Kerala

This I-Day new name given to the Agriculture Ministry and the Swachh Vidyalaya mission accomplished 

In the last 26 years, polluted river stretches rise from 22 to over 300

One of history’s worst dam bursts took place in Gujarat in 1979 when the four-kilometer long Machhu Dam II on the Machhu River collapsed. This led to a deluge in the industrial city of Morbi located five kilometers downstream as well as surrounding rural areas destroying thousands of homes and lives. While this was a tragedy, it was by no means an isolated one.

Endosulfan, a pesticide, has been banned in Kerala after its adverse effects were first realised in 1981.

New criteria for villages and Gram Panchayats to be termed Open Defacation Free

While the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have opposing stands on the Mullaperiyar dam, civil society actors have provided alternatives to the old dam whose decommissioning is bound to happen sooner or later. They have also pointed out the inappropriateness of building a new dam on Mullaperiyar.

Sixty eight percent of India's population lives in rural areas but when it comes to facilities -- including the availability of safe drinking water -- cities and towns corner most of them.

Toxic foam observed in Bengaluru lakes

Mazhapolima is an open well recharge programme based on rainwater harvesting in Kerala.

Open wells are one of the most important sources of drinking water, especially in Kerala’s coastal belt. Sadly, recent studies show that as much as 70% of these have been declared unfit due to faecal contamination.

Groundwater quality in Kodiyathur village, Kerala