Ice Stupas: Water conservation in the land of the Buddha
As Ladakh faces water scarcity, the Ice Stupa project aims to overcome this in an innovative manner--through the making of vertical ice mountains.
Ice Stupa: Made from artificial glaciers, they store wasting winter water that melts & feeds farms when water is scarce (Source: The Ice Stupa Project)
Dengue for dummies
Dengue epidemics are escalating in India. Here's (mostly) everything that you need to know.
Wanted for murder: The Aedes aegypti mosquito the primary vector for Dengue (Source: James Gathany [Public domain], Wikimedia Commons)
Activists demand Environmental Impact Assessment for Yettinahole project
News this week
River Nethravathi (Source: Parineeta Dandekar via SANDRP)
New scheme for the development of mining-affected areas
Policy matters this week
Coal mines in Jharsuguda district (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
बदबू से मुक्त हुआ स्कूल
शहर को शौचालय युक्त बनाना उद्देश्य
Sanitation workers forced to clean human excreta during the Ashadi Ekadashi in Pandharpur
कूड़े से बिजली बनाने की तैयारी
प्लास्टिक बना जहर
National summit and exhibition on water, wastewater treatment and solid waste management
नवाचारों में युवाशक्ति का कमाल
मनेर में टिकाऊ स्वच्छता को बढ़ावा
कचरे में कचरा होती जिन्दगी
Tribute to Prof. Ramaswamy Iyer
Prof. Iyer, Former Secretary of Water Resources who passed away a fortnight ago touched the lives of many. A few share their thoughts.
Ramaswamy Iyer, former Secretary Water Resources
‘स्वच्छ भारत’ और इसके ‘ब्राण्ड एम्बैसेडर’ कहाँ हैं
Low-cost, eco-friendly 'Nirgandh' toilet options
A pond comes to life
Hundreds of villagers pitched in to revive a village pond at Bapugaon, a village in Rajasthan, to make it water and food secure.
More than just physical rehabilitation of a water body, says Kalyan ji of Bapugaon
Strict action against polluters throwing puja waste in the Yamuna
News this week
Garbage piled high near the Yamuna river (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Centre approves 50 more days of work under MGNREGA to tackle drought
Policy matters this week
Labourers building check dams under MGNREGS (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Polavaram--solution or problem?
Dam history will be repeated with the construction of the Polavaram Dam. Unfortunately, other options that could have been looked into such as reduction of height, were ignored.
Papi kondalu gorge on Godavari (Source: Pranay Raj, Wikimedia Commons)
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