Close X
Tuesday, November 19, 2024
ADVT 
International

US based EcoSikh backs water conservation efforts in India

Darpan News Desk IANS, 28 Nov, 2014 12:40 PM
    EcoSikh, a Washington based organization, has launched a water conservation programme in India's Punjab state amid reports of severe groundwater depletion there and other parts of Northern India
     
    EcoSikh's Punjab team is actively working to teach locals about how and why they should conserve water and live in harmony with the Earth, it said.
     
    The group has also asked the Punjabi diaspora to relay environmentally-friendly practices to their counterparts in India by teaching them how to farm plants that use less groundwater.
     
    CBS News' 60 Minutes programme last week highlighted with satellite images how Punjab and rest of India are losing groundwater at an alarming rate posing an impending disaster.
     
    "The evidence is credible that the food basket of India is in serious danger and this issue should be treated with urgency and with immediate action by the state and central governments," EcoSikh President Rajwant Singh said.
     
    "When people in Punjab do not have access to water because it is being overused, the results will be disastrous," said India Project Manager, Ravneet Singh.
     
    In the US too, California is facing its fourth year of summer droughts, which has forced residents to take major steps to conserve water, such as not irrigating their land and taking shorter showers, Eco Sikh noted.
     
    Like in Punjab, Californian farmers must find new ways to conserve water, or else face major water droughts that will leave their plots of land like deserts, said Eco Sikh's US programme manager, Sumeet Kaur.

    MORE International ARTICLES

    Bangladesh building victims need help: rights group

    Bangladesh building victims need help: rights group
    Survivors of the Rana Plaza building collapse one year ago in Bangladesh are still suffering from their injuries and loss of income, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday.

    Bangladesh building victims need help: rights group

    Obama arrives in Japan on four-nation Asian trip

    Obama arrives in Japan on four-nation Asian trip
    US President Barack Obama Wednesday arrived in Japan on the first leg of his four-nation Asian trip.

    Obama arrives in Japan on four-nation Asian trip

    BBC's Top Gear apologises for racist remark

    BBC's Top Gear apologises for racist remark
    British television series Top Gear's producer has apologised for broadcasting a "light-hearted" joke by its host Jeremy Clarkson that sparked a complaint of racism by an India-origin actress, media reported Wednesday.

    BBC's Top Gear apologises for racist remark

    Snowden takes up post of Glasgow University rector

    Snowden takes up post of Glasgow University rector
    US whistleblower Edward Snowden was officially initiated as the student rector of the University of Glasgow in Scotland Wednesday.

    Snowden takes up post of Glasgow University rector

    100 Punjabi youths still detained in US for illegal entry

    100 Punjabi youths still detained in US for illegal entry
    An Indian-American community organisation has sought the intervention of US lawmakers for securing the release of about 100 Punjabi youths detained by US immigration authorities in Texas for entering the US illegally.

    100 Punjabi youths still detained in US for illegal entry

    Sri Lanka to deport tourist with Buddha tattoo

    Sri Lanka to deport tourist with Buddha tattoo
    A female British tourist in Sri Lanka has been detained and will be deported for having a Buddha tattoo on her arm, a media report said Tuesday.

    Sri Lanka to deport tourist with Buddha tattoo