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April 18, 2024

Collaborative approaches to water governance in Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra basin

As the demand for water from the Hindu Kush Himalaya region is expected to rise due to population growth, the impacts of temperature increases, and development requirements, researchers emphasise the urgent need to enhance scientific collaboration and rejuvenate existing treaties and governance structures.

Rivers of destiny (Image: Vikramjit Kakati/Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)

February 20, 2024

Sewage will overtake agriculture as the biggest polluter of river sub basins in India

This study predicts that sewage will become the dominant source of nitrogen pollution in rivers due to urbanisation and insufficient wastewater treatment technologies and infrastructure in worse case scenario projections in countries such as India.

The polluted river Yamuna at Agra (Image Source: India Water Portal)

October 16, 2023

शोध : गंगा नदी की ही भाँति सरयू नदी में भी पाई गई जीवाणु भोजी बैक्टीरियोफेज की उपस्थिति

अब वह दिन दूर नहीं कि गंगाजल की तरह सरयू जल को भी बोतल में सुरक्षित किया जा सकेगा और वह खराब नहीं होगा।सरयू नदी में पाए जाने वाले जीवाणु एवं विषाणुओं पर अध्ययन हेतु विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्रालय के विज्ञान एवं अभियांत्रिकी विभाग की आर्थिक सहायता प्राप्त की है। इनके निर्देशन में शोध छात्रों द्वारा अस्पताल में संक्रमण करने वाले जीवाणुओं की पहचान और उनकी एंटीबायोटिक प्रतिरोधी बनने पर अध्ययन किया जा रहा है।

October 8, 2023

India's rivers: From conservation movements to legal personhood

While the current push for legal personhood for rivers is facing obstacles and is stalled, it holds potential as a viable long-term strategy for the preservation of India's rivers

River quality deteriorates as demand for hydropower to support economic growth continues to expand. (Image: Yogendra Singh Negi, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)

July 18, 2023

जलांगी नदी को पश्चिम बंगाल चुनाव में 58 वोट मिले

पश्चिमबंगाल पंचायत चुनाव-2023 में पर्यावरण एक बड़ा अहम मुद्दा बना। नदी और पर्यावरण राजनीतिक दलों के एजेंडे से कहीं अधिक आम लोगों के आकर्षण का केन्द्र बने।

June 17, 2023

सहस्त्रधारा-बाल्दी नदी के सभी कब्जे हटाए जाएं - एनजीटी

सहस्त्रधारा-बाल्दी नदी के किनारे के धनौला गांव में नदी पर अवैध निर्माण गतिविधियों के मुद्दे को सबसे पहले याचिकाकर्ता मीनाक्षी अरोड़ा ने उठाया था, जिनका इस साल 6 मार्च 2023 को निधन हो गया। उनके पति केसर सिंह अब सहस्त्रधारा-बाल्दी नदी मामले की पैरवी कर रहे हैं।

सहस्त्रधारा-बाल्दी नदी पर अतिक्रमण,फोटो सभागार:- केसर सिंह

Harvesting and using rainwater, a must in Bengaluru

Policy matters this fortnight

Swati Bansal

Posted on 23 Sep, 2021 12:24 PM

State government makes harvesting and using of rainwater a must in Bengaluru

Rainwater harvesting installed in a house (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

The holy composting unit

While preventing nirmalya (religious waste) from being thrown in the rivers along the ghats of rivers in India is a dire need, so is increasing public awareness and citizen involvement on the issue, urges Jeevitnadi from Pune.

Mrinal Vaidya

Posted on 18 Sep, 2021 03:48 PM

Cleaning the river banks has been a regular activity taken up by Jeevitnadi Living River Foundation (an NGO working on saving the river Mula Mutha in Pune city through citizen involvement) as a part of the Adopt a river stretch initiative.

A composting unit installed in one of the temple premises in Pune (Image Source: Jeevitnadi Living River Foundation)

India now has 46 Ramsar sites as four new wetlands add to the list

News this fortnight

Swati Bansal

Posted on 11 Aug, 2021 12:13 PM

Four more wetlands get the Ramsar tag

Wetlands are an essential component of our ecosystem (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

World Bank to provide $250 million to ensure dam safety in India

Policy matters this fortnight

Swati Bansal

Posted on 10 Aug, 2021 07:04 AM

World Bank will provide $250 million for dam safety in India

Malampuzha dam in Kerala (Image source: IWP Flickr Photos)

New projects for revival of six polluted stretches in Uttarakhand under Namami Gange

Policy matters this fortnight

Swati Bansal

Posted on 27 Jul, 2021 05:56 PM

NMCG approves new projects for the revival of six polluted stretches in Uttarakhand

A river stretch in Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Dams and floods

Do dams worsen floods? These videos by Jeevitnadi Living River Foundation highlight the role of dams in controlling floods and the emerging challenges to flood management in India.

Jeevitnadi Living River Foundation

Posted on 26 Jul, 2021 09:55 PM

What are floods, why do we have floods at all?

Hirakud, India's oldest dam (Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

Ganga, a sink of microplastics

A study by Toxics Link reveals that Ganga is heavily polluted by microplastics, the highest concentration being at Varanasi.

Toxics Link

Posted on 25 Jul, 2021 01:28 PM

A new study by the Delhi-based environment NGO Toxics Link reveals the presence of microplastics in all samples collected from the river at Haridwar, Kanpur and Varanasi.

Cleaning efforts on the Ganga has so far focussed on focussed on creating sewage treatment capacities in the major urban centres along the river. (Image: Richard IJzermans, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)

Understanding floods to prevent them!

While floods are a normal part of the river ecology, can their impacts be minimised by understanding them better and changing our current practices?

Jeevitnadi Living River Foundation

Posted on 23 Jul, 2021 09:20 AM

What are floods, why do we have floods at all?

Flooding in cities is getting common in India! (Image Source: IWP flickr photos)

Global warming leads to vanishing glaciers

Glacier melt in Himalayas to increase rapidly till 2050, then may decrease, says study by IIT

Posted on 20 Jul, 2021 03:22 PM

The Himalaya-Karakoram region in South Asia is often called the water tower of Asia or the Third Pole. It is one of the most heavily glacierized mountain regions on Earth.

Parkachik glacier, a part of the Zanskar region, Ladakh (Image: Mahua Sarkar, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)

Atmanirbhar Krishi App launched to equip farmers with weather insights

Policy matters this fortnight

Swati Bansal

Posted on 13 Jul, 2021 11:10 AM

Atmanirbhar Krishi App launched to make weather insights handy for farmers

Agricultural activities in semi-arid region of Tamil Nadu (Source: IWP Flickr Photos))

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September 22, 2024

प्रवाल भित्ति का अर्थ, परिभाषा और महत्व

प्रवाल भित्तियों का अनोखा संसार (साभार - विकिपीडिया)

September 21, 2024

टिकाऊ खेती एवं बेहतर मृदा स्वास्थ्य हेतु जैविक उर्वरक (भाग 2)

"टिकाऊ खेती" का अंग्रेजी में अर्थ "Sustainable Agriculture" होता है. यह एक ऐसी कृषि प्रणाली है जो पर्यावरणीय सिद्धांतों को ध्यान में रखते हुए पौधों और जानवरों के उत्पादन को समन्वित करती है। भाग 2 में जानिए कैसे करें इस्तेमाल जैविक उर्वरकों का

September 21, 2024

टिकाऊ खेती एवं बेहतर मृदा स्वास्थ्य हेतु जैविक उर्वरक (भाग 1)

टिकाऊ खेती और मृदा स्वास्थ्य के लिए जैविक उर्वरकों का इस्तेमाल हमेशा बेहतर परिणाम देता है। जैविक उर्वरकों यानी जैविक खादों के इस्तेमाल से खेत को कई तरह के फ़ायदे होते हैं। जानिए विस्तार से

September 21, 2024

हरित छत से पर्यावरण संरक्षण

हरित छतें (ग्रीन रूफ्स) पर्यावरण संरक्षण में महत्वपूर्ण भूमिका निभा रही हैं। इस मुद्दे पर डॉ. दीपक कोहली का एक विस्तृत आलेख।

हरित छतों वाली बिल्डिंग (courtesy - needpix.com)