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Maharashtra
Use rain to beat drought
Posted on 23 Nov, 2016 10:32 AMA recent analysis by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) determined the rooftop rainwater harvesting potential of the districts in Maharashtra in a year by calculating the average amount of rainwater in litres that can be caught over one square foo
Mumbai’s vanishing coasts
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 10:22 AMThe coastal regions of India are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate changes, developmental activities and urbanisation. Sustaining the livelihoods of fishing communities and preserving the health of coastal ecosystem and biodiversity are important challenges that India faces.
Mumbai wetlands as parking area: FIR filed
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 06:06 AMFIR against man who let vehicles be parked on Mumbai wetlands
Understanding Groundwater: A course by ACWADAM, January 2-17, 2017
Posted on 19 Nov, 2016 09:36 AMAbout: Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM) is conducting a fifteen-day training programme on basic hydrogeology or groundwater science, for professionals from civil society organisations or NGOs.
Saving inland fisherfolk
Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 06:07 AMIn his late 30s, Nilesh Heda is a renowned expert on issues related to fishing communities and wetland ecology. While doing his PhD on fish diversity, he worked with the fishing communities in Vidarbha in Maharashtra.
Rajasthan gets chilled water kiosk
Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 10:09 PMCountry's first mobile chilled water kiosk in Rajasthan
Water not for profit
Posted on 16 Oct, 2016 08:58 PMIn August 2016, the Karnataka government gave Abu Dhabi-based businessman B.R. Shetty permission to privatise the iconic Jog Falls to make it a perennial waterfall and to develop it into a tourism hotspot.
River transport projects on development track
Posted on 10 Oct, 2016 10:36 AMGovernment starts river transport project with eight waterways
Monsoon 2016: Rains create havoc
Posted on 25 Sep, 2016 09:51 PMRains cause havoc in Hyderabad while Mumbai lakes, dams overflow with water
When in drought, save the livestock
Posted on 12 Sep, 2016 06:31 PMThe Marathwada and Vidarbha region of Maharashtra have been witnessing drought and drinking water crises for a long time. A drought situation always makes headlines for its impact on human lives, but rarely for the effect it has on the livelihoods of these farmers. Livestock are their lifeline and extreme climatic variations are bound to affect them adversely.