India

 New rice varieties flourish in deep waters

New varieties of rice that can be grown in flood hit areas are producing higher yields. Combined with other crops, they can give the farmer a better deal.

Publication Date: 
14/10/1992
Down to Earth
Tags:
Agricultural Research, Seeds, Rice, India, Bihar, Uttar Pradesh, West Bengal, Crops
Fisheries

The resources of hilsa shad, Hilsa ilisha (Hamilton), along the northeast coast of India

The results of a study on the fishery, biology, exploitation and mortality of hilsa shad (Hisa ilishu) are presented. The average annual landing of Hilsa ilisha for 1979 - 88 was 5710 tonnes forming 0.4% of the total landings. The major craft and gears and the contributions of different states are presented. Age at first maturity was estimated as 1.98 years. The details of spawning migrations, maturity stages and fecundity are discussed. The total mortality, natural mortality and fishing mortality coefficients were obtained as 1.71,0.704 and 0.9444 respectively.

Publication Date: 
01/09/1992
S Reuben, S S Dan, M V Somaraju & et al
Indian Journal of Fisheries
39
3-4
169-181
Tags:
Fisheries, West Bengal, Orissa (Odisha), Research, India
India

 The wisdom of indigenous healers

SOMEWHERE in the Ayodhya hills of Bengal's Purulia district, a scorpion stung the wits out of me. My adivasi companion, Sukhchand, still in his teens, rubbed a poultice made up of some leaves on

Publication Date: 
30/07/1992
Amit Mitra
Down to Earth
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Traditional Knowledge, Ayurveda, Unani, Medicinal Plants, India, West Bengal

Kolkata

Kolkata Municipal Corporation has an area of 185 km2 and the Kolkata Metropolitan Area is spread over 1,750 km2 with 15 million people. Pollution levels in Kolkata are high and on the rise. The city will have to take steps to reduce motorisation, so that it can deal with congestion and air toxins. The city is constrained by the road space – it has less than 10 per cent of its land area under roads, against Delhi’s 21 per cent. Therefore, even though the city has fewer cars than Delhi the result is the same – growing congestion and pollution.

Tags:
Kolkata, West Bengal, Air Pollution, Congestion
Biodiversity
West Bengal Biodiversity Board
State Biodiversity Board (SBB), West Bengal, Biodiversity Conservation
Environment
West Bengal Pollution Control Board
Pollution Control, State Pollution Control Board (SPCB), West Bengal
Health

Voluntary workers to keep a check on TB

KOLKATA, 24 MARCH: The Kolkata Municipal corporation (KMC) will deploy more voluntary field workers and Directly Observed Therapy (DOT) providers to prevent drug resistant Tuberculosis (TB).

Mr Atin Ghosh, member mayor-in-council (health) said the health department is worried over the drug resistant TB as the treatment is very costly and three to four people die on an average in the city with t

Publication Date: 
25/03/2011
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Tuberculosis, Health Care, West Bengal, Municipal Corporation, Calcutta (D)
Health

Malaria hits Beliaghata

no action taken to clean canals
KOLKATA, 15 MARCH: Occupants of houses situated on both sides of the Beliaghata canal have urged the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) to conduct the anti-larvae drive in the area after many people were found to be suffering from malaria.

The state Irrigation and waterways department had begun dredging operation at the canal.

Publication Date: 
16/03/2011
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Malaria, West Bengal, Vector Borne Diseases, Health Care, Municipal Corporation, Calcutta (D)
Transport

Tram to oblivion

While several cities across the world have revived their tramways, Kolkata naively ignored its tramways and witnesses the last days of this non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport. Read this special report in Down To Earth.

Kolkata witnesses the last days of a non-polluting and once-efficient mode of transport, while trams make a comeback in cities around the world.

Publication Date: 
15/03/2011
Sayantan Bera
Down to Earth
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20
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Tags:
Calcutta (T), Infrastructure Development, Light Rail Transit, Metro, Public Transport, Rail Transport, Trams, Transport, Urban Transport, West Bengal, Kolkata
Health

9 boats to be used for spraying mosquito repellent

KOLKATA, 10 MARCH: Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) will ply nine boats for spraying mosquito repellent to destroy the larva in some canals.

A senior health official said those who have their dwellings beside the canals urged the KMC to take preventive measures against malaria. The decision for plying the boats was taken a month ago.

Publication Date: 
11/03/2011
Statesman (Kolkata)
Tags:
Municipal Corporation, Malaria, Vector Borne Diseases, Vector Control, Health Care, Calcutta (D), West Bengal

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