Karnataka

Good monsoon expected this year
News this week Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:20 PM

Good southwest monsoon expected this year as El Nino declines

Downpour in Bihar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Drinking water becomes a luxury for Maharashtrians
News this week Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 03:06 PM

Maharashtra reeling under its worst water crisis

Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
More than 90% of Bangalore's lakes are polluted or encroached
A study by IISc on the city's water bodies argues that poor governance, lack of a sense of belonging, and poor implementation of regulatory norms has caused this situation. Posted on 11 Mar, 2016 10:48 AM

India has had very little to celebrate on World Wetlands Day this year as it has lost its wetlands at an alarming rate of 38% in just a decade (1991-2001).

Rachenahalli Lake in Bengaluru (Source: Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar)
One river, two names and a 14-year-long dispute
Goa and Karnataka have been fighting over the Mhadei since 2002. How does this affect the extensive cooperation expected from the states for the interlinking plan? Posted on 10 Mar, 2016 07:09 PM

The Mandovi river is picture perfect. She is the wide, placid river fringed by the coconut palms and dotted by the boats that we think of when we think of Goa.

The serene Mandovi is the focus of a bitter dispute between Karnataka and Goa
World Culture Festival poses threat to the Yamuna
News this week Posted on 07 Mar, 2016 10:11 PM

Activists oppose Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Culture Festival along the Yamuna flood plains

Yamuna river in New Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Need for National Legislation on water announced during Jal Manthan
News this week Posted on 01 Mar, 2016 12:47 PM

Large-scale people participation in important schemes concludes Jal Manthan 

Gravity-based pipe irrigation in Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Ken-Betwa river link project hits a roadblock
Policy matters this week Posted on 23 Feb, 2016 12:09 PM

No clearance to Ken-Betwa river link project till wildlife issues are addressed

Map showing Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)
Karnataka first state to witness rabi crop loss
News this week Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:16 AM

Karanataka records failure of winter crops, seeks Rs 1,417 crore Central assistance 

Barren fields owing to poor rains (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
UP Coca Cola plant in trouble again
News this week Posted on 26 Jan, 2016 02:03 PM

CPCB finds Coca Cola plant in Hapur pumping toxic water into a pond

Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium via Hindu)
11,000 acres lake land encroached in Bengaluru
News this week Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 11:29 AM

Panel finds Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and private builders responsible for 11,000 acres of lake land encroachment

Rachenahalli Lake in Bengaluru (Source: Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar)
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