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Ennore oil spill: Flora, fauna recover slowly
News this week Posted on 08 May, 2017 10:03 PM

Oil spill in Ennore has highly impacted the zone between Ennore and Marina beach

Oil sludge being manually removed from the rocky coast. (Image courtesy: The Indian Express)
Muck tale: How Cooum lost its holy status
A group of heritage enthusiasts trail the Cooum to come up with astounding details of a holy river that has become a sewage carrier. Posted on 17 Apr, 2017 08:17 PM

One of the shortest rivers to drain into the Bay of Bengal, the Cooum is now a local synonym for an open sewer and is generally considered to be beyond the realms of redemption.

The Cooum as it flows through Chennai today.
Ryots wronged, take protest to Delhi
As the TN farmers’ protest in Delhi enters its fourth week, all eyes are on the Centre which is not budging. Posted on 13 Apr, 2017 05:51 AM

A woman stands with a begging bowl and a placard strung around her neck. An old man shuffles along barefoot in the street at Jantar Mantar, the official site of a farmers’ protest in the heart of New Delhi. He finds his way through a group of farmers gathered at the protest site on a hot summer afternoon.

Tamil Nadu farmers protest for drought relief in Delhi.
Farm loan waivers for Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Policy matters this week Posted on 10 Apr, 2017 08:32 PM

Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu governments waive off farm loans

A farmer on his field. (Source: India Water Portal)
Water in TN's reservoirs dips
News this week Posted on 04 Apr, 2017 05:58 AM

Just seven to eight percent water left in TN’s reservoirs

TN farmers in the midst of a crisis. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
When wetlands refuse to wilt away
The revival of Narayanapuram wetland is a fitting example that good things can come out of government’s willingness to associate with independent organisations for the betterment of the society. Posted on 19 Mar, 2017 03:58 PM

Once home to over 400 water bodies, Chennai’s development story is similar to most metropolises across India. Urbanising at a hurried pace, the concrete city spilled over its waterways and wetlands, leaving behind a sorry tale of ecological destruction.

The desilted Narayanapuram wetland.
India faces severe water crisis
News this week Posted on 14 Mar, 2017 09:56 AM

Storage levels dip in country's major reservoirs: Government

A reservoir in Coorg, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
A sip of seawater
Desalination is considered a solution to increasing water shortage in the world. A few functional desalination plants in Tamil Nadu, however, show a different picture. Posted on 11 Mar, 2017 09:15 PM

Population growth estimates suggest that India will be supporting over 1.5 billion inhabitants by 2050 if the present growth rate of 1.9 percent per year continues.

A view of the Nemmeli desalination plant in Chennai. (Image courtesy: Business Today)
River loses battle for survival against soft drinks
Policy matters this week Posted on 06 Mar, 2017 09:07 PM

Madras HC dismisses plea to stop supply of Tamirabarani water to Coca-Cola and Pepsi

Coca-Cola bottling plant. (Source: S. Subramanium via Hindu)
In harm’s way: Pulicat lagoon
Keeping Pulicat lagoon healthy is paramount to the health of the Chennai’s ecosystem. What is happening instead is its slow degradation. Posted on 06 Mar, 2017 03:34 PM

Along the east coast of India, five massive wetlands--starting from Point Calimere (Kodiakarai) and Pulicat in Tamil Nadu, the Krishna-Godavari basin in Andhra, Chilika in Odisha and Sundarbans in West Bengal--provide the necessary moisture for monsoon winds to precipitate.

Pulicat lagoon is the second largest brackish water body in the country after Odisha's Chilika lake. (Image: Seetha Gopalakrishnan, IWP)
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