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New scheme for the development of mining-affected areas
Posted on 29 Sep, 2015 04:58 PMGovernment announces launch of Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
Water poverty in Mumbai slum
Posted on 27 Aug, 2015 01:42 PMOne 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.
Mithi: Recounting a river’s apathetic journey
Posted on 22 Aug, 2015 05:45 PMFor 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.
World running out of groundwater: NASA
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:15 PMHumans are consuming groundwater rapidly: NASA
Centre gives a uniform definition to the term 'Open Defecation Free'
Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:23 AMNew criteria for villages and Gram Panchayats to be termed Open Defacation Free
Patna HC wants Ganga's original course restored
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 10:56 PMRestore Ganga's original course: Patna HC
Nationwide monitoring of toilet use under Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 10:55 PMGovernment to launch nationwide monitoring of toilet use, not construction
A push to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 04:58 PMStates get a free hand towards the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Budget 2015-16 likely to have huge cuts in social sector
Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 12:27 PMSocial sector likely to get less funds in Union Budget 2015-16
Mapping Mumbai's water supply
Posted on 07 Apr, 2014 06:09 AMThe construction of a visual map of water supply to Mumbai city from available data sets on water quality and water related infrastructure by NEERI as a part of the data project started by India Water Portal, Arghyam was a challenging task.
The visualisation process