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Bihar Government bans plastic packaged water bottles in all its departments
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 09 Feb, 2015 01:35 PM

Bihar's government offices to soon become free of plastic bottles
Plastic water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)
Maharashtra Government puts its rivers in danger
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 12:29 PM

Mahashtra scraps state's River Regulation Zone policy
View of the river Mula in Pune, Maharashtra
Maharashtra and Telangana oppose interlinking plan
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Jan, 2015 04:56 PM

Strong opposition to interlinking of Gujarat and Maharashtra rivers
Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh
Norms violated for Ken-Betwa river link's public hearing: Activists
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 11:01 PM

Activists say that the villagers were informed late for the public hearing of the Ken-Betwa river link
People's public hearing
Water news: A recap of 2014
Water made big news in 2014 with the formation of the new Water Ministry, initiation of the Swachh Bharat Mission, disasters due to erratic weather, and several scientific achievements.
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Jan, 2015 09:58 PM

New Water Ministry, Clean Ganga Portal, Ganga Manthan: Goverment makes efforts towards rejuvenating the Ganga
Sunset at Gadmukhteshwar
A push to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 04:58 PM

States get a free hand towards the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
A child collects garbage at Yamuna ghat in Delhi
10 years since Tsunami, but TN fails to implement its rehabilitation plans
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 03:09 PM

Tamil Nadu Government fails to implement its long-term rehabililation plans post tsunami 2004
Post-tsunami slum (Source: Kavaiyan via Wikimedia)
2014-drought in Maharashtra worse than the 2012 one
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Dec, 2014 11:58 PM

Maharashtra drought this year is worse than 2012 drought
Drought in Maharashtra
Traditional fishing technologies: Will they survive the onslaught of development and mechanisation?
Age-old skills and techniques used by fisherfolk are under threat, and at the risk of being replaced by modern unsustainable technologies.
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Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 11:37 PM

Fisheries are an important sector providing employment to millions of people in India and contributing to the food security of the country. Marine, inland fisheries and aquaculture are the main components of the fisheries sector.
Fishing technologies used by the fisherfolk
Uttar Pradesh gears up to tackle climate change
Adequate budget, staff, capacity; a monitoring framework; interdepartmental cooperation - all need to be in place for effective climate change mainstreaming, according to UP officials.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Nivedita Mani
Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 03:26 PM

The people I was listening to challenged all my prejudices about government officials' tendencies to bury their heads in the sand.
Floods in cities will be increasingly common
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