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Water Management
Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC
Posted on 10 Jul, 2019 09:20 AMIndia not a water defict country. Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC
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Is it all downhill from here for Leh?
Posted on 09 Jul, 2019 02:05 PMAcross South Asia, small and medium-sized towns are rapidly expanding. Urbanisation has made inroads into the entire Himalayan region. Mountain urbanisation poses a need for assessments of emerging risks and vulnerabilities in environmentally sensitive regions.
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Combating water crisis needs people's participation: PM Modi
Posted on 03 Jul, 2019 01:06 AMPrime Minister Modi pitches for a collective effort to overcome water crisis in the country
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The need for survival edge technology
Posted on 02 Jul, 2019 08:58 PMDecentralised and communitarian efforts in soil and water conservation, sustainable agriculture, afforestation and renewable energy need extensive investment, if the human race is to survive the deepening water, food, energy and climate crises.
![Digging an open well that had some water at lesser depths ranging from 5-10 m using local technology in which a motor run winch draws up the dug up mud from the well bottom. (Image: Rahul Banerjee)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/winch-rahul.jpg?itok=T5NZ1vF5)
Government launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan to tackle water crisis
Posted on 02 Jul, 2019 04:59 PMCentre launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan
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Nal se Jal: hit or miss?
Posted on 28 Jun, 2019 02:52 PMWater scarcity has a history … and that history is nothing less than the history of government. – Alatout, 2008.
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Economics of land degradation: India’s new environment targets
Posted on 28 Jun, 2019 09:38 AMManaging natural resources, the sustainable way
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Slow monsoon causes countrywide rainfall deficit of 44 percent
Posted on 26 Jun, 2019 10:53 AMMonsoon makes slowest progress across India in 12 years (source: Times of India)
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Twenty-six states under threat of desertification
Posted on 18 Jun, 2019 08:23 PMThe threat of desertification increases in 26 of 29 states
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Piped water to all rural households by 2024: Government
Posted on 18 Jun, 2019 08:04 PMGovernment to launch rural piped water scheme
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