Surface Water

UP's rivers and groundwater are loaded with harmful effluents: CPCB

There was a recent report in the Times of India on how Singapore, listed among the 20 smallest countries in the world, made water management and conservation efforts over the years. What lessons can India, a mammoth country draw from this small but densely populated country?

Chennai has historically been a water-starved region, but never rain-starved as it receives much of its annual quota during the northeast or ‘retreating’ monsoon between October and December. But this November was like no other. 

‘Saaf Mathe Ka Samaaj’ is a compilation of 23 essays on people, land, air and water, on issues and concerns that plague them, and the deep and direct connect between society and the environment they live in. Anupam Mishra is a simple, down to earth man and a true Gandhian.

The participants are expected to share their experiences and views on the following aspects of Ganga River during the seminar:

Heavy rain water logs Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu

Respond immediately or face closure: CPCB to non-compliant industries along the Ganga

Kerala, flanked on the west by the Arabian Sea and on the east by the Western Ghats is bestowed with enviable natural resources. It has 44 rivers spanning its lush green landscape and rainfall that averages as high as 3000 mm a year.

Panel not to consider projects until eco-zones are clearly demarcated

CAG report blames Uttarakhand Government for 2013 flash floods