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Kachchh District
Need for demand-side management: From the lens of participatory groundwater management
Posted on 16 Mar, 2022 07:27 AMThe word Kachch is derived from the Gujarati word ‘Kachha’, meaning tortoise, from which the drought-prone district of Kutch gets i
Bhuj cattle rearers face the heat of lockdown
Posted on 09 Jul, 2020 01:51 PMAkbarbhai (35), a Maldhari (semi-nomadic cattle herder) is struggling to survive as the lockdown to check the spread of coronavirus has hit demand of dairy products badly and led to prices crashing in Bhuj. He lives in Gandhinagari, an informal settlement in Bhuj that is home to around 30 cattle herders. His joint family of 15 members includes his two brothers and three sisters.
Horticulture pile-up, yet farmers stare at losses in Kachchh
Posted on 10 May, 2020 04:05 PMKachchh: A desert oasis under peril
Manual scavenging is inhumane: SC
Posted on 24 Sep, 2019 01:08 PMSupreme Court question authorities on why manual scavenging still prevails
Dew as a source of drinking water
Posted on 06 Sep, 2017 03:34 PMWe often notice dew drops on leaves, grass and some sloping surfaces in the morning hours. These dew drops can actually be a source of drinking water.
The Little Rann of Kutch
Posted on 19 Jul, 2017 03:13 PMHow often does one get to experience a terrain that is as dramatically transformative as The Little Rann of Kutch? With changing seasons, it adorns itself with different landscapes, thus, completely shifting shape, its functions and appeal.
Soon a single tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:45 PMGovernment decides to create a permanent tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
Rapar ends its long wait for water
Posted on 20 Jul, 2016 09:26 AMSummer temperatures soar to a gruelling 50ocelsius in Rapar, a little known block in Gujarat’s Kutch district. Land here is dry, saline and arid; the monsoon is erratic. Many a times, the entire year’s rain falls in a short span of two or three days, doing more harm than good.
Gujarat No.1 in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 07 Apr, 2015 09:13 PMSwachh Bharat Mission: Gujarat leads the implementation
India ranked 12th in mismanaging plastic waste
Posted on 17 Feb, 2015 08:28 PM8 million tonnes of plastic waste dumped into world's oceans in 2010: Study