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Assam
Water crisis affects power generation
Posted on 20 Mar, 2017 05:03 PMAcute water shortage impacts thermal power generation
Gujarat fails to conserve its wetlands
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:30 PMSix years on, Gujarat fails to form wetland panel
Pest fest on paddy fields
Posted on 02 Nov, 2016 12:01 PMIt is that time of the year when the empty granaries wait for the maturing paddy to fill them. Kati Bihu or Kongali Bihu (Kongal means poor while Kati is the Assamese seventh month where farmers await their harvest) is the most placid of the three Bihus (Assamese agriculture festival) celebrated without much pomp or splendour.
Selling packaged water above MRP punishable offence
Posted on 17 Oct, 2016 09:02 AMJail term for selling packaged water above MRP: Government
J&K mulls mini dams for irrigation
Posted on 03 Oct, 2016 02:22 PMJ&K govt to construct ‘mini dams’ for irrigation
Of broken pots and dreams
Posted on 24 Sep, 2016 11:25 PMWomen in Salmora area of Majuli, the world’s largest riverine island and India’s first island district, practise their traditional form of pottery--the one that does not use a wheel but is hand beaten to shape and uses a viscid kind of clay. As the Brahmaputra eats away huge swathes of land year after year, the clay that these potters use is being taken away by the river.
Majuli: A hungry river and a succumbing island
Posted on 24 Sep, 2016 08:30 PMBrahmaputra is the highest siltation-carrying river in the world, and controlling erosion is not easy. Because of its characteristics, it does not have a parallel with any other river in the world. Mythologically also, the Brahmaputra has always been a disturbed river, highly meandering, says Gunajeet Kashyap (ACS), Election Officer, Majuli.
Forgotten water bearers of Guwahati
Posted on 19 Sep, 2016 06:04 PMGuwahati, one of the fastest growing cities in India, is thousands of years old. Once known as Pragjyotishpura or the city of eastern light, Guwahati has many ancient stories attached to it. This beautiful city finds mention in epics such as Ramayana, Mahabharata and the Puranas.
Majuli, world’s largest river island
Posted on 11 Sep, 2016 08:34 PMGuinness World Records names Assam’s Majuli world’s largest river island
Children of a lesser God
Posted on 09 Aug, 2016 10:32 PMIn what is considered the worst flood in a decade, the flood in Assam this year has swept over 2,800 villages away and submerged more than two lakh hectares of crop. More than 26 lakh people have been affected in 28 out of 34 districts of the state.