Industrial and other Manmade Disasters

Straddling land and sea and swarming with life, mangroves are key to healthy coastal ecosystems. They are recognised for their role as storm barriers, protecting coastal areas from flooding and erosion by dissipating the energy of huge waves. They act as nurseries for fish, help filter river water of pollutants and trap excess sediment before it reaches the ocean.

Southwest monsoon claims 227 lives

India not a water defict country. Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC

The threat of desertification increases in 26 of 29 states

Sustainable development, still an unfinished agenda

Swachh Bharat Mission reduced groundwater contamination: UNICEF

Mahakali, also known as Sharda in India, gushes through the hilly tracts of Nepal and Uttarakhand, collecting its water from the numerous streams it receives on the way.

Odisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone

Life is getting back to normal after an ‘extremely severe’ cyclonic storm Fani hit India’s eastern coastline. It ripped through several districts of Odisha and West Bengal and brought in torrential rains and winds of up to 200 km/hr.

Cyclone Fani, strongest to hit India in 20 years, causes widespread destruction in Odisha