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If she built a country: A film review
Posted on 04 Jan, 2020 10:49 AMMaheen Mirza’s film ‘Agar wo desh banati/ If she built a country’ looks at the widespread displacement on an unprecedented scale for mines and industries in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh.
Centre approves Atal Bhujal Yojana to improve groundwater management
Posted on 02 Jan, 2020 11:04 AMCentre approves Atal Bhujal Yojana, worth Rs 6,000 crore
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Posted on 26 Dec, 2019 02:08 PMGreen signal to Kalasa-Banduri project held
India has most pollution-related deaths in the world
Posted on 26 Dec, 2019 02:07 PMIndia leads the world in pollution-linked deaths: Study
Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project
Posted on 11 Dec, 2019 12:05 PMLocals say impact assessment report does not accurately represent the real impact of Luhri II hydropower project
Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga
Posted on 06 Dec, 2019 10:39 AMThe National Mission for Cleaning Ganga was set up in 2014 and the Namami Gange programme was launched the year after, with a budget outlay of Rs. 20,000 crore. The implementation of the flagship programme was followed by the framing of a draft National River Ganga (Rejuvenation, Protection and Management) Bill, 2019 to be introduced in the winter session of Parliament.
In wake of climate change, prioritise and invest in water security and clean drinking water
Posted on 04 Dec, 2019 05:33 PMWhile climate activists and world leaders were gathering in Paris in the first week of December 2015 to discuss the impact of climate change, the metropolis Chennai in the southern corner of India was inundated with floods.
Wind energy development and policy in India
Posted on 02 Dec, 2019 12:55 PMWind energy is a renewable, inexhaustible, non-polluting and popular alternative source of clean energy. India stands fourth in the world in wind energy conversion and utilization, with an installed capacity of about 34,605?MW as of September 2018.
40 percent of rural households in India lack access to drinking water
Posted on 27 Nov, 2019 04:37 AMNSS finds only 58.2 percent of rural households have drinking water facilities within premises
Jaipur’s wastewater conundrum
Posted on 21 Nov, 2019 12:29 PMA major area of concern currently for India is the proper disposal of wastewater in urban areas. The huge increase in supply of potable water to cater to the needs of modern urban households has correspondingly increased the quantum of wastewater.