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May 31, 2024
Climate action in urban spaces: SEEDS cool roof solutions in Delhi slums
From scorching to sustainable: Building resilience against heatwaves
A multifaceted approach to urban heatwaves (Image: Sri Kolari)
May 11, 2024
Unravelling the escalating forest fire crisis in Uttarakhand
Deforestation, expansion of agricultural land, encroachment into forested areas, and unplanned urbanisation alter landscape connectivity, fragment habitats, and increase fire ignition sources.
Uttarakhand's wildfire wake-up call (Image: Pickpic)
February 7, 2023
जोशीमठ व हिमालय में हो रही भीषण आपदाओं के मुद्दे पर मातृ सदन में तीन दिवसीय (12 से 14 फरवरी, 2023) अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सेमिनार का आयोजन
जोशीमठ व हिमालय में हो रही भीषण आपदाओं को लेकर मातृ सदन में तीन दिवसीय (12 से 14 फरवरी, 2023) अंतर्राष्ट्रीय सेमिनार का आयोजन किया जा रहा है। सम्मेलन में श्री जयसीलन नायडू, जो दक्षिण अफ्रीका के पूर्व राष्ट्रपति व महान राजनीतिज्ञ श्री नेल्सन मंडेला जी के सरकार में मंत्री रह चुके हैं, देश के विभिन्न अन्य बुद्धिजीवी व पर्यावरणविद मौजूद रहेंगे।
मातृ सदन
October 26, 2021
Uttarakhand floods, a marker of climate change
Flash flood fury in Uttarakhand, a classic example of extended stay of monsoon
Floods in Uttarkashi, India. June 2013 (Image: Oxfam International)
May 6, 2021
Migrant workers stranded yet again
81% of the workers reported that work has stopped due to locally declared lockdowns: SWAN study
Jeevan Rath 2.0 helped people get back home in June 2020. Migrants from Chhattisgarh were stuck in Pune when CYDA came in contact with them and arranged their transportation and food through support of Jeevan Rath and SwissAid. (Image: Maha C19 PECONet Collaborative/IWP Flickr)
May 6, 2021
Responding to the second wave of COVID-19 in rural India
A coalition of nonprofits highlights the unique challenges that confront rural India and provides suggestions on how to respond to the second wave of COVID-19.
As healthcare systems in urban cities across India grapple with the second wave of COVID-19, smaller towns and villages too are facing devastating consequences. (Image: ©Gates Archive/Saumya Khandelwa)
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World running out of groundwater: NASA
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:15 PM

Humans are consuming groundwater rapidly: NASA
A dried up well
Chennai fisherfolk explain the connection between climate, oceanographic factors and fish catch
Understanding how fishing communities cope with and adapt fisheries to climate change can be useful to develop broader adaptation strategies.
R Geetha
E Vivekanandan
Joe K Kizhakudan
Shobha Joe Kizhakudan
S Chandrasekar
S Raja
K S Gupta
Posted on 15 Jun, 2015 09:33 AM

Climate change could have a strong impact on fisheries with far-reaching consequences on food and livelihoods of populations. It is likely to have a major impact on future marine fisheries production in India.
Fisherfolk and climate change
Acute crisis of water, power and medical facilities in Nepal after earthquake
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 10:39 AM

Nepal earthquake toll exceeds 4300
Earthquake in Nepal (Source: Krish Dulal)
88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Apr, 2015 09:27 PM

Nearly 88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra
A water-deprived region
Brick kilns take the Ganga away from Patna
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 08:16 PM

596 brick kilns along Ganga's banks are pushing it away from Patna
Brink kiln in Doddaballapur
Unseasonal rains damage crops worth Rs 10,000 crore
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 08:47 PM

Rabi crop damaged in north and central India
Rainy clouds hovering over Manipur's farmland
Government fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:35 PM

Government bends its own guideline, fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
Pristine Arunachal Pradesh
Embankments: Engineering solutions or problems?
In his book titled 'Bandini Mahananda', Dinesh Mishra describes the vicious circle of embankments that has created more problems than solutions in Bihar.
Dinesh Kumar Mishra
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 05:12 PM

Mahananda, a major River of north Bihar rises in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It meets the Ganga after a journey of 376 km through the flat lands of Bihar, West Bengal and Bangladesh. It would spill its banks because of the flat slopes, causing deluge and waterlogging in the Katihar district of Bihar.
Floods in Bihar; Image: Usha Dewani
Karnataka government exposed on Yettinahole project
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 10:40 AM

Yettinahole project called a drinking water project only to circumvent guidelines
River Netravathi (Source: SANDRP)
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