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Groundwater
NGT forms committee for submerging island protection policy in India
Posted on 15 Jul, 2023 03:45 PMNGT forms committee to frame policy to protect submerging islands in India
![Committee to frame policy to protect islands (Image: PxFuel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-07/pxfuel.com_.jpg?itok=lrX3MpOi)
Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu sets an example by becoming water secure
Posted on 05 Jul, 2023 04:40 PMNamkaal district of Tamil Nadu shows the way to successfully manage water scarcity
Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district has successfully addressed its water scarcity challenges and become the second-best district in India in terms of groundwater availability according to the Union Jal Shakti Ministry’s annual ranking.
![Being water secure. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-07/9199446576_af6c67294c_k%20%281%29.jpg?itok=zyyzjjlt)
Environmentalists oppose Telangana marine park
Posted on 04 Jul, 2023 08:39 AMEnvironmentalists petition HC against Telangana marine park plan; notice issued
![HMDA’s proposal said that it will have over 300 species (Image: WallpaperFlare)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-07/marine%20park.jpg?itok=xMyMazfn)
Using water games for economic gains
Posted on 09 Jun, 2023 11:56 AMIt is rightly said that "what is measured is managed better". And we observed this happen at Sagapali village in Keonjhar district of Odisha. This village is in the Nayakote gram panchayat, and has an undulating terrain surrounded by five hillocks. It has forests around it with limited plainlands for cultivation.
![Participatory gaming in the community dispels many myths and develops forums for group decision-making on the management of shared natural resources. (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-06/IMG20230512111818.jpg?itok=RPbcjJNK)
Assam launches ambitious water scheme to train over two lakh students as 'Jal Doots'
Posted on 01 Jun, 2023 02:35 PMAssam undertakes an ambitious water scheme to educate more than two lakh youngsters as Jal Doots
![Assam intends to reach intends to reach 100% coverage of FHTCs shortly (Image: Wallpaper Flare; Creative Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-05/water.jpg?itok=V6MktcM6)
There’s a rare catfish in your well
Posted on 16 May, 2023 10:40 AMA rare species of catfish, has been found in aquifers in Kerala, opening a window to the rich biodiversity that exists even in deep and dark underground subterranean environments where unique organisms survive by adapting to the harsh surroundings informs this paper titled 'Evolution in the dark: Unexpected geneti
![Image Source: By Rajeev Raghavan, Remya L. Sundar, C.P. Arjun, Ralf Britz, Neelesh Dahanukar - Evolution in the dark: Unexpected genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the blind, aquifer-dwelling catfish Horaglanis, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128832101. Link to image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Horaglanis#/media/File:Horaglanis_populi_live.jpg](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-05/Horaglanis_populi_live.jpg?itok=dz53EL50)
Science to beyond science - to govern groundwater sustainably
Posted on 26 Apr, 2023 01:16 AMThe state of Tamil Nadu depends heavily on groundwater for domestic, industrial, and agricultural use and this has led to rapid depletion of groundwater resources in the state. Over-extraction in hard, arid rock areas like the districts of Dharmapuri and the alluvial Cauvery delta is very high and farmers continue to drill deeper wells.
![Groundwater practices in Tamil Nadu (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/groundwater.jpg?itok=AT7VlQfZ)
The fast drying Cauvery delta, at a tipping point
Posted on 11 Apr, 2023 11:31 PMDeltas around the world are under threat. Recent research shows that around 85 percent of the deltas of the world are shrinking.
What are deltas
![Cauvery river at Karnataka (Image Source: Ashwin Kumar via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/Cauvery%20river_1.jpg?itok=A447HslW)
Prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
Posted on 01 Apr, 2023 04:49 PMHouse panel suggests prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
![Over exploitation of groundwater is due to wide cultivation of water guzzler paddy and sugarcane crops (Image: Thamizhpparithi Maari, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/A_Pump_irrigation.jpg?itok=raUuFXgl)
Low MGNREGA allocation puts the poor at risk
Posted on 20 Feb, 2023 11:20 AMFunds allocated for MGNREGA in the Budget 2023-24 adequate for just 17 days of work
The Budget 2023-24 has earmarked Rs 60,000 crore for MGNREGS, that promises a minimum of 100 days of work. This allocation has been found to be the lowest in the history of MGNREGA in terms of Gross Domestic Product, and has been down to 0.198 percent of the GDP.
![Constructing check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-02/MGNREGA.jpg?itok=mf1SljGi)