Swati Bansal

India's rank continue to fall in the global SDGs Report
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 5 months ago
Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015 as a part of the 2030 agenda. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
Char Dham road widening: Activists up in arms against cutting of deodar trees
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 6 months ago
Rich, diverse forest of Uttarakhand (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Coal mining in Hasdeo forests gets a go ahead; protestors continue to resist
Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 6 months ago
Work in progress in a coal mine in India (Image source: IWP Flickr Album). Image for representation only
Cabinet approves revamping of the Rashtriya Gram Swaraj Abhiyan
Policy matter this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago
Govt to help rural India achieve key targets of UN SDGs (Image source: IWP Flickr photo). Image for representation only
34 percent of India's coastline suffers from erosion, West Bengal worst affected
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago
Coast along the southern tip of the country (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
JJM coverage low in rural households of several large states: Parliamentary panel
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago
Drinking water provision in rural school and hygiene (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Centre launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan: Catch the Rain campaign, 2022
Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago
Catch the rain where it falls, when it fall (Image source: IWP Flickr album). Photo for representation only
Jal Shakti Ministry releases DPRs for the revival of 13 rivers
Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago
River Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
18,691 water bodies out of 9.45 lakh encroached upon: Jal Shakti Ministry
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 7 months ago
A Johad in Nanduwali Nadi region (Image source: Farhad Contractor via IWP Flickr Albums)
IPCC releases second part of sixth assessment report, calls for Climate Resilient Development
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 8 months ago
Multiple climate hazards projected for India in IPCC's recent report (Image source: IWP Flickr photos) Image for representation only.
New Plastic Waste Management (Amendment) Rules, 2022 announced
Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 8 months ago
Plastic waste is causing havoc on drains and water bodies (Image source: IWP Flickr Album)
India now has 49 Ramsar sites, highest in South Asia
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 9 months ago
A wetland supports life in myriad forms (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Jal Shakti Ministry receives an allocation of Rs 86,189 crore in budget 2022-23
Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 9 months ago
Women fill water from a public tap in Karnataka (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Meghalaya's participatory water projects exhibit scale and community empowerment
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 9 months ago
A water body in Meghalaya (Image source: IWP Photo via Flickr Album)
NGT stricter with Delhi, Haryana on restoring Najafgarh Jheel
Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 9 months ago
Aerial view of the Najafgarh drain. (Image: Sumita Roy Dutta, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)
Mekedatu project: Many activists opposing it under Medha Patkar
Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 10 months ago
Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)
Goa’s mangrove cover increases while Sunderbans’ shrank: ISFR 2021
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 10 months ago
Mangroves in Sunderbans (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
From 58 percent in 2004, groundwater extraction rises to 63 percent in 2017: CAG
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 10 months ago
Country's groundwater scenario is in a grim state (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Process of obtaining green nod simplified to allow ease of doing business: Govt
Policy matters this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 10 months ago
Ease of doing business at the cost of environment (Source: IWP Flickr Photos) Photo for representation only.
Activists urge Chhattisgarh CM to rethink expansion of mining in Hasdeo Arand forest
News this fortnight Swati Bansal posted 2 years 11 months ago
A devastated forest at a coal mining site. Photo for representation only (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
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