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Under Har Ghar Nal Se Jal, states to open water testing labs
Posted on 12 Mar, 2020 02:39 PMDDWS orders states to open up water testing laboratories to the public
Suffering in silence: Migrant cane cutters of Maharashtra
Posted on 27 Feb, 2020 10:04 PMMaharashtra is the second largest sugar producing state in India, after Uttar Pradesh where as high as 1.6 million farmers cultivate sugarcane on 0.7 million hectares of land. The sugarcane industry provides direct employment to about 0.16 million workers while 1.5 million workers engage in sugarcane harvesting and transport operations every year.
Mumbai lost 71 percent of wetlands in last four decades: Report
Posted on 09 Feb, 2020 07:11 PMAmong 22 cities in India, Mumbai has lost the maximum number of wetlands: WISA
2019 was the seventh warmest year on record since 1901: IMD
Posted on 10 Jan, 2020 10:55 AM2019 was the seventh warmest year on record in 118 years: IMD
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Posted on 26 Dec, 2019 02:08 PMGreen signal to Kalasa-Banduri project held
NGT orders 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers
Posted on 11 Dec, 2019 12:05 PMEnsure 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers: NGT to authorities
40 percent of rural households in India lack access to drinking water
Posted on 27 Nov, 2019 04:37 AMNSS finds only 58.2 percent of rural households have drinking water facilities within premises
Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws
Posted on 18 Nov, 2019 08:01 PMManual scavenging still prevails in India thanks to weak laws, says study
Cyclone Bulbul devastates West Bengal and Odisha
Posted on 13 Nov, 2019 10:45 AMCyclone Bulbul causes devastation in West Bengal and Odisha
How Delhi's air pollution emergency links back to water
Posted on 05 Nov, 2019 12:08 PMThe link between water and Delhi's air pollution crisis