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Mangar Bani: NCR's green patch calls for help
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 02:39 PMAccording to the local legend, Mangar Bani, a green patch between Faridabad and Gurgaon, was home to a Baba (a holy man), Gudariya Das Maharaj around 500 years ago. Popular among the local Gujjar herdsmen, the dominant community of the area, the Baba asked them to treat this forest as a sacred grove, the forested abode of a local deity.
Is your bottled water safe to drink?
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 01:50 PMIt is a fairly common practice among people to buy bottled drinking water while travelling in India with the hope that it will minimise the risk of getting ill due to contaminated water. But is this water safe to drink?
Government amends e-Waste Management Rules
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 05:07 AME-waste management rules amended to improve implementation efficiency
India plans to route water from Sharda to Yamuna
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 04:42 AMIndia seeks to bring water from Nepal's Sharda river to supplement Yamuna near Delhi
Fluorosis detection: A step towards providing clean water
Posted on 26 Mar, 2018 05:21 AMRabindra Kumar Jena, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Balasore, Odisha knew that something was wrong with the health of people in a part of his constituency but he could not put his finger to it. By sheer chance, in 2015, he got to know that this seemed to be related to excessive fluoride in water, which caused a disease called skeletal fluorosis.
IFAT India 2018 - India's Leading Trade Fair for Water, Sewage, Solid Waste and Recycling,October 15 -17, 2018.
Posted on 23 Mar, 2018 11:29 PMOn the completion of five successful consecutive editions of IFAT India, IFAT India has now established itself as India's leading trade fair for Water, Sewage, Solid Waste and Recycling. This show will provide opportunities to the attendees to display their products, technologies and new innovations in front of potential customers and to meet with key decision makers and partners.
Tackling climate change in Maharashtra
Posted on 23 Mar, 2018 02:42 PMOn the eve of the World Water Day, Watershed Organisation Trust (WOTR), made a presentation to the members of the Maharashtra Legislature. The presentation was a part of an event titled Tackling Climate Change in Maharashtra that was presided over by the chief minister, Devendra Fadnavis.
Seeds of discontent
Posted on 22 Mar, 2018 06:40 PMSmall farmers are the key to ending poverty and hunger and promoting sustainable development. In India, small and marginal farmers—those who work on less than two hectares (five acres) of land—constitute 80 percent of all farm households, 50 percent of rural households and 36 percent of the total of all households. Sadly, the plight of these farmers is very distressing.
No water for irrigation from Sardar Sarovar dam
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 12:20 PMFarmers anxious as government stops water supply from the Sardar Sarovar dam for irrigation
Plastic ban in place, Maharashtra to encourage recycling
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 11:49 AMMaharashtra makes it mandatory for dairies and milk retailers to repurchase poly packs for recycling