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India’s first round-the-clock solar village angers pastoralists
Posted on 20 Mar, 2023 09:02 AMIndia's first round the clock solar power plant in Modhera village Gujarat, threatens livelihoods of pastoralists
Centre in final stages of notifying emissions trading scheme
Posted on 01 Mar, 2023 12:17 PMCentre in final stages of notifying emissions trading scheme
Rivers and riverine communities of India: Water Talk Series 2022-23 by students of Water Policy and Governance, TISS
Posted on 19 Feb, 2023 06:11 PMThe Water Talk Series started in 2017 at the Tata Institute of
Green growth finds prominence in the Union Budget 2023-24
Posted on 03 Feb, 2023 09:45 AMGreen growth finds prominence in the Union Budget 2023-24
India issues notice to Pakistan to renegotiate Indus Waters Treaty to optimise water use
Posted on 02 Feb, 2023 12:36 PMIndia issues notice to Pakistan seeking modification to Indus Waters Treaty
Microplastics in tributaries of the Upper Ganga River
Posted on 01 Jan, 2023 11:23 AMMicroplastic contamination has appeared as pollution of global concern in the aquatic as well as the terrestrial environment. In India, very few studies are available on microplastic load in freshwater ecosystems, despite the fact that rivers play a major role in transporting microplastics into the marine ecosystem.
River Sharavathi - under siege from microplastics
Posted on 16 Dec, 2022 01:32 PMRivers worldover are choking on plastic and transferring more than two million tonnes per year of microplastics (MPs) into the marine environment informs this paper titled 'Assessment of pollution and risks associated with microplastics in the riverine sediments of the Western Ghats: a heritage site in southern I
Water storage in river basins dips in 2021, drier than normal conditions to blame: WMO
Posted on 15 Dec, 2022 06:07 PMSignificant drop in the volume of Ganga river water and groundwater in the river basin, reveals WMO report
Classifying rivers for setting up stone crushers is illegal: NGT to Uttarakhand government
Posted on 14 Dec, 2022 02:33 PMUttarakhand’s classification of rivers to set up stone crushers violates NGT Act
Assessing the health of river Ganga
Posted on 08 Dec, 2022 07:07 PMDams can bind and gag rivers
Structures such as locks, dams, barrages, and weirs are known to drastically reduce the longitudinal connectivity of rivers, impact downstream flow, and alter riverine ecosystems.