India
CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
Posted on 27 Nov, 2019 12:06 PMMoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention
40 percent of rural households in India lack access to drinking water
Posted on 27 Nov, 2019 04:37 AMNSS finds only 58.2 percent of rural households have drinking water facilities within premises
Training on Climate Resilient Agriculture (CRA) Practices in Semi-Arid regions
Posted on 20 Nov, 2019 09:45 PM
Orientation Training on 'Aquifer Recharge in Rural and Urban areas'
Posted on 20 Nov, 2019 09:30 PMObjective of the event:
To orient participants on innovative borewell recharge method in rural areas as well as various methods of aquifer recharge in urban areas.
Target Participants:
Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws
Posted on 18 Nov, 2019 08:01 PMManual scavenging still prevails in India thanks to weak laws, says study
Free septic tank cleaning in Delhi; CM attempts to reduce sewer deaths
Posted on 18 Nov, 2019 07:59 PMDelhi CM announces free sewage cleaning schemes for unauthorised colonies
Climate change may reduce water available to cool power plants
Posted on 14 Nov, 2019 03:03 PMClimate change and over-exploited river basins may leave developing countries in Asia, such as India and China, without enough water to cool power plants in the near future, according to a study.
NGT pushes to ban RO purifiers for water with TDS below 500 mg/l
Posted on 13 Nov, 2019 10:45 AMNGT pushes MoEF to issue notification to ban unnecessary use of RO purifiers
300 million people will be vulnerable to annual coastline flooding by 2050
Posted on 06 Nov, 2019 12:28 PMA new research study by Climate Central, a US-based non-profit research group has projected that 300 million people could face annual coastal flooding triggered by climate change by 2050.
