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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Rs 2000 crore action plan to restore mining ravaged areas in Karnataka
Posted on 09 Feb, 2015 01:54 PMKarnataka sets up firm to mitigate mining impacts
Bihar Government bans plastic packaged water bottles in all its departments
Posted on 09 Feb, 2015 01:35 PMBihar's government offices to soon become free of plastic bottles
Applications invited for the training on 'Water Quality Management', Centre for Water Resources Development and Management, Kozhikode, Kerala
Posted on 07 Feb, 2015 03:53 PMCentre for Water Resources Development and Management (CWRDM) is organizing a KSCSTE sponsored three day training course on ‘Water Quality Management’ at CWRDM HQ, Kozhikode during 26-28 February, 2015. A brief course profile including the course content and application form is attached.
Maharashtra Government puts its rivers in danger
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 12:29 PMMahashtra scraps state's River Regulation Zone policy
Swachh Bharat Mission: 80% behind target
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 11:14 AMSwachh Bharat seems a distant dream
How do income levels affect water-borne diseases?
Posted on 25 Jan, 2015 05:18 PMUrban water infrastructure has an important role to play in public health, and includes built networks that facilitate the flow and exchange of water over space.
Maharashtra and Telangana oppose interlinking plan
Posted on 20 Jan, 2015 04:56 PMStrong opposition to interlinking of Gujarat and Maharashtra rivers
Mission to clean Yamuna in Delhi by 2017
Posted on 19 Jan, 2015 09:08 PMNGT announces heavy fines, bans farming to clean up Yamuna
The dark life of the Kelo
Posted on 15 Jan, 2015 11:52 PM"The Kelo river has never been like this but in the last two decades, the economic growth in the region has spoiled the purity of the river", says eminent journalist Shiv Rajpoot from Raigarh, who is also known as "Kelo man". He has twice traveled by foot, the 90 km stretch of the Kelo from its origin to its end.
The objectives of his two visits were to study and document:
Science-based changes to cope with water crisis
Posted on 09 Jan, 2015 08:35 AMIndia has almost 17% of the world's population and 4% of the global water resources – a situation that threatens to push it towards a water crisis in the coming years. To add to this, are other reasons such as: