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Mumbai’s vanishing coasts
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 10:22 AMThe coastal regions of India are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate changes, developmental activities and urbanisation. Sustaining the livelihoods of fishing communities and preserving the health of coastal ecosystem and biodiversity are important challenges that India faces.
SYL crisis: Punjab demands payment for water
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 06:21 AMThree states will have to pay for water: Punjab House
Mumbai wetlands as parking area: FIR filed
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 06:06 AMFIR against man who let vehicles be parked on Mumbai wetlands
Understanding Groundwater: A course by ACWADAM, January 2-17, 2017
Posted on 19 Nov, 2016 09:36 AMAbout: Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM) is conducting a fifteen-day training programme on basic hydrogeology or groundwater science, for professionals from civil society organisations or NGOs.
World Toilet Day: Beyond BCC
Posted on 19 Nov, 2016 07:22 AMThe Swachh Bharat (Gramin) website reports an increase in the total percentage of household toilet constructed from 42.02 percent in 2014 to 56.85 percent as on November 15, 2016. The number of open defecation free villages have also increased from 50,168 in 2015-16 to 1,17,242 villages.
New paradigms in WASH service delivery: Roundtable discussion, IIT Madras
Posted on 16 Nov, 2016 10:06 AMAbout: IIT Madras will be conducting a round table discussion titled 'Emerging Paradigms in Water,Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) service delivery' on 23rd November, 2016
Water sharing: Beyond economic concerns
Posted on 15 Nov, 2016 11:49 AMThe Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin is the third largest river flow system in the world with an annual runoff about 1,150 billion cubic meters (BCM) and the peak outflow of 1,41,000 cumecs.
Crop change for better yield?
Posted on 15 Nov, 2016 10:48 AMThe past few months saw Karnataka and Tamil Nadu bickering over the sharing of the Cauvery water. It was the failure of the south-west monsoon that had put crops in Karnataka at risk, forcing the government to stop water supplies to Tamil Nadu. The arrival of the north-east monsoon in Tamil Nadu, however, has eased this tension.
NGT raps Delhi government over air pollution
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:59 AMEnvironment minister calls Delhi pollution 'emergency situation'
Sutlej Yamuna Link canal row intensifies
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:44 AMSC sets aside Punjab's order quashing water-sharing agreement with Haryana