India

Maharashtra makes it mandatory for dairies and milk retailers to repurchase poly packs for recycling 

It is a rather unusual sight to see a big group of children pay rapt attention to the myriad of slides flashing on the screen. The topic at hand: safe drinking water. The animated and engaging voice of the resource person ensures the effective delivery of the didactic content. 

Tetra Tech ARD is currently accepting expressions of interest from qualified Urban Water Supply & Sanitation Finance Specialists as described below to join the WASH-FIN consulting pool for possible short-term and long-term positions for the implementation of an anticipated WASH-FIN Activity in India.

What happens after an environmental law is made or an environmental approval is granted to a project? Are all the safeguards complied with? Do the authorities in charge enforce the environmental regulations and laws proactively? What are the impacts that arise due to non-compliance with environmental regulations? How can affected communities pursue remedies? 

As per the biennial State of Forest Report (SFR) 2017 by the Forest Survey of India (FSI), the total forest and tree cover in India increased during the period 2015 to 2017 by 0.94 percent. The increase in the forest cover has been of the order of 6,778 sq km and that of tree cover was about 1,243 sq km.  

You are looking at a unique opportunity where technology and domain expertise can come together to create powerful demonstrable use cases for water solutions at scale. 

Delhi's groundwater most ‘over exploited’ after Punjab and Rajasthan

Karnataka to formulate plan to prohibit industries from drawing fresh river water

Kaudikasa is a small village with a population of just 350 people in the Ambagad Chowki block of the Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh. Despite its small size, Kaudikasa village has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Severe health problems have been reported from the village, thanks to acute arsenic contamination in its groundwater.

In a few weeks from now, monsoon forecasts will begin. These forecasts are based on calculations made by computer modelling. There have been amazing advances in the modelling of weather and climate. These include the monsoons, El Niño’s, cyclones, the Inter-Tropical Convergence Zone (ITCZ), winds, currents, and so on. Just as even a new car is not perfect, these models are not perfect.