User: tushargupta101 Topic: Water
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Last updated: May 22 2013 22:36 IST RSS 2.0
 
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Need to prevent erosion, enhance ground water 22.5.2013 Financial Chronicle
In life and in death, rivers are an integral part of the human story. Mankind has thrived and civilizations have prospered around them for centuries on end. Be it the Nile or the Ganges, their holy water is said to have blessed many a soul. Besides us humans, there are many other inhabitants for whom the river is a source of shelter, food and conducive habitat. Like some egg-laying species such as fish, crocodiles, birds and amphibians. An egg being most vulnerable stage in their life cycle, these creatures prefer to lay them around or in the river. Many factors control the growth of these species, they may be natural which are uncontrollable and man-made which we can work on. One such man-made disturbance--- dams and reservoirs--- control the water regime of the river and in turn govern its ecology. In a developing nation with a mammoth population, our policymakers have designed a mega river-linking project to secure drinking and irrigation water for our needs. The National River Linking ...
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Russian delegates meet Sheila Dikshit (Cached) 22.5.2013 New Kerala: India News
New Delhi, May 22 : A five-member Russian delegation Wednesday met Delhi Chief Minister Sheila Dikshit here and offered expertise in the area of water treatment.
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Saplings planted on International Biodiversity Day (Cached) 22.5.2013 Zee News : Science and Technology
Saplings were planted on International Biodiversity Day today in Nagaland as stress was laid on the importance of conserving forests for the services it provides to the people.
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Assam's Ramsar site Deepar Beel in danger (Cached) 22.5.2013 Rediff: News
On the way to the airport in Guwahati, Assam, there is a sprawling water body known as Deepar Beel (natural wetland). This is no ordinary wetland but a Ramsar site.
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HEMAVATHI REACHES KRS (Cached) 22.5.2013 Star of Mysore
HEMAVATHI REACHES KRS
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Madhya Pradesh Plan for 2013-14 Finalized (Cached) 22.5.2013 Govt of india: PIB
Madhya Pradesh Plan for 2013-14 Finalized

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Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahaani 22.5.2013 Govt of india: PIB Features
Dr. Kotnis Ki Amar Kahaani
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Forest Department to plant one lakh saplings, says Rai 22.5.2013 Hindu: Mangalore
Stating that the Forest Department will be made “people and environment friendly”, Minister for Forests, Environment and Ecology B. Ramanath Rai said here on Tuesday that he intends to plant one l...
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Where does Bangalore get its water from? (Cached) 22.5.2013 Citizen Matters
How is the city’s water demand met? Why is it important to reuse water or not waste it? How can people make best use of treated water? Can treated water be used to recharge bore wells?

We all depend on groundwater. The single largest source of water that Bangalore has created apart from Cauvery, is actually a hole in the ground!

We are pulling water that has been down there for hundreds of years, that is somebody else's right as much as it is ours. Some use Cauvery water or groundwater to flush the toilets, while some others are not getting water even to drink.

Where does ground water come from?

We all live above common aquifers – spaces between soil particles and cracks, fissures and faults in the rocks. The spread of aquifer is…

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Delhi polls: No end to Shahdara's water, sewer woes (Cached) 22.5.2013 CNN-IBN: India
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A doomed fate: Waterless in tech city 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Water supply: Illegal connections cut 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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KWA tests 'smart technology' 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Normal water supply from 22nd: BWSSB 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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For a chirpy city 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
A survey by the Indian Council of Agricultural Research has reported that Andhra Pradesh has lost 80 percent of its sparrow population.
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Water supply units in villages with 2,000 population 22.5.2013 Hindu: Bangalore
The State government has reviewed the shortage of drinking water across the State, especially in regions hit by drought, and has decided to set up drinking water supply units in all villages with...
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Encourage drip irrigation scheme, Ariyalur officials told 22.5.2013 Hindu: Home
Farm ponds could be built to harness rainwater
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Enviornment Ministry Celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity (Cached) 22.5.2013 Govt of india: PIB
Enviornment Ministry Celebrates International Day for Biological Diversity

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High Court seeks report on water company 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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Stealing of water raises a stink 22.5.2013 newindianexpress.com
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