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Poor sanitation brings down enrollment of girls in schools
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 01:10 PMDip in enrollment of female students due to poor sanitation in schools
![Girls toilet in a school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3220926516_ce0b74d47e_o.jpg?itok=Q0wm9qgc)
The lost Khazans of Goa
Posted on 13 May, 2014 10:46 AMKhazans are reclaimed lands from the river or the sea. A created network of bunds protects the agricultural fields and adjoining villages from tidal flows. Khazan lands have three main features: sluice gate, poim and two types of bunds.
Bunds
![Aerial view of Khazan seen in Zuari river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00424.jpg?itok=wMPTztIf)
Fine-scale responses of phytoplankton to freshwater influx in a tropical monsoonal estuary following the onset of southwest monsoon – A paper in Journal of Earth System Science
Posted on 09 Aug, 2011 09:53 PMThis paper in the Journal of Earth System Science deals with a study by National Institute of Oceanography (NIO), Goa to investigate the influence of monsoonal rainfall on hydrographic conditions in the Mandovi River of India. The study was undertaken at a location approximately 2 km upstream of the mouth of the estuary.
River Mandovi cries for help - Video report from WAVE
Posted on 14 Apr, 2011 10:53 AMArticle and Video Courtesy: WAVE India
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Mining - An increasing threat to our rivers - Article by Nitya Jacob
Posted on 20 Dec, 2010 12:29 AMContent Courtesy: Solution Exchange and Nitya Jacob
Author: Nitya Jacob
India’s arteries are choking. Her rivers, the lifeline of hundreds of millions, are over-taxed, polluted and encroached. They are being mined, dammed and emptied of water. Save for the four monsoon months, most rivers are streams of drains, depending on how many cities they pass through. This year people gaped in awe at the River Yamuna (I am sure they were over-awed by other rivers elsewhere too) as for the first time since 1978 looked like a river and not a drain.