Bad times at Baddi
Unless industries clean up their act and authorities take it up seriously, Baddi’s water will continue to be polluted causing hardship to its residents.
The state pollution control board insists that none of the factories in the area allow any pollutants to be discharged into the environment. The state of the surface water bodies, however, belies this statement.
Draft of groundwater rules signal relaxation
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A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Managing faecal sludge the app way
Making use of the latest mobile app technologies can help ULBs manage faecal sludge transportation better.
Using mobile technologies is the way forward in faecal sludge management. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Artificial reefs to save sinking islands
A new technique of using artificial reefs could save islands from sinking due to sea-level rise and climate change.
Artificial reefs get immersed in the sea. (Source: India Science Wire)
What happens to your e-waste?
Though informal e-waste handling, segregation and import are prohibited by the law, e-waste business is thriving in the country.
Boys sort discarded computer parts as sparks fly from a grinding machine. (Image: Greenpeace, Flickr Commons; CC BY-ND 2.0)
To some, floods can be good news
A large part of the Kanwar Lake has been converted to permanent agriculture compromising its ecological diversity. A video tells us why it is important to restore it.
Red-naped Ibis at the Kanwar Lake (Source: Wikipedia)
World Culture Festival: New panel contradicts report
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Front view of the giant stage under construction for the World Culture Festival. (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)
Maharashtra wetlands face threat
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Sewri mudflts in Mumbai (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Playing the soil health card
Is the soil health card scheme introduced to improve the economic condition of the farmers by bettering the health of the soil effective?
The electrical conductivity of a diluted soil sample is being tested as a measure of soil salinity. (Image:CSIRO, Wikimedia Commons; CC Attribution 3.0 Unported)
How a poor labourer became a rich farmer
A video tells the story of a poor farmer who, through effective water conservation methods, became rich and a role model to other villagers.
Vasantrao Parkale (Source: India Water Portal)
Is your child’s shit affecting your health?
Considering children’s faeces can be more harmful than that of adults in some cases, better management is needed to avoid diseases.
The management of children's faeces is not given importance resulting in many diseases. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Accessing clean water easily
An innovation makes it possible to treat water even before it leaves a hand pump or a borewell, giving easy access to safe water in remote areas.
Faecal contamination of water is a big issue in rural areas. (Source: Taraltec)
Maharashtra mandates drip irrigation for sugarcane
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A sugarcane farm (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Only a few large dams have disaster plans: CAG report
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Floodwaters unsettle Muzaffarpur. (Source: IWP FLickr photos)
What ails Indian farmers
A study finds faulty agricultural policies and practices and not just indebtedness to blame for rising suicides among farmers.
Loans are not the only reason for farmers' distress. (Source: India Water Portal)
‘Recycling is the answer to India’s water woes’
Water expert Dr Sharad Jain believes that unless India adopts recycling of water in an organised manner, the country will soon become water scarce.
Recycling of water is the way forward. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Wild species get extinct in Keoladeo
Changes in habitat is one of the reasons why many wild species have disappeared from the national park, say researchers.
Habitat keeps changing in the park leading to local extinction of wild species. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
The Little Rann of Kutch
The Little Rann of Kutch is under threat. The video tells us how investing in nature can reverse this impending crisis.
The Little Rann of Kutch (Image source: India Water Portal)
SC strict over wetland preservation
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Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Asia is at high risk of flooding: Report
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A woman wades through a flooded road. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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