Some recent news items from the news feed that India Water Portal maintains at Newsrack: (http://newsrack.in/stories/arghyam/Water/55) :
- Six sewage treatment plants coming up in tsunami-affected areas of Nagapattinam, TN : http://www.thehindu.com/2010/05/31/stories/2010053157650600.htm
- A good article on the packaged drinking water situation in AP. Small water sachets are a good part of the business not just the bottled water. A huge number of unlicensed plants exist, and they locate themselves outside the major cities in order to avoid regulation: http://expressbuzz.com/cities/hyderabad/Is-that-water-clean?/177748.html
- The water level in the Ganga at the Sangam location with the Yamuna and mythic Saraswati is at its lowest level in 35 years: http://www.hindustantimes.com/rssfeed/uttarpradesh/Water-crisis-at-sangam/Article1-550718.aspx
- ‘Swarnim Nirmal Gujarat’ : Cleanliness campaign launched. It includes rainwater harvesting and cleaning of water bodies http://www.dnaindia.com/india/report_campaign-begins-for-clean-gujarat_1389646
- An unrelated but disturbing article about severely acute malnutrition in UP. A civil society study found 90% of children have acute malnutrition and examples of children resorting to eating mud.http://www.thesouthasian.org/archives/2010/extreme_state_of_malnutrition.html
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