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Small scale fishworkers fishing for jobs elsewhere
Fishers livelihoods are being directly threatened by mechanised fishing methods and ecologically destructive fishing practices.
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Rajya Sabha approves the National Waterways Bill 2015
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  • Green nod a must for inland waterways: Experts
    Over 50 experts urge green ministry to make green clearance mandatory for inland waterways Following the National Green Tribunal's discussion with the environment ministry on whether environmental clearance with respect to inland waterways is required or not, over 50 experts have written an open le...
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  • Industries to pay for groundwater extraction from June
    Industries to pay water conservation fee for extraction of groundwater  The Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA) has issued new guidelines for groundwater extraction to conserve groundwater. As per the new notification, a water conservation fee (WCF) would be levied on industries for...
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  • NOC must for groundwater use: Centre to infra projects
    Centre mandates NOC for using groundwater for infra projects Taking note of the precarious state of groundwater in the country, the environment ministry has made it mandatory for infrastructure projects to seek no objection certificate from the Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA) before using grou...
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  • Will boats float on Yamuna?
    Here's some good news for the people of Delhi. If the Centre is to be believed, Delhi is going the Kochi way and Yamuna waters will keep the traffic burden off the road much like Kochi’s backwaters and rivers. A water taxi from Wazirabad in Delhi to Palla in Haryana is soon going to be operational...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 1 year 1 month agoread more
  • New technique to monitor coastal landforms
    Indian scientists have developed a remote sensing technique that uses satellite data to delineate between various coastal landforms like beaches, mangroves and marshes. This method can help monitor and understand impacts of natural disasters as well as human activities on coastal ecosystem. Coastal...
    arathiposted 1 year 2 months agoread more
  • Rs 5,369 crore approved for Jal Vikas Marg Project
    Government approves Rs 5,369 crore for Jal Vikas Marg Project With the technical assistance and investment support from the World Bank, the Centre has given its approval to Rs 5,369 crore Jal Vikas Marg Project for capacity augmentation of navigation on the Haldia-Varanasi stretch of National ...
    swatiposted 1 year 5 months agoread more
  • CRZ clears inland waterway terminal at Haldia
    Green nod to Inland waterway terminal at Haldia Coastal Regulatory Zone (CRZ) clearance has been granted to the proposed inland waterways terminal at Haldia, West Bengal. The clearance, however, is subject to specific conditions regarding protection of Gangetic dolphins and marine biodiversity. The...
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  • India surges ahead in science and technology
    As India completes 70 years of its independence, let’s take a moment to introspect the contribution of science and technology to national development. Several scientific and technological developments have touched the lives of common people, though limelight is often hogged by achievements in fiel...
    arathiposted 1 year 10 months agoread more
  • NGT strict over Bellandur lake rejuvenation
    Shut down industries around Bellandur lake: NGT to Karnataka govt Unhappy with rejuvenation efforts undertaken by Karnataka government agencies for revival of Bellandur lake in Bengaluru, the National Green Tribunal has ordered the Karnataka government to clean the lake within a month and a complet...
    swatiposted 2 years 1 month agoread more
  • Election update: Small state, big promises
    Two hundred and fifty candidates are contesting 40 seats in the elections for Goa's legislative assembly scheduled for February 4, 2017. Of these, more than half of the seats (61 percent) are being contested by four major parties--Aam Aadmi Party, Indian National Congress, Bharatiya Janata Party, an...
    chicuposted 2 years 4 months agoread more
  • Inform us about future hydel projects: Pakistan to India
    India should inform us about its future hydel projects: Pakistan Pakistan has asked the World Bank and India to inform them about the dams and hydropower projects to be built on the western rivers. The statement has come following the news that India plans to start constructing Bursar dam on Chenab...
    swatiposted 2 years 5 months agoread more
  • The sea mouths crisis
    Lingaraj Jena is a worried man. At 86, he is one of the older fishermen in Berhampura village, an island on the Chilika lake in Odisha. Though he no longer goes for fishing due to old age, he is worried about the opening of new sea mouths; he knows it is not good news for the fishing communities he ...
    makarandpurohitposted 2 years 5 months agoread more
  • SYL crisis: Punjab demands payment for water
    Three states will have to pay for water: Punjab House Punjab assembly has passed a resolution against sharing of river waters with other states. It has also decided to notify the land for the SYL canal and has demanded charges for river waters flowing to the three states of Haryana, Rajasthan ...
    sabitakaushalposted 2 years 7 months agoread more
  • Who cares for a canal?
    Long-time Kottur resident Narayanan’s earliest memories of the Buckingham canal are those of the famed salt and timber-laden wooden catamarans of the 1950s and the 60s. A namesake of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, the erstwhile governor of Madras, the canal was initially constructed as a brac...
    seetha@indiawat...posted 2 years 8 months agoread more
  • A losing battle
    At the recently concluded Woodpecker International Film Festival held at Sirifort Auditorium, New Delhi, Abdul Rashid, who works for Educational Multimedia Research Centre (EMMRC) in the University of Kashmir, was awarded Young Green Filmmaker 2016. Woodpecker International Film Festival (WIFF) is I...
    makarandpurohitposted 2 years 8 months agoread more
  • Call for Nominations: FICCI Water Awards 2016
    Call for Nominations Fourth Edition of FICCI Water Awards December 14, 2016 at FICCI, Federation House, Tansen Marg, New Delhi. Introduction The FICCI Water Awards were launched under the aegis of FICCI Water Mission, to promote awareness, policy advocacy, sharing of best practices and th...
    Water Awards 2016posted 2 years 8 months agoread more
  • Cauvery crisis: Karnataka to move SC for more time
    Karnataka to seek more time to release Cauvery water Karnataka government aims to buy more time to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu by moving the Supreme Court. The SC had earlier asked Karnataka to release 6,000 cusecs per day to Tamil Nadu till September 27, which chief minister Sidd...
    sabitakaushalposted 2 years 9 months agoread more
  • Release 12,000 cusecs of water to TN: SC to Karnataka
    Cauvery river dispute: Karnataka to share less water, SC raps the two states over protestsModifying its earlier order, the Supreme Court has asked the Karnataka government to release 12,000 cusecs of water, instead of 15,000 cusecs as ordered earlier, but for five more days, to Tamil Nadu. The ...
    swatiposted 2 years 9 months agoread more
  • Small scale fishworkers fishing for jobs elsewhere
    Chinna, 35, harvests fish and is engaged on a piece rate basis by the local contractor who has rights to fishing in the village tank in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. At times, Chinna also uses family labour to complete his work. A Bestha by caste, he is witnessing rapid changes in his livelihood in pla...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 3 years 3 months agoread more

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Yamuna water taxi project could cut down the travel time and congestion on Delhi roads. But does the river have enough water for it?

Here's some good news for the people of Delhi. If the Centre is to be believed, Delhi is going the Kochi way and Yamuna waters will keep the traffic burden off the road much like Kochi’s backwaters and rivers. A water taxi from Wazirabad in Delhi to Palla in Haryana is soon going to be operational.

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Posted Date : Thu, 2018-04-05 13:43
Better surveillance systems will help to keep a check on the excessive exploitation of coastal resources.

Indian scientists have developed a remote sensing technique that uses satellite data to delineate between various coastal landforms like beaches, mangroves and marshes. This method can help monitor and understand impacts of natural disasters as well as human activities on coastal ecosystem.

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Posted Date : Tue, 2018-01-09 08:47
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Government approves Rs 5,369 crore for Jal Vikas Marg Project

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Posted Date : Tue, 2017-11-28 13:55
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Green nod to Inland waterway terminal at Haldia

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Posted Date : Mon, 2017-08-14 20:19
India has made significant contributions in the field of science and technology. It is expected to grow in the years to come.

As India completes 70 years of its independence, let’s take a moment to introspect the contribution of science and technology to national development. Several scientific and technological developments have touched the lives of common people, though limelight is often hogged by achievements in fields like space and atomic energy.

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