India

IMD to replace the term 'drought' with 'deficient year'

Government to install community water purification plants in water toxic zones

Coastal regions of Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha have been hit by cyclonic storms for more than two decades.

Relief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal

"More than eight villagers in Padapadar have died due to water-borne diseases such as typhoid, diarrhoea, jaundice, etc.

Erstwhile undivided Andhra Pradesh, like its neighbours Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, is a land of tanks. The ‘Cheruvus’, ‘Eris’ and ‘Keres’, as they are known in the respective regional languages, are irrigation tanks dug centuries ago by kings and philanthropists to feed thousands of acres of thirsty paddy fields. 

Position: Program Officer, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)

Educational Qualification: Post Graduate / Graduate with an overall experience of 5 -6 years and relevant to WASH must be more than 2 years of experience.

Government decides not to allow new construction on the Ganga

First water atlas of the Himalayas launched in Paris

Paraswani village in Balodabazar district, Chhattisgarh contains vast reserves of limestone, a sedimentary rock that is a primary ingredient in the cement manufacturing process. Since 1992, Ultratech Cement Ltd. (UTCL) followed by four other similar companies, have begun excavating this rock within a 30 km radius of the village.