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Clean Kali: All eyes now on government
Posted on 03 Jun, 2017 07:58 AMRampura, situated in Bulandshahr district in western Uttar Pradesh, is one of the 1,200 villages on the banks of the 300-km long East Kali, a tributary of the Ganges. The river is named after goddess Kali who, according to the Hindu mythology, is fierce and fights evil by ingesting it.
Can we save our farmers?
Posted on 02 Jun, 2017 09:22 AMThe year 2009 was an exceptionally dry year for Maharashtra. There was an acute shortage of water. The farmlands went dry. The farmers, unable to pay their debts, were a worried lot. Lakshman Ambilkar of Kinni village in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra was one such farmer who could not take it anymore. He killed himself, leaving a young, distraught wife to fend for herself.
Nainital lake drying up, human activities to blame
Posted on 30 May, 2017 11:52 AMNainital lake is drying up, environmentalists concerned
A village becomes water rich
Posted on 26 May, 2017 05:05 PMLocated in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, with vast agricultural fields growing sugarcane, rice, wheat, jowar, chana and all kinds of seasonal vegetables, Dhikoli in Pilana tehsil comes across as a bustling and prosperous village.
NGT serious about Yamuna revitalisation project
Posted on 23 May, 2017 11:22 AMRs 5000 fine on those dumping waste on Yamuna floodplains
UP rivers have poor quality water, reveals audit
Posted on 23 May, 2017 10:17 AMAudit reveals poor quality of water in UP rivers
Centre asks states to prepare for monsoon failure
Posted on 16 May, 2017 10:20 AMCentre urges states to gear up for possible monsoon failure
Karnataka women to tackle water woes
Posted on 16 May, 2017 10:03 AMWomen in drought-hit Karnataka takes on the task to revive lakes
Ennore oil spill: Flora, fauna recover slowly
Posted on 08 May, 2017 10:03 PMOil spill in Ennore has highly impacted the zone between Ennore and Marina beach
Now, Narmada is also a living entity
Posted on 08 May, 2017 08:19 PMFollowing Ganga and Yamuna, Narmada river also gets living entity status