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Ecology and Environment
Community effort saves mangroves
Posted on 04 Aug, 2016 09:52 AMCome monsoon, the villages in the Sundarbans islands witness nature’s fury with floodwaters overriding all boundaries and inundating huge tracts of land. As such, the earthen embankments, stretching to 3600 kms on the 54 inhabited islands out of a total of 102 in the Sundarbans, protect scores of people from floods and tidal waves.
Mines radiate disaster
Posted on 04 Aug, 2016 09:43 AMThe body of Guria Das looked like that of a three-year-old when she passed away at the age of 13. Guria was born in 1999 with a condition that constrained her growth. Her father, Chhatua Das recounts how Guria, unable to speak or move, communicated with him and his wife through gestures; a language that only the three of them could comprehend.
Rejuvenating traditional water system in Maharashtra
Posted on 02 Aug, 2016 09:44 AMMalguzari tanks were ponds made for water harvesting by the Malguzaars, who were zamindars or tenants in eastern Vidarbha, Maharashtra two centuries ago.These tanks provided water for irrigation and also increased the availability of fish for local consumption.
Where the holy rivers meet
Posted on 01 Aug, 2016 07:53 PMTemples in India have always had a water body near its premises. Whether it is a natural pond, a free-flowing river or a man-made tank, the water inside them seem to imbibe the sacredness associated with the temples, thereby becoming an integral part of the cultural, social and religious landscape of that area.
Living in fear of water
Posted on 31 Jul, 2016 11:41 AMFarmer Ravikant Deshmukh (40) is a much worried man. He lives in Kudari Dalli in Balod district in Chhattisgarh, a village that would get affected adversely if Mohar reservoir project takes off. The project, once realised, is estimated to submerge the agricultural land and houses of 1200 villagers in Kudari Dalli.
NGT gets strict over notification of wetlands
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:53 PMNGT orders CWRA to meet every month for identification of wetlands
Towards mission, clean Ganga
Posted on 25 Jul, 2016 08:50 AMIt is common knowledge that the river Ganga, considered sacred by millions of Hindus, is polluted. It is so polluted that some stretches of the river are unfit even for bathing, particularly during the lean seasons.
NGT questions UP on potable water to villages
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:30 PMProvide potable water to villages: NGT asks UP government
Rapar ends its long wait for water
Posted on 20 Jul, 2016 09:26 AMSummer temperatures soar to a gruelling 50ocelsius in Rapar, a little known block in Gujarat’s Kutch district. Land here is dry, saline and arid; the monsoon is erratic. Many a times, the entire year’s rain falls in a short span of two or three days, doing more harm than good.
State does a Nero while Kharun weeps
Posted on 18 Jul, 2016 09:30 AMAt sunrise, everything is luminous but not clear.
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories