What is NFS? NFS is National Food Security. It is the food security regime the Indian state, like many other developing countries, is completely committed to. NFS means creating zones of intensive agr ... |
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Blind to Rain With the spate of political support that the concept of rainwater harvesting has received in recent weeks from Central ministers and state chief ministers, the attack fro... |
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INTERNATIONAL WATER-HARVESTING AND RELATED FINANCIAL INCENTIVES Australia State Governments in the following states in Australia have taken active steps to ensure that the newly construc... |
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A Lesson There was a thirsty crow. It peered into an earthen pitcher. There was water at the bottom. "Dregs," it cawed alarmed. But it was thirsty. It began to drop pebbles into the pitcher. Drop... |
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LEGISLATION ON RAINWATER HARVESTING Himachal Pradesh All commercial and institutional buildings, tourist and industrial complexes, hotels etc, existing or coming up and having a plinth are... |
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First visit (This article appeared in Down To Earth , January 15, 2000) With the failure of the 1999 monsoon in several areas of Gujarat and Madhya Pradesh, there is a serious drought.... |
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Chronicle of a Journey Water trains arent a strange sight anymore. Not the least in the parched areas of Gujarat. But while many villages await their erratic supply, residents of village... |
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Construction Procedures and specifications for construction of storage and recharge tanks are explained below. There are a lot of similarities in the construction steps of both storage and recharge stru... |
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When calamity Strikes Water harvesting is the new catchword for the government struggling against drought. ITs now official. Cherrapunji, which holds the record for the highest rain... |
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Water and Society A comparison to show the difference that social organisation makes to the state of rivers and the environment About 400 years ago, there was a city in Japan called Edo. Most o... |
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