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Heavy rains disrupt life in North India
News this week Posted on 14 Jul, 2015 09:49 AM

Monsoons in the North affect people and wildlife

Monsoon affects life in North India
NGT quashes environment clearance to 10 irrigation projects in Maharashtra and Karnataka
Policy matters this week Posted on 13 Jul, 2015 09:57 PM

NGT cancels MoEF's go ahead to 10 irrigation projects 

Irrigation Canal taking off from the Bhima Dam (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)
WHO & UNICEF Report ranks India worst in eradicating open defecation
News this week Posted on 07 Jul, 2015 11:15 PM

India's poor sanitation facilities have a direct correlation with stunting in children

A defunt toilet in a tribal village in Odisha (Source: Vishwanath Srikantaiah)
Do not allow dam projects affecting environmental flows of rivers: Water Ministry to CWC
Policy matters this week Posted on 07 Jul, 2015 10:33 PM

Water Ministry restricts permission to dam projects hindering e-flow of rivers

Ganga river at Kaudiyala
Govt approves Rs 4,845 crore for Krishna-Marathwada irrigation project
Policy matters this week Posted on 30 Jun, 2015 09:10 AM

Krishna-Marathwada irrigation project worth Rs 4,845 crore gets Govt nod

Krishna river near Vijayawada (Source: Bhanutpt)
80% of India's surface water is polluted
News this week Posted on 29 Jun, 2015 08:55 PM

Domestic sewerage responsible for 75-80% of water pollution in the country

Yamuna river in Agra
World running out of groundwater: NASA
News this week Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:15 PM

Humans are consuming groundwater rapidly: NASA

A dried up well
Himachal fails to construct 109 micro hydel projects due to lack of funds
Policy matters this week Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:10 PM

Construction of 109 Kuhl projects proposed in Himachal, still on papers

Kuhls, the irrigation channels in Himachal Pradesh
Centre gives a uniform definition to the term 'Open Defecation Free'
Policy matters this week Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:23 AM

New criteria for villages and Gram Panchayats to be termed Open Defacation Free

An open defecation free zone in Salem
Raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height would be disastrous: Committee
News this week Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:16 AM

Committee warns against raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height

Sardar Sarovar Dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)
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