Assam's fluorosis problem: When nature serves poison
Fluoride contamination is leaving Assam villagers crippled. While a solution is not difficult to reach, authorities are not doing enough to eradicate the problem.
Anjila Khatun and her children of Tapatjuri village in Hojai district suffer from skeletal fluorosis.
Gold nanoparticles to remove lead from wastewater
A new technique makes use of minuscule particles of the yellow metal and their property to change colour in the presence of metal particles such as lead.
IMMT researchers who conducted the study.
Citizens participate in mapping Bengaluru’s groundwater
A partnership between Biome, ACWADAM and WIPRO brought stakeholders together to map Sarjapur's aquifer.
Talapariges, the small traditional water bodies of Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr photo by Mallikarjuna Hosapalya)
Wetlands wait to be saved
No wetlands have been notified in Delhi-NCR since the wetlands rules were brought out in 2010. Meanwhile, draft wetlands rules are set to decentralise its management to states.
Sun sets on a water body inside Keoladeo National Park. (Image: Swati Sidhu, Wikimedia Commons CC-BY-SA-4.0)
Laws are good, implementation not so much
Despite the existence of laws to carefully dispose of faecal sludge in Tamil Nadu, they are not implemented effectively.
Faecal sludge gets illegally dumped in a water body.
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