Cyclone Yaas: At least one crore people affected and more than three lakh houses damaged in BengalA three-member state team, including the chief minister and chief secretary Alapan Bandopadhyay, will conduct an aerial survey of Digha, Na...
26 May, 2021, 09.14 PM IST
CAG slams Gujarat govt over salinity control measuresA report by the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on the Salinity Ingress Prevention Scheme was tabled in the state Assembly on Wedn...
30 Mar, 2018, 02.01 PM IST
- Cookies, ice cream from seaweed extracts to fight climate change
Kolkata, Oct 14 (IANS) Cookies baked from extracts of local seaweed abundant in the Sundarbans mangroves have 17 per cent higher protein co...
14 Oct, 2016, 02.10 PM IST
17.5 km seawall being erected in Kendrapara to safeguard seaside settlementsA World Bank team inspected the work recently and expressed satisfaction over the quality and progress of the project work.
24 Jan, 2016, 02.57 PM IST
Gujarat to initiate project to restore ecology of saline areasGujarat, which possesses more than 1.2 million hectares of arid area due to salinity ingress, is planning to initiate a project to turn the...
11 May, 2015, 08.15 PM IST
Gujarat to initiate project to restore ecology of saline areasThe Gujarat Ecology Commission of the state's forest and environment department has taken up a pilot project in a village near Gulf of Kham...
11 May, 2015, 11.44 AM IST
- Gujarat to initiate project to restore ecology of saline areas
Gujarat, which possesses more than 1.2 million hectares of arid area due to salinity ingress, is planning to initiate a project to turn the...
11 May, 2015, 10.34 AM IST
HC issues notices to Gujarat, Adani Power on PIL alleging damage to environmentThe PIL is filed by one Mangal Murji Gadhvi, who hails from Kutch district, alleges that Adani Power Limited (APL) has damaged the environm...
07 Aug, 2014, 05.04 PM IST
Honour for India’s green heroesFarmland Rainwater Harvesting Systems, which developed a ‘V-Wire injection well’ technology for runoff rainwater harvesting and recharge in...
03 May, 2014, 07.07 AM IST
Decks cleared for Odisha's geo-synthetic-tube seawall projectDecks have been cleared for commencement of construction of Odisha's first geo-synthetic-tube seawall project to tame the marauding sea.
31 Jul, 2013, 12.56 PM IST
World Bank funded blueprint to counter erosion in OdishaOdisha has finalised a World Bank funded comprehensive blueprint to protect the seaside human settlements from ingress of furious sea waves.
05 May, 2013, 02.59 PM IST
- Gujarat villagers cement unity against a factory
Gujarat CM Narendra Modi, known to brook no protest, has been forced to live with the open defiance of one of his MLAs.
05 Jun, 2012, 07.45 AM IST
- 'Development deficit worsening climate change in Sunderbans'
Observing that climate change is adversely affecting the world heritage site of Sunderbans, a new study has blamed development deficit for ...
01 Mar, 2012, 10.38 PM IST
- Rural Infrastructure Development Fund loans cross Rs 10,000 crore for Gujarat
NABARD has till date sanctioned loan of Rs 10,297 crore crore to the Government of Gujarat under RIDF for various rural infrastructure proj...
04 Jan, 2012, 04.46 PM IST
- Farmers can breathe easy as salt-tolerant crops arrive
Faced with the enigma of rising salinity ingress on their farmlands, farmers can now look forward to transgenic crops.
26 Nov, 2008, 01.01 AM IST
- IIM-A prof on solar desalination mission
If everything goes on as planned for an IIM-A professor and his team, cost-effective solar desalination units will come up in arid regions ...
25 Nov, 2008, 10.59 AM IST
- Will global warming kill Kabir's 'tree of life'?
Kabirwad, home to one of the largest banyan trees in the country, is facing threat from global warming and rising sea waters.
21 Mar, 2008, 12.18 PM IST