Maharashtra

MoEFCC can approve hydel projects in Uttarakhand, except in Alaknanda-Bhagirathi river basins: SC

China's Zangmu Hydropower Project, one of the biggest dams on Brahmaputra, is operational

Cabinet approves the National Watershed Management Project, worth Rs.2,142 crore

Ganga and its tributaries, except the Ramganga show increased dolphin numbers

India announces its new climate plan

Government announces launch of Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area

One characteristic of most Indian slums is their inadequate access to water, which has a serious impact on the health of its residents. Most of the research on water service delivery in slums until recently has focused on water quality and health outcomes, especially diarrhoeal illnesses.

For Kaleshwari Yadav, a resident of Morarji Nagar slums in Mumbai, rain is not her biggest worry; it is the lack of it. Residing adjacent to the Mithi (meaning sweet in Hindi) river, she says when it doesn’t rain, the stagnated river becomes a breeding ground of deadly mosquito vectors of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.