Groundwater

Communication technologies aid fisherfolk in Kerala to remain safe during the monsoons

NGT forms committee to frame policy to protect submerging islands in India

Namkaal district of Tamil Nadu shows the way to successfully manage water scarcity

Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district has successfully addressed its water scarcity challenges and become the second-best district in India in terms of groundwater availability according to the Union Jal Shakti Ministry’s annual ranking. 

Environmentalists petition HC against Telangana marine park plan; notice issued

It is rightly said that "what is measured is managed better". And we observed this happen at Sagapali village in Keonjhar district of Odisha. This village is in the Nayakote gram panchayat, and has an undulating terrain surrounded by five hillocks. It has forests around it with limited plainlands for cultivation.

Assam undertakes an ambitious water scheme to educate more than two lakh youngsters as Jal Doots

A rare species of catfish, has been found in aquifers in Kerala, opening a window to the rich biodiversity that exists even in deep and dark underground subterranean environments where unique organisms survive by adapting to the harsh surroundings informs this paper titled 'Evolution in the dark: Unexpected geneti

The state of Tamil Nadu depends heavily on groundwater for domestic, industrial, and agricultural use and this has led to rapid depletion of groundwater resources in the state.  Over-extraction in hard, arid rock areas like the districts of Dharmapuri and the alluvial Cauvery delta is very high and farmers continue to drill deeper wells.

Deltas around the world are under threat. Recent research shows that around 85 percent of the deltas of the world are shrinking. 

What are deltas

House panel suggests prepaid cards for power to save groundwater