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Minister launches ‘Save water bodies' campaign

Nagercoil: ‘Save water bodies' campaign was inaugurated by Tourism Minister N. Suresh Rajan at Ananthankulam near Parvathipuram junction here on Saturday. The Minister said that Kanyakumari district had been blessed with green paddy fields, hills and various water bodies. It was the bounden duty of each and every person in the district to save the water bodies.

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06/09/2010
Hindu (Chennai)
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Greens demand statutory authority to conserve lake

Take out march to Minister Premachandran's residence Water matters: Environmental activists take out a march to the residence of Minister for Water Resources N.K.

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06/09/2010
Hindu (Thiruvananthapuram)
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Gehlot move to protect heritage status of Keoladeo

Jaipur: To protect the world heritage status of the Keoladeo Bird Sanctuary, the chief minister Ashok Gehlot has ordered the Bharatpur city administration to ensure regular flow of water from Pachna Dam to the dried up lake within the sanctuary. Due to scanty rainfall over the years all lakes in the sanctuary had dried-up, resulting in decline of migratiory birds.

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06/09/2010
Times Of India (Jaipur)
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Depleting water table worries residents

KENDRAPARA: WHEN Santosh Mandal built his house in seaside Suniti village under Mahakalapada block three decades back, he sunk a tube well for water. He struck clean water barely at 10 feet depth. Today, water in the tubewell has gone below 70 feet.

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03/09/2010
New Indian Express (Bhubaneswar)
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Metro ‘threat' to floodplains, L-G petitioned

NEW DELHI: Making an attempt to protect what is left of the floodplains of the Yamuna, activists of non-government organisation Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan have written to Delhi's Lieutenant-Governor Tejendra Khanna asking him to ensure that there are no further encroachments on the riverbed. The activists are concerned that the Delhi Metro Rail Corporation for its third phase of expansion is consideri

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03/09/2010
Hindu (New Delhi)
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Water security may be a bigger threat in future

Dennis Selvan|ENS Krishnasamy Kasturirangan, the former chairman of ISRO and now a member of the Planning Commission, on Wednesday warned that while the per capita supply of natural resources would decrease during the 21st century, the most crucial three securities, resulting from depleting supply of resources, would be water, food and energy. Speaking to ‘Express’ after delivering the third F

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02/09/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Feature Articles

The impacts of climate change on water resources and agriculture in China

China has tremendous climatic and ecological diversity, so the impacts of climate change on natural and managed systems might likewise be expected to be diverse. Yet so far systematic studies have been rare. Here, the impacts of historical and future climate change on water resources and agriculture in China are assessed.

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Sep 2010
Nature 467 7311 43-51
The impacts of climate change on water.pdf
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Nefarious water wars

Jayadeva Ranade Tibet has been part of India’s collective consciousness since ancient times. Hindus believe that Lord Shiva resides in Mount Kailash in Tibet. Savants and sages from India continue to ascend the high Himalayas in search of nirvana.

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01/09/2010
New Indian Express (Chennai)
Reports and Documents

Improving wastewater use in agriculture: an emerging priority

This paper aims to highlight the growing importance of improving wastewater use in agriculture across the spectrum from lower to high-income countries. It presents an innovative approach linking key issues related to different aspects of wastewater irrigation to a country’s level of economic development.

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Sep 2010
The World Bank
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UK to fund research on 'Changing Water Cycle'

Sudha Nambudiri KOCHI: Depleting groundwater resources, unexpected floods, cloudbursts and irregular monsoons are an indication that India is showing signs of climate change.

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31/08/2010
New Indian Express (Kochi)

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