Delhi

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier to become trans-boundary protected area
Policy matters this week Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 10:25 PM

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area

Farm fields in the Sunderbans (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photo)
Okhla Bird Sanctuary takes a backseat to real estate development in Noida
Policy matters this week Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:20 PM

Centre approves bringing down protected zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary from 10 km to 1

Okhla Bird Sanctuary (Source: Amit Pratap via Wikipedia)
Europe's Rhine river inspires the Ganga revival
News this week Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:13 PM

Ganga clean-up takes its inspiration from the Rhine river

Ganga river at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Delhi’s Bhalaswa landfill contaminates groundwater
The landfill, which was supposed to be shut down in 2010 once the trash reached a height of 22m still remains functional at a height of 41m, polluting groundwater and areas around it. Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:51 PM

With more than 8360 tons of trash created daily in Delhi, the city has three trash pile sites at Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla. In these sites technically known as landfills, garbage is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying lands.

Pushpa has been leading the struggle of Bhalaswa residents to clean water
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Roundtable Conference will includes a book launch of 'Is it really clean? Creating a WASH Index'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PM

About the conference

Roundtable Conference and Book Launch
No tunnel for the Luhri hydel project in Himachal
Policy matter this week Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 12:07 PM

Villagers win as SJVNL drops its tunnel plan for Luhri hydel project 

Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)
Mysore ranks first in Swachh Bharat rankings
News this week Posted on 10 Aug, 2015 09:56 PM

South India performs better in the Swachh Bharat rankings

Mysore tops in Swachh Bharat Rankings (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Delhi residents to be charged an 'environmental compensation fee'
Policy matters this week Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 09:25 AM

Charge fees, use funds to clean Yamuna: NGT 

Bid to clean Yamuna through 'environment compensation fee' (Source: Wikipedia)
NGT quashes environment clearance to 10 irrigation projects in Maharashtra and Karnataka
Policy matters this week Posted on 13 Jul, 2015 09:57 PM

NGT cancels MoEF's go ahead to 10 irrigation projects 

Irrigation Canal taking off from the Bhima Dam (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)
Raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height would be disastrous: Committee
News this week Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:16 AM

Committee warns against raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height

Sardar Sarovar Dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)
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