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Taking a serious view of the dengue outbreak in the Capital, Delhi Health Minister Yoganand Shastri on Monday ordered immediate closure and drying of all artificial water bodies in the city including

Chennai can look forward to a comfortable drinking water supply position the coming year, thanks to rising water levels in the city reservoirs. The reservoirs have been receiving good inflow for few

The over exploitation of ground water coupled with the poor natural replenishment has resulted into alarming depletion of groundwater in

For years, the 250 families of the 33-storeyed Avalon building at Powai continued to pay Rs 30,000 a month for tanker water. And then just before the rains this year, they invested in the credest

Variations in climate, land-use and water consumption
can have profound effects on river runoff. There
is an increasing demand to study these factors at the regional

India is endowed with annual average rainfall of nearly 1,200 mm but a very small proportion of it is managed effectively. The various estimates on potential for rainwater harvesting suggest vast opportunities for mitigating the shortages. However, the socio-administrative measures in vogue do not encourage participation by the beneficiaries. There are several success stories in rainwater harvesting but these initiatives are rarely institutionalised at national level.

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The Planning Commission's approach draft for the 11th Five-Year Plan has raised concerns regarding the environmental and socio-economic impacts of the ongoing jatropha plantations for developing

The present paper is an analysis of the scheme for the interlinking of rivers on a National Water Grid that would transfer water from one basin to another, from a water source having surplus water to areas with scarce water resources.

This book contains case studies of selected Natural Resource Management projects implemented by the partners of Caritas India. Promotion of natural resource management is a proactive and long-term strategy of Caritas India. Caritas India evolved an environment policy that focuses on protection, preservation and conservation of natural resources like land, water and biomass.

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