Maharashtra

Government comes up with new standards on water quality

A water ATM, as the name implies, is a sort of a water vending machine similar to bank ATMs except that in a water ATM, money goes in to the machine in return for water. These machines, which run on a cash as well as a prepaid card or smart card system are built, owned and operated by private companies that have rights over public resources such as land and water.

Three villages displaced by Tehri dam finally recognised as revenue villages

UP's rivers and groundwater are loaded with harmful effluents: CPCB

Heavy rain water logs Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu

Increasing concerns over the consequences of inadequate urban sanitation and water with regard to poverty, health, livelihoods, and education have spurred global declarations on the human right to sanitation and water. However, the social and spatial heterogeneity of urban poverty is often missing in global policy debates.

Toilets need a septic tank or a connection to a sewage network, enough water to clean and flush, and regular maintenance to ensure proper functioning--except if it's the '

NIH scientists to probe if Mansarovar is the source of Ganga

Environment Ministry gets strict towards the compliance of green norms

Study shows half of Srinagar's water bodies have disappeared in the past century