Pune District

In the last few decades, India has seen an increasing number of people migrating from rural areas to urban cities in search of work and better living. These migrants often get employed in the informal sector as construction workers, vendors, domestic servants, etc. They also live in informal settlements, generally known as slums.

Dhangars, a semi-nomadic group in Maharashtra, are traditionally pastoralists.

About: 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.

Government starts river transport project with eight waterways

Former Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit to be probed in water tanker scam

Construction industry is a booming industry, with the real estate sector contributing heavily towards the country’s GDP.

The river Mutha, lovingly called 'Muthai'--meaning 'mother Mutha' in Marathi--is dying a slow death thanks to rapidly urbanising Pune which is depositing huge amounts of untreated sewage and dirt in its waters. However, the situation was different earlier. The river was revered and was a part of the everyday lives of the people in the city.

China's Zangmu Hydropower Project, one of the biggest dams on Brahmaputra, is operational

Fear of floods looms over Kashmir again

New Water Ministry, Clean Ganga Portal, Ganga Manthan: Goverment makes efforts towards rejuvenating the Ganga