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Chemical Pollution
Biodiversity - crucial for survival of freshwater ecosystems!
Posted on 04 Aug, 2021 04:47 PMRivers, lakes, ponds and streams – natural freshwater ecosystems are a precious resource because of the rich biodiversity they support and the valuable ecosystem services they provide.
![View of a s stream in Kerala (Image Source: Firos AK via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/Stream_in_kakkayam_kerala_India_IMG_7582.jpg?itok=97oGnLHd)
Ganga, a sink of microplastics
Posted on 25 Jul, 2021 01:28 PMA new study by the Delhi-based environment NGO Toxics Link reveals the presence of microplastics in all samples collected from the river at Haridwar, Kanpur and Varanasi.
![Cleaning efforts on the Ganga has so far focussed on focussed on creating sewage treatment capacities in the major urban centres along the river. (Image: Richard IJzermans, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/Ganga-Varanasi.jpg?itok=0dTfdeDw)
East Kolkata Wetlands – fast turning death traps for aquatic ecosystems?
Posted on 24 Jun, 2021 10:43 AMWhile freshwater ecosystems in India are known to harbour rich biodiversity, their health is being increasingly challenged in recent years. And the East Kolkata Wetlands, one of the important Ramsar sites in India, and the largest wastewater fed aquaculture systems in the world that provide fish and support paddy and vegetable cultivation, are no exception.
![Fishermen use wastewater from Kolkata to rear fish (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/ekw.jpg?itok=K5n7z59x)
Toxic chemicals: A barrier to safe drinking water
Posted on 22 Jun, 2021 04:22 PMA drinking water quality, testing, monitoring and surveillance framework was released by the Ministry of Jal Shakti in March 2021 as a part of the government’s flagship Nal se Jal scheme.
![Water treatment facilities are incapable of removing many chemical compounds and need to be upgraded (Image: PxHere)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/water.jpg?itok=dJ83RM97)
Delhi Govt gets stricter in tackling Yamuna river pollution
Posted on 22 Jun, 2021 04:16 PMYamuna pollution: Delhi Govt bans soaps and detergents not meeting latest BIS standards
![Yamuna flows under (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/5694778033_e1f85674e7_c.jpg?itok=zWmtcL8A)
Pollution levels rising post-lockdown in cities in south India
Posted on 08 Feb, 2021 11:23 AMAn analysis was done by the Centre for Science and Environment (CSE) of winter pollution (until January 26, 2021) in India’s five southern states - a vulnerable but poorly monitored region from the air quality perspective.
![Air quality management requires regional approach to implement clean air action plans, says CSE (Image: Pixy)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/smoke.jpg?itok=Tx7ntPj1)
Air pollution: Filling the gaps
Posted on 22 Dec, 2020 12:34 PMAir pollution killed 16.7 lakh Indians and led to an economic loss of Rs.
![All Indian cities like Mumbai, Chennai, Kolkata, Bengaluru and Hyderabad surpass the air quality standards by a significant margin (Image: United Nations; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/air-pollution-toronto-UN.jpg?itok=4SM6DSo-)
Holy waters, unholy outcomes!
Posted on 28 Aug, 2020 05:52 PMRivers are revered and considered holy since times immemorial in India and mass bathing in some rivers is an age-old ritual. A holy dip and a holy sip of the river waters are considered to be a highly purifying. But is the dip really cleansing at all when almost all the rivers in India are known to be highly polluted?
![A priest offers water to the sun at Ramghat on the Kshipra river at Simhastha (Image Source: Makarand Purohit)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kshipra_mass_bathing.jpg?itok=rJgzyAzw)
Locals struggle with WASH issues post-Amphan
Posted on 17 Aug, 2020 12:17 PMUN’s recognition of safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right recently hit a decade and this makes us ponder even more about the situation in the Sundarbans after the Amphan cyclone. The destruction caused by Amphan in the Sundarbans poses a massive threat to the very right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation of the people living there.
![Having no source of water is proving to be extremely difficult for the people living in the Sundarbans. (Image: WaterAid, Subhrajit Sen)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/w5.jpg?itok=J4P7V49H)