| LEGISLATION ON RAINWATER HARVESTING New Delhi Since June 2001, the Ministry of Urban affairs and Poverty Alleviation has made rainwater harvesting mandatory in all new buildings with a roof area of mo... |
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| From he 1990s onwards, there has been a new trend in protection of urban wetlands. A greater number of concerned citizens are approaching the courts to stop the mindless destruction of urba... |
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| 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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| ... Components n Design n Construction n Maintenance n Cost Initiative n Practices n Projects n Legislation n In your bu ... |
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| Events News CSE - RELMA partnership Initiatives Initiating urban water harvesting in Kenya With the objective of broadening the prospect and outreach of the Network for Green ... |
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| WETLANDS DATABASE ON THREATENED LAKES SLIDESHOW Traditionally, water was seen as a responsibility of citizens and the community collectively took the responsibility of not only buildin... |
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| Urban Lakes Urban waterbodies are an inherent part of Indian culture. They served a variety of purposes. In the dry central and Southern India--that fall in the rain shadow region--they ... |
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| Urban water scenario Even though the rate of urbanisation in India is among the lowest in the world, the nation has more than 250 million city-dwellers. Experts predict that this number w... |
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| DECCAN PLATEAU Cheruvu Cheruvu are found in Chitoor and Cuddapah districts in Andhra Pradesh. They are reservoirs to store runoff. Cheruvu embankments are fitted with thoomu (sluices), alugu or... |
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| THAR DESERT Kunds / Kundis A kund or kundi looks like an upturned cup nestling in a saucer. These structures harvest rainwater for drinking, and dot the sandier tracts of the Thar Desert in w... |
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More results for 'public projects'.
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