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News ScanProfessor goes on fast unto death to save the Ganga An online petition has been sent to the prime minister in support of Professor Aggarwal’s fast. The petition warns that while the Ganga has been converted into a sewage drain in central India, the onslaught on the river has now reached the Himalayas More... Coca-Cola shareholders warned about unethical practices in IndiaA recent study funded by Coca-Cola confirms that the company’s bottling plants worsen the severity of water shortages around some of its bottling plants in India. The report recommends the closure of a bottling plant in Kala Dera, Rajasthan, and warns Coca-Cola about dropping water tables in Mehdiganj in Uttar Pradesh More... Wanted: Narmada water to get bridesThe young men of Sayla village face a unique problem: they cannot find women who will marry them. The reason: Sayla gets water only once a week, for less than an hour. Gujarat’s lifeline, the Sardar Sarovar dam, has made little difference in the Kathiawad region of Gujarat More... 'Virtual water' innovator awarded 2008 Stockholm Water PrizeThe 'virtual water' concept measures how water is embedded in the production and trade of food and consumer products More... Drinking water MDG target met, sanitation lags behindAccording to recent estimates, India and Nepal have already met their MDG water targets, but sanitation coverage remains poor More... World Water Day: Learning to cope with scarcityWater scarcity may be the most underestimated resource issue facing the world. As world water demand has more than tripled over the last half-century, signs of water scarcity are becoming increasingly commonplace, say experts on World Water Day More... Less rain, more civil war: studyA strong link between drought and civil conflict in the developing world is bad news for an increasingly parched world, say scientists whose work links internal unrest to years of low rainfall. Global hotspots will be Sudan, Bangladesh, Haiti, and Nagaland and Manipur in India More... Rajasthan farmers clash with police over irrigation waterIn a repeat of protests in 2004, the latest agitation by farmers in Sriganganagar to demand their share of water from the Indira Gandhi Canal ends in violent clashes with the local police. Despite this, the Rajasthan government has not held a dialogue with farmers on the issue More... Gujarat to have water regulatory body soonNot just power but water too is set to become a regulated commodity in Gujarat, with the state planning to set up a water regulatory commission shortly. With this move, the government hopes to minimise the mismanagement of its water resources as well as rationalise costs More... |
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