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Rural Water
Rice and shine
Posted on 22 Jul, 2016 10:08 PMTake the roads of Punjab during the monsoon and you will find most fields turned into pools of water. It’s mainly the water pulled out from the underground vault to support the kharif crop of paddy.
State does a Nero while Kharun weeps
Posted on 18 Jul, 2016 09:30 AMAt sunrise, everything is luminous but not clear.
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Floods wreak havoc in many parts of the country
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 04:27 PMFloods grip many parts of the country
Pipara women realise pipe dream
Posted on 01 Jul, 2016 12:03 PMThe cracks on the parched land of Bundelkhand are waiting for the monsoon to quench the thirst of its arid landscape. Despite the wide-spread drought here, Pipara, one of the villages in the region, stands apart as the only one that has not run completely dry.
Rural India walks more than 500m for drinking water
Posted on 25 Jun, 2016 09:13 AMRural India walks too far to quench their thirst
Centre releases draft of new National Forest Policy
Posted on 25 Jun, 2016 08:50 AMEnvironment ministry releases the draft of India’s new National Forest Policy
Farm ponds save village from drought
Posted on 21 Jun, 2016 09:09 AMVikram Patel, a 71-year-old farmer in Chidavad village of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh is one of the first farmers to have embraced the idea of farm ponds to increase the groundwater level in his farm.
Delhi water tanker scam: Sheila Dixit to be probed
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:19 AMFormer Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit to be probed in water tanker scam
Young professionals lead the way in water and sanitation
Posted on 31 May, 2016 12:22 PMHirehandigola village in Gadag district of North Karnataka is an unsurprising picture of rural India.
Changing seasons and diarrhoeal diseases
Posted on 19 May, 2016 09:07 AMAccess to safe drinking water and diarrhoeal diseases in India