Sanitation

Only 0.44% toilets built in urban areas in nine months

JAIPUR: Rajasthan is not even close to achieving the target of constructing toilets in urban areas under Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ambitious Swachh Bharat Mission.

Publication Date: 
22/12/2015
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Toilets, Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan (Total Sanitation Campaign), Urban Sanitation, Jaipur (D), Jodhpur (D), Sanitation
Forests

Khejri trees fast declining in desert dists, says CAZRI

JAIPUR: The number of Khejri trees, Rajasthan's state tree, is fast declining per hectare in the desert districts.

Publication Date: 
16/12/2015
Shoeb Khan
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Trees, Jodhpur (D), Groundwater, Ecosystems, Deforestation, Forests
Water Supply

Jodhpur region to get another canal to meet drinking water needs

JAIPUR: The state water resources department is preparing to build another canal to meet the drinking water needs of Jodhpur city and its surrounding villages.

Publication Date: 
27/11/2015
Bhanu Pratap Singh
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Jodhpur (D), Drinking Water, Jaisalmer (D), Water Supply
Climate Change

Scaling success - Lessons from adaptation pilots in the rainfed regions of India

As climate change threatens India’s food security, adaptation in the agriculture sector is becoming increasingly important. However, for too long, adaptation has been characterized by individual efforts and by small, time-bound pilot projects.

Publication Date: 
25/08/2015
Moushumi Chaudhury, Ayesha Dinshaw, Namrata Ginoya & et al
World Resources Institute
Tags:
Climate Change, Climate Adaptation, India, Watershed Development, Agriculture, Dryland Farming, Water Conservation, Weather Predictions, Farmers, Women, Jodhpur (D), Barmer (D), Rajasthan, Village Level Planning, Drought Management, NGO, Governance, Private Sector, Food Security
Industry

Order of the National Green Tribunal regarding industrial pollution in Jodhpur, 30/07/2015

Order of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s Suncity Holding & Trading Company Vs. State of Rajasthan & Ors. dated 30/07/2015 regarding industrial pollution in Jodhpur.

Judgement Date: 
30/07/2015
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Jodhpur (D), National Green Tribunal (NGT), Court, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Water Act 1974, High Court, Groundwater Pollution
Mining

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding stone crushing units in Rajasthan, 07/05/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of Aman Sethi Vs State of Rajasthan & Others dated 07/05/2015 regarding closing down of stone crushing industrial units located in Village Mungaska, Tehsil Pahadi, District Bharatpur, Rajasthan and not to allow establishment and operation of new stone crushing units in the villages of Jodhpur, Mungaska, Samsalka, Ubhaka, Amruka, Satwadi, Tilakpuri, Mallaka, Bhaiseda, Burana, Kaithwada, Kairua, Dadri and Mandor.

Judgement Date: 
07/05/2015
Tags:
Stone Industry, Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Jodhpur (D), Bharatpur (D), Rajasthan, Air Pollution, Industrial Pollution, High Court, Mining
Natural Disasters

Heat wave conditions continue, Jaisalmer hottest at 44.5 celsius

For the third consecutive day on Sunday, heat wave conditions prevailed in the state with majority of the places witnessing maximum temperatures on and above 40 degrees Celsius.

Publication Date: 
21/04/2015
Times Of India (Jaipur)
Tags:
Rajasthan, Jaisalmer (D), Heat Waves, Barmer (D), Jodhpur (D), Natural Disasters
Industry

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal regarding pollution caused by industrial units operating in and around Heavy Industrial Area, Jodhpur, 13/01/2015

Judgement of the National Green Tribunal (Principal Bench, New Delhi) in the matter of M/s. Laxmi Suiting Vs Rajasthan State Pollution Control Board-Jaipur & Others dated 13/01/2015 regarding pollution caused by industrial units operating in and around Heavy Industrial Area, Jodhpur.

Judgement Date: 
13/01/2015
Tags:
Industrial Pollution, Jodhpur (D), Textile Industry, Common Effluent Treatment Plant (CETP), Court, National Green Tribunal (NGT), Rajasthan
Sanitation

महापौर के गांव की आधी आबादी खुले में जाती है शौच

जोधपुर। शहर के प्रथम नागरिक घनश्याम ओझा का पैतृक गांव गांगाणी मूलभूत सुविधाओं से जूझ रहा है। करीब आठ हजार आबादी वाले गांव की आधी से अधिक आबादी अभी भी खुले में शौच करती है।

Publication Date: 
27/11/2014
Rajasthan Patrika (Jaipur)
Tags:
Sanitation, Toilets, Open Defecation, Jodhpur (D), Rajasthan
Agriculture

Integrated crop disease management in arid Rajasthan: a synthesis of indigenous knowledge with biocontrol

In view of awareness toward nature-friendly management of plant diseases, the need of integration and use of indigenous knowledge (IK) with modern biological control measures has been emphasized. In view of new insights being generated it is accentuated to reassess the system of sustainable plant disease management. One farmer-inspired indigenous practice of using raw cow milk as seed treatment has been experimentally validated integrating with Trichoderma spp. (the farmer-friendly fungus and biocontrol agent) at farmers' fields and at C. R.

Publication Date: 
10/11/2014
Arun Kumar
Current Science
107
9
1393-1399
Tags:
Agriculture, Plant Diseases, Rajasthan, Pest Control, Traditional Knowledge, Farmers, Jodhpur (D), Integrated Pest management (IPM)

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