Sorted by States of India
News reports during March / April 2006
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Andhra Pradesh
Mamooty conserves water
Delhi
Problems highlighted by residents
JNU taps the GIS format
Waste side story
NDMC to redevelop Connaught Place
For a water policy
UP urged to release water for Delhi
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Himachal Pradesh
Indian hill state makes rainwater harvesting obligatory
Karnataka
Udupi: Rs. 1.26 crore released for rainwater harvesting
Mangalore: Nirmiti Kendra Paves Way for Building Cost Effective ...
Development plan for Greater Bangalore
Mangalore: Study proves Micro Level Water Harvesting Futile in DK ...
Ode to the flowing life force
‘With technology you need water too’
A success story with renewable resources
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Mysore
included in development project
Kerala
MPs to get lessons on water conservation
'Malayala
Manorama' wins UNESCO award
Maharashtra
A forecast too thin
Misusing office
Politics hinders J’khand from collecting water charges
Q&A: 'There are no national solutions to water crisis'
Kids learn to do it naturally
Save water!
Trade fair, gain more
Kamat group lines up Rs 30 cr investment for Nagpur
Punjab
PPCB to serve show-cause notices on 10 colonisers
Rajasthan
Coke plant draining water from a Rajasthan village
Jal Bhagirathi Foundation’s Regional Water Conference in Jodhpur
Royals charm Rajasthan village
Documentary film creates a splash
Tamil Nadu
Cardamom growers cut farm inputs
Park Town residents demand basic amenities
Private sector role sought in water management
Thomas seeks continuity; Lawrence wants it the West Bengal way
Residents get training in grey water recycling
Wastewater recycling to be promoted
Water conservation
Judge my government by its performance: Jaya
Bio-residual gasification stove launched
TVS School, Madurai, bags Volvo Award
Namakkal, a zero garbage town
MAHE campus turns eco-friendly
Rs.
82-cr. plan to tackle drinking water woes
Water
in a lost well, thanks to RWH
Sustainable
farming integrated with rainwater harvesting
Uttar Pradesh
Ground reality: Water scarcity looms large
Dry days ahead in Lucknow
Coca-Cola’s lies don’t float
In a class of its own
Aqua-friendly seed sown on flat roof
Beleaguered Coke trying to make amends
Poll plot with a dash of fresh blood
Exchange of tips on water management
Nabard betters target
Multifaceted being
Jusco firm on rainwater harvest
Straight Answers
Steps to spur farm growth
Dry future stares at Delhi
Andhra Cafe - Hyderabad,Andhra Pradesh,India
Mamooty says, "I do rainwater harvesting at my home
in Chennai and realise its great values". He adds, "the campaign
is useful not ...
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
... the society added that the problems faced by residents include
repair of roads, general cleanliness in the area, maintenance of parks
and rainwater harvesting. ...
Times of India - India
... "Ground truthing" came next, which delineated areas
conducive for rainwater harvesting. And after this, comes
implementation. "This ...
Express Estates - New Delhi,India
... water shortage, (if it hasn’t already, it will in future)
persuade your resident welfare association (RWA) to fund a rainwater
harvesting project for the ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
... Also, while rainwater harvesting works have been
completed at 17 locations, mostly in Palika schools, 85 other sites have
been proposed. ...
Business Standard - India
... water. The availability of water itself needs to be augmented
through rainwater harvesting and groundwater recharging.
Traditional ...
Times of India - India
... capital," said Soz. He also advocated more rainwater
harvesting by citizens and others stakeholders. "All the municipal
corporations ...
Press Information Bureau (press release) - New Delhi,India
... for improving the efficiency of larger water facilities, due
emphasis has to be given to measures like drip irrigation, rainwater
harvesting and ground water ...
OneWorld.net - London,England,UK
... and nagar panchayat should, while constructing buildings, add
20 litres per square metre rooftop area capacity for a rainwater
harvesting structure, which can ...
Bellevision - Mangalore,India
... said here on Saturday that Rs. 1.26 crore had been released
for rainwater harvesting under the Suvarnajala scheme in
the district. ...
Daijiworld.com - Mangalore,India
... structure. Alternative technologies such as rainwater
harvesting are also adopted in this house making it an ideal house.
Rao said ...
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
... Topics such as need for rainwater harvesting,
advantages, methods, issues and costs involved, availability of Cauvery
water for Bangalore and varieties of ...
Economic Times - India
... already has many of the optional reforms well in place, like
the computerisation of land title system, by-laws for rainwater
harvesting, GIS (Geographical ...
Daijiworld.com - Mangalore,India
Mangalore, Mar 26: Come monsoons and activists for conserving water go
full swing in propagating rainwater harvesting (RWH). While
...
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
... “I am optimistic about the future in rural areas for they
are making determined attempts to adopt techniques like rainwater
harvesting. ...
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
... water demand outstripping its availability should be addressed
by integrated water management solutions like eco-sanitary toilets and
rainwater harvesting. ...
Deccan Herald - Bangalore,India
... While he had got the solar heater and panels installed a year
ago with an investment of Rs 1 lakh, the rainwater harvesting
structure came about recently under ...
Deccan
Herald - Bangalore,India
Karnataka State Council For Science
and Technology: Inauguration of rainwater harvesting demonstration
unit at Vidhana Soudha, Kannada book release ...
Business
Standard - India
... waste management, improved drainage
system, urban transport system, including mass rapid transit system, streetlighting,
rainwater harvesting and redevelopment ...
NewKerala.com - Ernakulam,Kerala,India
... conservation, a topic close to his heart. He had urged MPs to
take initiatives for rainwater harvesting in their respective
constituencies. ...
... huge crowds. The campaign led to several
schools, colleges and even fire stations building their own rainwater
harvesting systems.
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... discouraging farmers from water-intensive crops in water-scarce
regions, encouraging adoption of eco-friendly alternatives like rainwater
harvesting, etc. ...
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... wastages. Rainwater harvesting, watershed management,
drip-irrigation, etc. can help. Again, water in India is more or less
a free good. ...
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... The steel major, through its 100% subsidiary, the Jamshedpur
Utilities & Services Company (Jusco), recently implemented rainwater
harvesting in one of its ...
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... such as solid waste management, recycling of plastic, solution
to pesticide pollution, propagating the use of bio-diesel, rainwater
harvesting, et al. ...
Times of India - India
... It must explore all alternatives like dams, groundwater recharge
and storage, and rainwater harvesting to store water during
periods of intense rainfall and ...
Daily News & Analysis - Mumbai,India
... He has visited the Eureka Forbes garden to study rainwater
harvesting and water recycling and has stood third in an inter-school
contest on rainwater ...
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
... launched. Rainwater harvesting, soil conservation
and literacy drives encouraging artisans and craftsmen were carried out.
Three ...
Mumbai Newsline - Mumbai,India
Mumbai, April 17: It defies explanation how Mumbai, whose existing water
woes are only set to grow, has resisted the idea of rainwater harvesting
every time ...
Economic Times - India
... "Mumbai's daily demand of water is expected to rise
to 7950 million litres," she said, adding that rainwater harvesting
was the most natural and cost-effective ...
Financial Express - Bombay,India
... made him think. “There was an urgency to build a rainwater
harvesting system, which again required funds. Having done that,
looking ...
Business Standard - India
... end of 2006. It is also launching the first ‘Raincentre’
in Mumbai at its Lotus Suites in the hotel for rainwater harvesting.
Times of India - India
... The developers have not made rainwater storage and rain
water harvesting arrangements mandatory in the notifications of
the ministry of environment and forests ...
DailyIndia.com - Niskayuna,NY,USA
... Though the global soft drink company has countered the accusations
by highlighting the rainwater harvesting projects that it
established in Kaladera, locals ...
NDTV.com - New Delhi,India
... The main objective of JBF is to revive and restore traditional
rainwater harvesting structures through community participation.
...
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
... Before leaving the village, the Prince thanked the villagers
for the warm welcome and also complimented them for undertaking the rainwater
harvesting work. ...
India New England - Waltham,MA,USA
... In dry Rajasthan and the whole of India, Singh works quietly
to empower the population by imparting rainwater harvesting
and water conservation techniques, as ...
Sify - Taramani,Chennai,India
... Considering the plight of the growers, he said, subsidies for
replanting, new planting, irrigation, curing facilities and rainwater
harvesting projects should ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
... The manifesto promised that the party if elected to power would
take steps would encourage rainwater harvesting schemes
and also programmes to recharge sub ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
... Residents also request an effective rainwater harvesting
system near the Amman temple at the junction of Mint Street and NSC Bose
Road as it could prevent
...
Business Standard - India
Private sector should extend its co-operation in creating rainwater
harvesting systems, building watershed management programmes and
water recycling of waste ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
... transport facilities. There should be programmes for rainwater
harvesting and also conservation of water resources, he added.
On the ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
According to water management experts at the workshop organised by Rotary
Club, rainwater harvesting had become a household word but
grey water recycling is ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
... Rotary's workshop seeks to promote awareness on rainwater
harvesting and water recycling among students, non-governmental
organisations and resident welfare ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
... The concept of rainwater harvesting (RWH) has
become more popular in recent years, particularly since 1990s. Indukanth
Ragade has ...
Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India
... for SCs/STs women for buying land, constructing new hostels
for SCs/STs students, implementation of New Veeranam Scheme and the Rainwater
Harvesting Scheme. ...
Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India
... He commended the role of CART in developing low cost building
materials, rainwater harvesting and other technologies to
benefit the rural masses. ...
Chennai Online - Chennai,India
... of topics - Solid waste management, Recycle of plastic, Solution
to pesticide pollution, Propagating the use of bio-diesel, Rainwater
harvesting, Running a ...
Chennai Online - Chennai,India
... Besides, waste management, the concept of 'green productivity'
which involves rainwater harvesting among other things also
is being practised. ...
Newindpress (subscription) - Chennai,India
... Ever come across a vibrant campus with clear demarcated litter-free
zones, waste-water treatment plant, successful rainwater harvesting
structures, energy ...
Hindu
- Chennai,India
... He saiid rainwater harvesting
is the only remedy to overcome the problems. Hence, it has been decided
to issue permission for new ...
Newindpress
- Chennai,India
The silted well llocated near the Harijan colony
in Muthur panchayat was converted into a rainwater harvesting
system. The copious ...
Hindu - Chennai,India
RAINWATER
HARVESTING is considered as an effective method for managing water
scarcity in areas, which have inadequate groundwater supply. ...
Hindustan Times - India
... Department. The re-organisation has been brought about to implement
the rainwater harvesting and ground water recharge project.
The ...
Expressindia.com - New Delhi,India
... its own,” the report says. Jal Nigam sources said the Centre
has expressed resentment over the progress in rainwater harvesting.
...
Minnesota Daily - Minneapolis,MN,USA
... Just last week Coca-Cola’s top public-relations official in
India admitted that rainwater harvesting in its Mehdiganj
facility “harvested” only 8 percent ...
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
... Bengali, Hindi, English, Mathematics, Social Studies, yoga and
Environmental Studies, where children learn about water conservation and
rainwater harvesting. ...
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Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
... The minister is in favour of a legislation that would regulate
the use of groundwater and promote rainwater harvesting
and other techniques to keep the water ...
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Jamshedpur, April 21: The first rainwater harvesting system
in a residential complex in the steel city was inaugurated today. Deputy
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
... India, the spokesperson elaborated, the company was directly
involved in a number of community participation projects, including rainwater
harvesting in Delhi ...
Times of India - India
... Paschimanchal Unnayan Parishad has been given more funds to
encourage rainwater harvesting and build reservoirs to improve
irrigation.". ...
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
... tertiary population in the active delta which earlier had only
gatherers, has tackled the challenge of salty and brackish water by rainwater
harvesting in ponds ...
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
... In case of the rainwater harvesting scheme for
Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe farmers, the models were modified
for undertaking fish culture in the ...
The Statesman - Kolkata,India
... communicator and as an advocate of human rights. These were
short (three-minute) documentaries including one on rainwater harvesting.
...
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
Jamshedpur, April 4: Rainwater harvesting seems to be made
mandatory in the city in tackling severe water crisis. If plans by the
...
Times of India - India
... Pradesh and Gujarat where governments have made a rule that
you will not be allowed to make a house if you do not show any plans for
rainwater harvesting.
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
... investment in rainfed areas, offer institutional and technological
support for dryland agriculture, encourage investment in rainwater
harvesting and wasteland ...
Calcutta Telegraph - Calcutta,India
... In addition to rainwater harvesting and recharging
through the borewells, he said, porous ground wherever it exists should
be left intact to allow water to ...