JAISALMER: Young people have started looking old due to the increasing fluoride content in water in many villages of Jaisalmer and Barmer districts. This is serious as problem of hunchback and bone related diseases are on rise. Besides, people avoid marrying someone from these villages.
Dozens of families in Balu village of Barmer look old despite being young and many have developed hunchback.
Rainfall variability and associated remote sensing indices for vegetation are central to the development of early warning systems for epidemic malaria in arid regions. The considerable change in land-use practices resulting from increasing irrigation in recent decades raises important questions on concomitant change in malaria dynamics and its coupling to climate forcing.
JAISALMER: Scientists of the Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) are collecting thousand years old water samples which have not been recharged, from many parts of the district.
JAIPUR: The state government has identified 20 districts as focus districts to provide quality medical facilities for reducing infant mortality rate in the state.
Most of the focus districts are situated in western Rajasthan including Jaisalmer, Barmer and Jodhpur.
JAIPUR: The Desert National Park (DNP), one of the largest sanctuaries of the country spread over the twin districts of Jaisalmer and Barmer may get newer territories.
JAIPUR: The state government on Thursday claimed that the Supreme Court has allowed it to construct a bridge across the Chambal River near village Makhida in Bundi district.
Deputy chairman of the Planning Commission Montek Singh Ahluwalia on Tuesday assured adequate funding from the Centre to end water scarcity in Rajasthan, particularly in the border districts including Jaisalmer and Barmer.
Ahluwalia along with Rajasthan chief minister Ashok Gehlot was on a daylong visit to the water project sites in Jaisalmer district and took stock of the ongoing work.
JAIPUR: The provisional data of Census 2011 for the state shows the districts of Churu and Barmer with negative growth in literacy. While Churu's literacy rate has fallen from 67.59% to 67.46%, Barmer reported a much higher drop from 58.99% to 57.49%.
Director, Census Operations, Rajasthan Shubra Singh pointed out that in the Census 2001, none of the districts had reported negative growth.
