India
India ranks low on sanitation index: Report
Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 02:20 PMIndia has the highest number of people without access to toilets: Report
Saving glacial lakes by mapping them
Posted on 17 Nov, 2017 01:20 PMBursting of glacial lakes is a major cause of concern in the context of climate change. The retreat of glaciers is expected to increase the number of glacial lakes and also expand the size of existing ones, posing threats for catastrophic floods.
Groundwater training programme by ACWADAM
Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 10:48 PMACWADAM has begun running a fifteen-day training programme on basic hydrogeology or groundwater science, for professionals from Civil Society Organisations or NGOs.
Can Bundelkhand farmers weather the drought?
Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 03:28 PMOn October 22, 35-year-old Lallu Yadav was celebrating Govardhan Pooja, a Hindu festival celebrated after Diwali, in Panchkurha village, almost 22 kms from the district headquarters of Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh.
Waiting for water
Posted on 15 Nov, 2017 05:50 AMIn the early hours, the villagers of Khalabari, a tribal-dominated village in the Dumuripadar gram panchayat of Koraput district in Odisha step out of their houses for bringing wood and drinking water. The road to the forest where the water is available is rocky.
NRDWP to get restructured
Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 01:17 PMRestructuring of National Rural Drinking Water Programme approved
Delhi enveloped in smog again
Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 12:56 PMYet again, North India shrouded in heavy smog
Admission open for MA/MSc in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur
Posted on 09 Nov, 2017 03:46 PMAbout the programme:
Wages delayed to MGNREGA workers in 19 states
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 07:46 PMStates freeze payments to MGNREGA workers
Maharashtra mandates reuse of wastewater
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 07:15 PMReuse of wastewater becomes mandatory in Maharashtra
