India
Water management solutions where users have a say
Posted on 17 Apr, 2019 10:10 PMIndia has, over the last 50 years, spent approximately $50 billion on developing water resources and another estimated $7.5 billion on drinking water, with little to show for the money (Devraj 2002).
NGT forms Central Monitoring Committee for rivers
Posted on 17 Apr, 2019 02:27 PMCentral Monitoring Committee formed to ensure pollution-free river stretches
IMD predicts near-normal monsoon this year
Posted on 17 Apr, 2019 12:53 PMIndia could witness near-normal monsoon this season: IMD
Water storage depletes in major river basins: CWC
Posted on 09 Apr, 2019 09:08 PMCWC data shows water storage in major river basins depleting
Safai karmacharis release manifesto
Posted on 08 Apr, 2019 10:36 AMHundreds gathered to release the Safai Karmachari Manifesto ahead of Lok Sabha elections 2019 at the Indian Social Institute, Delhi on April 4, 2019.
Almost half of the country reels under drought: Study
Posted on 04 Apr, 2019 07:00 AMStudy reveals that nearly 42 percent of India’s land area is facing drought
DDA allows waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains
Posted on 04 Apr, 2019 06:42 AMDDA allocates 42.5 acre plot on Yamuna floodplains for waste dumping
How mining ruined lives and livelihoods
Posted on 03 Apr, 2019 10:13 AMKoley Kisku, a primary school student at Ranipur village at Rampurhat block in Birbhum district of West Bengal suffers from a thyroid gland related ailment that has partially affected his ability to speak. His school mates say that the 11-year-old could speak normally till a few years ago but he began to lose his voice.
What’s forest governance without local hand
Posted on 02 Apr, 2019 11:42 AMThe recent news on the forced eviction of more than 1,000,000 tribal and other forest-dwelling households from 16 states by a Supreme Court order has again brought the long-debated issue of the role of the state and
SC sets aside NGT order on Lower Subansiri hydel project
Posted on 27 Mar, 2019 03:37 PMLower Subansiri hydel project: SC seeks review of NGT's order granting nod to the project