Swachh Bharat Mission: It’s all about numbers
As Swachh Bharat Mission is racing towards its 2019 deadline, a CAG report reveals that sanitation is not a one-time exercise and there is a need to look beyond the deadline.
Sanitation is not just about constructing toilets. (Image: India Water Portal)
Glacial lake keeps disaster managers on toes in Sikkim
An experiment to siphon off water from glacial lakes to avoid floods from lake outbursts may soon prove to be successful.
South Lhonak lake (Pic by ISW)
Lower Demwe hydel project gets nod from wildlife board
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Lohit river in Arunachal Pradesh (Image Source: Shantanu via Wikipedia Commons)
Wetlands disappearing three times faster than forests
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Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Kerala floods and after
The reason behind Kerala floods is a lot more than what the CWC wants us to believe.
The floods in Kerala have taken nearly 400 lives and have displaced around 1.2 million people. (Image: Ranjith Siji via Wikimedia Commons)
Station-wise, hourly rainfall data from IMD now available
See it to believe it!
IMD's rainfall data now available. (Photo: Pixabay)
Cyclone Daye triggers widespread rain
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Monsoon affects life in North India. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Dam safety project gets additional funds
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Hirakud dam, the oldest dam in India (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
UP needs to treat its sewage
An RTI application reveals huge gaps in sewage treatment infrastructure in UP.
Excess sewage from the Bhairon nala (drain) in Agra flows into the brimming Yamuna. (Photo courtesy: Sumit Chaturvedi)
Is it drought after flood for Kerala?
Kerala has begun to see the result of years of environmental neglect and mindless exploitation of natural resources.
A house flooded during the recent floods in Kerala. (Photo courtesy: Smibinozone via Wikimedia Commons)
Jaundice grips Raipur
Faulty pipelines and lack of proper sewage treatment plants are some of the causes of increasing jaundice cases in Raipur.
A view of the Shakti Nagar slum area in Raipur. (Source: India Water Portal)
Industrial waste discharge needs monitoring: NGT
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A creek near a thermal power plant. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
India has 45 critically polluted river stretches: CPCB
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Solid waste on the banks of the Mithi river. (Image source: Rohit Sharma, Arpita Bhagat)
Ganga clean up: It’s all talk and no action
While crores of rupees have been allocated for cleaning up Ganga, the river continues to flow filthy.
The Ganga at Garhmukteshwar (Image: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)
Sacred groves, the water wizards of Uttarakhand
A study from Uttarakhand finds that water from sacred groves conforms to all WHO standards of potability and is of better quality than water from surrounding areas.
Auli Bugyal, a meadow in Uttarakhand. Auli Bugyal, a meadow in Uttarakhand. (Photo courtesy: Sandeep Brar Jat via Wikimedia Commons)
Linking weather extremes with climate change
Detection and attribution in case of extreme weather events play an important role in understanding climate change better.
Whether an extreme weather event can be attributed to climate change or not is a question that has been on the minds of scientists for long. (Photo: IWP Flickr photos)
Lake congestion worsened Kerala floods: CWC
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Vembanad lake in Kerala (Source: ATREE via IWP Flickr photos)
NGT asks states to save ecology of Western Ghats
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Western Ghats as seen from Wagamon view point. (Source: Anand via Wikipedia Commons)
Dealing with disasters in the Valley
Frequent disasters the Kashmir Valley witnesses are both man-made and natural. What’s the solution?
Destruction caused by September 2014 floods at a posh locality in Jammu and Kashmir, Rajbagh. Over 300 people lost their lives, thousands were rendered homeless and property worth billions was damaged during the floods. (All photos courtesy: Afsana Rashid)
More water for crops
Subsidies given for irrigation efficiency may have a negative impact on water use.
Subsidies for irrigation efficiency lead to a decrease in water availability at the watershed level because of increased irrigated areas and water withdrawals. (Pic: IWP Flickr photos)
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