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Brick kilns take the Ganga away from Patna
News this week Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 08:16 PM

596 brick kilns along Ganga's banks are pushing it away from Patna

Brink kiln in Doddaballapur
Swachh Punjab' is a stinking reality
The state's high toilet coverage has compounded the problem of water pollution and diseases. It now needs an efficient and affordable sewage treatment system. Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 12:54 PM

Whenever Nachatar Singh’s wife and children fall sick, he blames it on the groundwater they pull out everyday using a hand pump in his courtyard at Veere Wala Kalan village of Faridkot district. Singh swears that the problem started only recently. “The same tap used to fetch such good quality water thanks to seepage from the Gang canal which runs around 1 km from our place.

Not much distance between toilet and water source
Gujarat No.1 in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission
News this week Posted on 07 Apr, 2015 09:13 PM

Swachh Bharat Mission: Gujarat leads the implementation

Gujarat No.1 in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission
Probe ordered on cost overruns of Vidarbha dams
Policy matters this week Posted on 07 Apr, 2015 09:04 PM

Maharashtra Government to probe into cost overruns of Vidarbha dams

Earthmovers carrying out irrigation project works
Kashmir under danger of floods
News this week Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:30 AM

Fear of floods looms over Kashmir again

Landslide and a flooded river
Locals rejoice as coal mining banned in Mahan forest
Policy matters this week Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:12 AM

Coal Ministry bans mining in Mahan forest

Coal mines in Jharsuguda district
Cursed by greed: The Falgu river
The Falgu river, supposedly cursed by Sita to run below the ground, is today threatened by encroachment and pollution. Can she be saved by her defenders? Posted on 23 Mar, 2015 04:32 PM

The story of the Falgu is one of greed. Unlike most other rivers, the Falgu is not just a victim of greed, but also an oppressor -- she oppressed none other than Sita herself as she flowed through Gaya in Bihar.

The story

People gather around a chua in the Falgu
A speed limit on river use
"People tend to ask what (revenue in dollars) water for environmental flows is going to generate. That's not the question you should be asking", says Professor Jay O'Keeffe in an interview with IWP. Posted on 21 Mar, 2015 01:08 PM

Professor Jay O'Keeffe is well-known to all those who are interested in the concept of environmental flow releases. The Professor has been involved in this, all over the world, since the seventies.

The Ganga at sunset
Land Bill opposed in the Rajya Sabha
Policy matter this week Posted on 17 Mar, 2015 04:28 PM

Opposition to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill

Construction activity on what was once a farm land
Patna HC wants Ganga's original course restored
Policy matters this week Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 10:56 PM

Restore Ganga's original course: Patna HC

River Ganga
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