Orissa

It's been more than 15 days and the drinking water crisis in Talabeda village in Sambalpur, Odisha is yet to be addressed. The water supply system of the village collapsed due to a fault in the transformer located within the premises of the Talabeda pump house, and no one has the time to fix this and restart the water supply system. 

Ganga clean-up takes its inspiration from the Rhine river

Present focus of Forum’s work

Petition filed against green nod granted to Dibang hydel project

Centre constitutes third expert body to review Uttarakhand dams

Yamuna pollution stays the same, despite a drop in sewage flow

The Niyamagiri hills in the Eastern Ghats is peopled by indigenous groups such as the Dongria and Kutia Kondhs -- or 'primitive tribal groups’ in official phrasing. For them, these hills which spread over 300 sq kms in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in southwestern Orissa, is the sacred abode of Niyamraja, their God.

River basins in India have been found to be highly vulnerable to contamination. Recent evidence shows that a large number of water sources including rivers, lakes and surface water in India are polluted due to untreated sewage, agricultural runoff and most importantly, due to unregulated industries.

Swachh Bharat Mission: Gujarat leads the implementation

Fear of floods looms over Kashmir again