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‘Have a selfish interest in environment’
Posted on 23 Dec, 2016 11:01 AMNoted environment lawyer Ritwick Dutta received the Bhagirath Prayas Samman at the recently concluded India Rivers’ Week. We catch up with him on his journey so far and how we can further expand the constituency of environment.
Q. Who was your idol and what did you learn from him/her?
Anupam Mishra: The Gandhian I know
Posted on 23 Dec, 2016 10:25 AM“I remember I need to work on that article of yours. Will do that when I get better,” Anupam ji said taking my hands in his. He had gone weak, was in a lot of pain but still took out the time to attend the inaugural day of India Rivers’ Week (IRW) last month.
Identifying WASH barriers
Posted on 22 Dec, 2016 10:31 PMAs night falls, women in Chempakaraman beach on the Pulluvila coastal belt in Thiruvananthapuram step out of their safe abode and leave for the open fields. The barking of stray dogs send a chill down their spine but still, these women brave the odds and venture into the darkness as it is an urgency.
Stunting in India: The sanitation connect
Posted on 22 Dec, 2016 11:57 AMOn Children’s Day on November 14 this year, two organisations in Odisha--Shramajeebee Sangathan (SJS), Malkangiri and Jeebika Suraksha Mancha, Kandhamal--organised a massive padayatra (street walk) in villages as an awareness drive and to mobilise communities to curb m
Sanitation and the risk of sexual violence
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:08 PMWhile nearly half of the world’s population (42 percent) lacks access to improved sanitation conditions, India is the worst performer in sanitation coverage, even below those countries with half of the households (53 percent) not having access to toilets.
Saving the Ganga, one step at a time
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:11 AMAn aerospace engineer from IIT, Kharagpur, Siddharth Agarwal could have been drawing a fancy salary like any other 25-year-old if he hadn’t followed his passion.
Open letter to Uma Bharti, Minister for Water Resources
Posted on 20 Dec, 2016 08:03 PMHon’ble Madam,
Namaskar,
Soon a single tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:45 PMGovernment decides to create a permanent tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
Gujarat fails to conserve its wetlands
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:30 PMSix years on, Gujarat fails to form wetland panel
On a wing and a prayer
Posted on 18 Dec, 2016 06:35 AMRenuka can be forgiven if she were to feel a bit crazy at times. Like many other women, she could be finding it hard to balance her pious and wild sides.