Rivers

Domestic sewerage responsible for 75-80% of water pollution in the country

Construction of 109 Kuhl projects proposed in Himachal, still on papers

New criteria for villages and Gram Panchayats to be termed Open Defacation Free

While the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have opposing stands on the Mullaperiyar dam, civil society actors have provided alternatives to the old dam whose decommissioning is bound to happen sooner or later. They have also pointed out the inappropriateness of building a new dam on Mullaperiyar.

Goa rivers water unfit for human consumption: GSPCB

Centre constitutes third expert body to review Uttarakhand dams

Centre gives nod to 170 eco- sensitive zones in the country

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

Water touches our lives in many ways. Our childhood memories are often entwined with the rivers that we have crossed, lakes that we have seen and the ponds that we may have jumped in. In his Bharat Darshan, the author Kaka Kalelkar travels across the length and breadth of the country and takes us to many such places we may have visited but have probably forgotten about.

The Shivnath River is the longest tributary of the Mahanadi River.