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India's groundwater: Invisible water, visible crisis
News this week Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 06:13 PM

Massive national effort needed to resolve India's depleting groundwater

Water well in Purulia, West Bengal (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Okhla Bird Sanctuary takes a backseat to real estate development in Noida
Policy matters this week Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:20 PM

Centre approves bringing down protected zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary from 10 km to 1

Okhla Bird Sanctuary (Source: Amit Pratap via Wikipedia)
Europe's Rhine river inspires the Ganga revival
News this week Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:13 PM

Ganga clean-up takes its inspiration from the Rhine river

Ganga river at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Agriculture Ministry renamed by Prime Minister Modi
Policy matters this week Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:59 PM

This I-Day new name given to the Agriculture Ministry and the Swachh Vidyalaya mission accomplished 

Agriculture fields in Uttarakhand (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Study reveals reduction in water flow of the Ganga in the Himalayan catchment areas
News this week Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:52 PM

Ganga catchment area has lost over 1500 billion cusecs of water flow: Study

Ganga at Gadmukteshwar  (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
No tunnel for the Luhri hydel project in Himachal
Policy matter this week Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 12:07 PM

Villagers win as SJVNL drops its tunnel plan for Luhri hydel project 

Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)
Mysore ranks first in Swachh Bharat rankings
News this week Posted on 10 Aug, 2015 09:56 PM

South India performs better in the Swachh Bharat rankings

Mysore tops in Swachh Bharat Rankings (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Delhi residents to be charged an 'environmental compensation fee'
Policy matters this week Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 09:25 AM

Charge fees, use funds to clean Yamuna: NGT 

Bid to clean Yamuna through 'environment compensation fee' (Source: Wikipedia)
India set to become water scarce in 10 years
News this week Posted on 04 Aug, 2015 10:20 PM

India set to become water scarce in 10 years time: Govt tells Parliament

Water scarcity: A reality in 2025? (Source: Wikipedia)
CPCB fails to tackle rising river pollution: Report
News this week Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 09:22 AM

In the last 26 years, polluted river stretches rise from 22 to over 300

Polluted Yamuna river in Agra
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