Nashik District

Under Har Ghar Nal Se Jal, states to open water testing labs
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Mar, 2020 02:39 PM

DDWS orders states to open up water testing laboratories to the public
Residents of a village testing their water (Source: Arghyam)
40 percent of rural households in India lack access to drinking water
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 27 Nov, 2019 04:37 AM

NSS finds only 58.2 percent of rural households have drinking water facilities within premises
Women in Bametara district of Chattisgarh line up to collect water. Photo credit: Makarand Purohit for India Water Portal
Kerala's lake islands sinking
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:17 PM

Small islands in southern Kerala lakes sinking
A lake in Kerala (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Environment Ministry allowed to clear hydel projects in Uttarakhand, except in Alaknanda-Bhagirathi basins
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Oct, 2015 07:10 PM

MoEFCC can approve hydel projects in Uttarakhand, except in Alaknanda-Bhagirathi river basins: SC
Bhagirathi river at its source, Gaumukh (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Swachh Bharat Mission: 80% behind target
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 11:14 AM

Swachh Bharat seems a distant dream
Ecosan toilet built in a village
A road less travelled: The Waghad project
A group of farmers in Maharashtra overcame challenges posed by a community-based irrigation system, to manage their water and their livelihoods. How did they do it?
ACWADAM
Posted on 07 Sep, 2014 04:18 PM

Waghad Dam in Nashik, Maharashtra, constructed in 1984-85, irrigated less than 1% of its total irrigable command area, while farmers in the tail area did not receive any water. Bapu Upadhye of Samaj Parivartan Kendra organised the local farmers, mobilized them to come together and fight for their water quota.
Waghad Project:Community managed irrigation system
Abolish manual scavenging: SC
Policy matters this month: SC directs all states to abolish manual scavenging; MoEF reduces ESA in its new draft notification on Western Ghats; Maharashtra all set to clean its rivers.
Swati Bansal
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 11:14 PM

Abolish manual scavenging: SC
A manual scavenger in Chennai (Namathu Blogspot)
Coca Cola plant in UP lowers groundwater level
Policy matters this week: Coca Cola plant in Mehdiganj lowers groundwater level, Haryana plans water misuse bill and Punjab makes water recycling compulsory for water consuming industries.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:41 PM

Coca Cola plant in Mehdiganj lowers groundwater level
Mehdiganj protest (Source: AID Kolkata Newsletter)
Invitation for faculty recruitment, Maharashtra Environmental Engineering Training & Research Academy (MEETRA), Nashik
MEETRA, Nashik an autonomous body of Water Supply and Sanitation Department, Govt. of Maharashtra invites applications from eligible candidates
Posted on 30 Jul, 2013 02:17 PM

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Rare floral diversity in the Western Ghats forests
Many plants are in equal danger of becoming as extinct as some animals. Does anyone care?
Indian Biodiversity
Posted on 03 May, 2013 02:29 PM

A fluttering butterfly or a dashing cheetah immediately bring vivid images to mind. Does the image of a plant stir us as much? Are we as fascinated watching a flower bloom? Probably not. Maybe that’s why there is such a large focus on endangered animals and birds and not so much on plant species that are dying out.
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