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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
India set to become water scarce in 10 years
Posted on 04 Aug, 2015 10:20 PMIndia set to become water scarce in 10 years time: Govt tells Parliament
Shivaji and Sardar Vallabhai Patel: Bigger than their proposed statues
Posted on 31 Jul, 2015 09:05 AMWhat do these two iconic figures -- Shivaji, the great Maratha leader and Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the ‘Iron Man of India’ -- have most in common? While one might think that it was their fight for the freedom of their motherland, albeit at different times, that is not all.
Do not rush through with TSR committee's proposals on green laws: Parliamentary Panel
Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 08:55 AMPanel suggests that the Govt not rush through with changes in green laws
Flawed embankment strategy converts Bihar into a watery grave
Posted on 27 Jul, 2015 02:31 PMDr. Dinesh Kumar Mishra of Barh Mukti Abhiyaan, an authority on the river network of North Bihar speaks to India Water Portal about the flood problems, the skewed flood control policy of the Government, the Kosi breach of 2008 and the gargantuan interlinking of rivers project.
What are the odds of a dam burst?
Posted on 11 Jul, 2015 10:48 AMOne of history’s worst dam bursts took place in Gujarat in 1979 when the four-kilometer long Machhu Dam II on the Machhu River collapsed. This led to a deluge in the industrial city of Morbi located five kilometers downstream as well as surrounding rural areas destroying thousands of homes and lives. While this was a tragedy, it was by no means an isolated one.
Himachal fails to construct 109 micro hydel projects due to lack of funds
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:10 PMConstruction of 109 Kuhl projects proposed in Himachal, still on papers
Barefoot hydrogeologists: The next generation
Posted on 18 Jun, 2015 02:55 PMI first met Kunti and Priya at a meeting of the Springs Initiative, which is a network of organisations and individuals working across India to restore their springs.
Puppets talk, people listen
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 10:31 PMAll the world’s a stage and all men and women players in it, said Shakespeare. Kathputli Colony in Delhi is living testimony to this. ‘Kath’ means wood and ‘putli’ is the Hindi word for a doll or puppet.