India

 Evaporating resources

The picture that emerges in this water rich country is indeed frightening. And even more worrisome is that nobody is doing anything about it

Publication Date: 
14/11/1997
Anil Agarwal
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Water Pollution, Agriculture, Irrigation, Population, India
India

 Disaster preparedness

> Floods and cyclones play havoc with irrigation processes in the coastal areas of Andhra Pradesh. On the other hand, the Rayal-seema and Telengana regions with semiarid to arid climatic conditions

Publication Date: 
14/10/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Irrigation, Disaster Preparedness, India
India

 An alternative perspective

While small irrigation projects are the need of the hour, the government is obsessed with big projects

Publication Date: 
30/08/1997
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Dams, Irrigation
India

 Ground realities

The importance of groundwater as a source of irrigation and the role of traditional methods in conserving it should be given due credit

Publication Date: 
30/08/1997
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Water Conservation, Irrigation, India
India

 Scheme watch

AN ALLOCRION of Rs 48.7Q crore has been made by the government of Haryana to execute flood contrAschemes in various parts of the state. Minister of state for irrigation, Attar Singh Saini,

Publication Date: 
14/07/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Irrigation, Flood Control, India
Forests

 NO TO DAM

Pakistan North West Frontier Province (NWFP) minister for irrigation, Bashir Bilour said in Peshawar recently that the construction of the Kalabagh dam could not be allowed at any cost as it

Publication Date: 
14/06/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Dam Safety, Irrigation, Pakistan
India

 Home remedies

Indigenous is the byword in the water harvesting techniques followed in India s northeast. In Meghalaya, an intricate network of bamboo pipes is used to irrigate betel leaf or black pepper crops in rocky areas where no channels can be built, a practice wh

Publication Date: 
29/04/1997
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North East, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Bamboo, Traditional Knowledge, Meghalaya, Mizoram
India

 Roofs of plenty

The roofs of Mizoram s homes offer a solution to the state s water crisis

Publication Date: 
29/04/1997
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North East, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Bamboo, Traditional Knowledge, Meghalaya, Mizoram
India

 When reforms ricochet

The biggest threat to Vietnam s bio diversity comes from deforestation. In the past 25 years, the total area of natural forests has declined at an average 350,000 hectares per year. To save its forests, the nation has evolved a two pronged strategy: the

Publication Date: 
29/04/1997
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North East, Water Harvesting, Irrigation, Bamboo, Traditional Knowledge, Meghalaya, Mizoram
Environment

 MINOR RELIEF

An allocation of Rs 15.5 million has been made by the government of Sri Lanka to rehabilitate 93 minor irrigation projects in the Attanagalla electorate. A team of technical officers headed by the

Publication Date: 
29/04/1997
Down to Earth
Tags:
Irrigation, Finance, Sri Lanka

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