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Over 66 thousand habitations arsenic hit: Centre
Posted on 13 Feb, 2017 09:08 PMArsenic present in drinking water at many habitations: Centre
Ganga clean-up programme has failed: IIT consortium
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:31 PMGanga clean-up fails, thanks to multiple authorities and no monitoring
NGT raps Delhi government over air pollution
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:59 AMEnvironment minister calls Delhi pollution 'emergency situation'
Water not for profit
Posted on 16 Oct, 2016 08:58 PMIn August 2016, the Karnataka government gave Abu Dhabi-based businessman B.R. Shetty permission to privatise the iconic Jog Falls to make it a perennial waterfall and to develop it into a tourism hotspot.
Mysore golf course goes green by reusing treated wastewater
Posted on 06 Sep, 2014 04:46 PMExpansive, lush green spaces and golf courses go hand in hand. Quite often, these courses are laid out in pristine surroundings that offer a stunning backdrop. However, the amount of water required to maintain such spaces in such a condition, is no joke.
Use of treated wastewater for landscape irrigation
Water privatisation, a failed model?
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 03:12 PMSince water reforms were introduced in India in the 1990s, water privatisation has been propagated as a panacea to the sector's problems.
Rurals move away from agriculture: Assocham
Posted on 02 Feb, 2014 10:08 PM'Rural job profile observes a significant change'
Opening for Programme Associate ( Western Ghats), Nature Conservation Foundation, Mysore
Posted on 04 Jul, 2013 11:00 AMOffered by
Nature Conservation Foundation
About the vacancy
The candidate shall
A brief note on bio-sand water filters - An adaptation of the traditional slow sand filter
Posted on 17 Jan, 2013 11:20 PMPragathi was founded in 1987, it is a non-government, non-profit and non-religious organization that works for the welfare and development of the tribal and marginalized sections of society, particularly targeting women and children. Pragathi is working in Mysore and Chamarajngar District, covering more than 100 tribal villages with approximately 9600 families.
Moving from paddy and sugarcane to less water-intensive crops such as oilseeds, pulses and millets can help resolve the Cauvery water dispute
Posted on 14 Jan, 2013 12:10 AMWhat happens when two or more states are dependent on same water resource for agricultural purposes ? Do the states compete for the resource or are their needs sufficiently different from each other? What are the consequences of the competition for this precious resource?
This article sheds light on the dispute between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu, for sharing Cauvery river water. The ongoing tussle between the two states has seen a lot of unrest amongst farmers in form of dharnas, protests, rail roko and non-cooperation by citizens, and disagreement with the agreements made by their respective governments and unending negotiations by governments involved, to come to a mutually agreeable decision.