Assam
Flood and after: Water recedes, worries mount
Posted on 12 Sep, 2017 12:39 PMIn August this year, the states of Bihar and Assam witnessed the worst flooding in a long time. The water level is slowly receding now but it is not giving much respite to people as the aftermath of the devastating floods has brought upon miseries of its own.
World Culture Festival: New panel contradicts report
Posted on 01 Aug, 2017 02:19 PMNo compaction of soil on the World Culture Festival site: New panel to NGT
Ganga and Yamuna not living human entities anymore
Posted on 11 Jul, 2017 12:09 PMSC stays order granting human status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers
Karnataka women to tackle water woes
Posted on 16 May, 2017 10:03 AMWomen in drought-hit Karnataka takes on the task to revive lakes
Water crisis affects power generation
Posted on 20 Mar, 2017 05:03 PMAcute water shortage impacts thermal power generation
Gujarat fails to conserve its wetlands
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:30 PMSix years on, Gujarat fails to form wetland panel
Pest fest on paddy fields
Posted on 02 Nov, 2016 12:01 PMIt is that time of the year when the empty granaries wait for the maturing paddy to fill them. Kati Bihu or Kongali Bihu (Kongal means poor while Kati is the Assamese seventh month where farmers await their harvest) is the most placid of the three Bihus (Assamese agriculture festival) celebrated without much pomp or splendour.
Selling packaged water above MRP punishable offence
Posted on 17 Oct, 2016 09:02 AMJail term for selling packaged water above MRP: Government
J&K mulls mini dams for irrigation
Posted on 03 Oct, 2016 02:22 PMJ&K govt to construct ‘mini dams’ for irrigation
Of broken pots and dreams
Posted on 24 Sep, 2016 11:25 PMWomen in Salmora area of Majuli, the world’s largest riverine island and India’s first island district, practise their traditional form of pottery--the one that does not use a wheel but is hand beaten to shape and uses a viscid kind of clay. As the Brahmaputra eats away huge swathes of land year after year, the clay that these potters use is being taken away by the river.