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People in Kinnaur are making all efforts to stop further destruction'
Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 01:01 PMAround 21 major hydropower projects are proposed in the upper Satluj catchment area of Himachal Pradesh. In 2013, The Environics Trust collaborated with Himalaya Niti Abhiyan to assess the impact of these projects on the people and ecology of the geographically-fragile Kinnaur region.
Catching rain in the land of "too much water"
Posted on 23 Aug, 2015 08:16 PMEven in the remotest village of Assam, you would often find one saying ‘paanir nisina daam’ (meaning as cheap as water) or ‘paanir nisina xorol’ (as simple as water) over a good bargain or an easy task. Water is, almost always, associated with simplicity and abundance.
But those were the good old days.
Half of India's interstate rivers plagued by pollution and poor water quality
Posted on 23 Aug, 2015 03:42 PMAccording to a recent study by the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB), almost half of India's
Mithi: Recounting a river’s apathetic journey
Posted on 22 Aug, 2015 05:45 PMFor Kaleshwari Yadav, a resident of Morarji Nagar slums in Mumbai, rain is not her biggest worry; it is the lack of it. Residing adjacent to the Mithi (meaning sweet in Hindi) river, she says when it doesn’t rain, the stagnated river becomes a breeding ground of deadly mosquito vectors of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.
Colourful fabrics lead to murky waters
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:55 PMAmanishah nallah flowing through Sanganer, a town located 15 kms from Jaipur, is getting murkier by the day as the the textile hand printing industry in the area is getting more prosperous.
Delhi’s Bhalaswa landfill contaminates groundwater
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:51 PMWith more than 8360 tons of trash created daily in Delhi, the city has three trash pile sites at Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla. In these sites technically known as landfills, garbage is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying lands.
Agriculture Ministry renamed by Prime Minister Modi
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:59 PMThis I-Day new name given to the Agriculture Ministry and the Swachh Vidyalaya mission accomplished
Study reveals reduction in water flow of the Ganga in the Himalayan catchment areas
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:52 PMGanga catchment area has lost over 1500 billion cusecs of water flow: Study
Creaking cities, vanishing ecosystems
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:43 PMEcosystems are complex functioning units that include living as well as non living entities and build on interdependent relationships among these living resources, surrounding habitats and reside
Water treated royally in Mandu's Jahaz Mahal (Ship Palace)
Posted on 12 Aug, 2015 07:56 PMGhiyas-ud-din-khilji is a man about whom history is confused. Contemporary records speak of 'a lover of peace, particular in his daily prayers'.