Water for future
How do we conserve water so we do not have to face acute shortage in the future?
Water is a precious commodity. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
India faces superbugs
Superbugs can not only render antibiotics useless but lead to prolonged suffering and death in humans. Focus on better sanitation and public awareness is the need of the hour.
Highly polluted rivers such as the Yamuna can breed superbugs. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Looking for water source
The annual monsoon provides over 200 lakh crore buckets of water. Where does all this water come from?
A map that shows warm Indian Ocean temperatures in colours and thin contours and blue thick contours that delineate major moisture sources for the monsoon.
Plastic waste to decontaminate water
Scientists use plastic waste to develop a low-cost magnetically responsive adsorbent material which can be used to remove cephalexin from the water.
Plastic waste has a new purpose now. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Meenachil river warriors shine
Meenachil Nadee Samrakshana Samithi wins the Bhagirath Prayas Samman for its efforts to save Kerala's Meenachil river from total destruction.
The president and the secretary of the Meenachal Nadee Samrakshana Samithi receive the Bhagirath Prayas Samman 2017 award from justice Madan Lokur of the Supreme Court of India.
Old is gold for Naga rice farmers
Faced with climate change, Nagaland begins to revive traditional rice, as well as millet varieties, which had given way to high yielding crop varieties.
Paddy farm. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Is it worth the salt?
Unregulated salt production near Sambhar lake is not just causing health problems among salt workers, it is also depleting groundwater and ruining the ecosystem of the wetland.
Ramachander Singh, a salt worker who has been raking salt for decades now at this salt pan or kyari dotting the lake bed of Sambhar, Rajasthan.
Saving Chorao through its people
A new project tries to save the ecologically diverse Chorao island by including the inhabitants of the island in conservation efforts.
Chorao island (Source:GIZ)
Why fishermen fear Netravati river diversion
Changing the course of Netravati is feared to affect the fish population in the river which will, in turn, affect the fortunes of the fisherfolk dependent on it.
Pipelines wait to be laid for the stormwater lift project. The Karnataka Niravari Nigama Limited (KNNL), which is undertaking the Yettinahole stormwater lift project, is constructing a massive pipeline corridor along the Salkeshpur-Hemavati belt. The project is estimated to be 35 percent complete.
Does sanitation really matter to us?
Complete sanitation is important for everyone. A collective effort is needed to make it happen.
An initiative to prepare women to be sanitation ambassadors to provide strength to sanitation drives in their villages.
For a better Bandi
Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai was awarded the Bhagirath Prayas Samman at the India Rivers Day 2017 for his valiant effort to safeguard the integrity of the Bandi river in Pali.
Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai speaks at the India Rivers Day.
Sand mining in coastal areas: Legal procedures to follow
Understanding the legal status of sand mining is important before pursuing any remedy or seeking a regulatory response from concerned authorities. Here’s how it can be done.
There are various laws in the country to regulate illegal sand mining. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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