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Ecology and Environment
Maharashtra wetlands: Govt withdraws plea against construction ban
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 03:13 PMMaharashtra government withdraws plea against ban on construction on wetlands
Ganga revival projects launched
Posted on 09 Jul, 2016 10:36 PMCentre launches 231 projects under Namami Gange
Ministries spar over hydel project
Posted on 03 Jul, 2016 04:59 PMMinistries reach no consensus over Uttarakhand hydel project
Pipara women realise pipe dream
Posted on 01 Jul, 2016 12:03 PMThe cracks on the parched land of Bundelkhand are waiting for the monsoon to quench the thirst of its arid landscape. Despite the wide-spread drought here, Pipara, one of the villages in the region, stands apart as the only one that has not run completely dry.
Centre releases draft of new National Forest Policy
Posted on 25 Jun, 2016 08:50 AMEnvironment ministry releases the draft of India’s new National Forest Policy
Farm ponds save village from drought
Posted on 21 Jun, 2016 09:09 AMVikram Patel, a 71-year-old farmer in Chidavad village of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh is one of the first farmers to have embraced the idea of farm ponds to increase the groundwater level in his farm.
Delhi water tanker scam: Sheila Dixit to be probed
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:19 AMFormer Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit to be probed in water tanker scam
A river comes to people
Posted on 13 Jun, 2016 08:28 PMGajanand Sharma is excited about the monsoon this year. He is building an anicut on the small stream that runs through his farm. “After the rain, the land will be filled with water and then I will sow wheat and reap record production in this area,” he prophesises. This forecast doesn’t come from his knowledge of astrology, but that of geology, gained over the years.
Simhastha leaves farmers fuming
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 07:38 PMRamesh Mali, a farmer in his late thirties, looks at his farmland nervously. It has been 13 days since the Simhastha Maha Kumbh festival, 2016, concluded. The district administration had acquired his four bigha land (approximately 0.64 hectares) for the festival. The barricades and the concrete left on his land give us the idea that the land is not fit for farming this season.
Environmental disaster in the face of climate change
Posted on 08 Jun, 2016 12:30 PMMarathwada has been witnessing severe drought over the last few years. This year has seen the worst with many farmer suicides reported [1].