sow wheat and reap record production in this area,” he prophesises. This forecast doesn’t come from his knowledge of astrology, but that of geology, gained over the years.
"Power firms lose Rs 2400 crores to water crisis"
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 08:54 PMPower firms’ loss due to water shortage is Rs 2400 crore this year: Greenpeace
Simhastha leaves farmers fuming
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 07:38 PMRamesh Mali, a farmer in his late thirties, looks at his farmland nervously. It has been 13 days since the Simhastha Maha Kumbh festival, 2016, concluded. The district administration had acquired his four bigha land (approximately 0.64 hectares) for the festival. The barricades and the concrete left on his land give us the idea that the land is not fit for farming this season.
Business interests and environmental crisis: A book review
Posted on 05 Jun, 2016 07:03 AMA number of Asian countries are going through environmental crisis. Nowhere is the impact felt so seriously than in India, where the crisis threatens to affect survival. It is also impacting biodiversity, ecology and livelihoods. In this context, it becomes important to understand how nature and the current environmental crisis are being addressed in policy discourses.
Cyclone Roanu: Wanes off India but creates havoc in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Posted on 24 May, 2016 09:44 PMIndia escapes impact of cyclone Roanu while it creates havoc in Sri Lanka and Bangladesh
Formulate National Plan on drought management: SC to Centre
Posted on 17 May, 2016 05:28 PMSC directs Centre to prepare National Disaster Plan, implement MGNREGA, Food Security Act to tackle drought
Two states, a canal and a river
Posted on 17 May, 2016 11:21 AM‘Jat’ reservation and the rampage on a canal
Mangrove nurseries protect coasts and livelihoods
Posted on 13 May, 2016 01:40 PMKendrapara and Jagatsinghpur are among the most vulnerable districts affected by cyclones and climate change in coastal Odisha. In the last few decades, the coasts of Odisha have witnessed three major devastating storms.
Water management for climate resilient agriculture
Posted on 12 May, 2016 11:04 AMAlthough agriculture is the largest source of livelihood for people in India, its share in the gross domestic product (GDP) has been declining over time with
River dispute: Haryana manages water better than Punjab
Posted on 03 May, 2016 02:30 PMRapid growth in population, agriculture production, industrialisation and urbanisation have put an extreme burden on India's dwindling water resources. Water-guzzling paddy covers maximum gross area under cultivation at 44 million hectares.