Political
Colourful fabrics lead to murky waters
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:55 PMAmanishah nallah flowing through Sanganer, a town located 15 kms from Jaipur, is getting murkier by the day as the the textile hand printing industry in the area is getting more prosperous.
Delhi’s Bhalaswa landfill contaminates groundwater
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:51 PMWith more than 8360 tons of trash created daily in Delhi, the city has three trash pile sites at Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla. In these sites technically known as landfills, garbage is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying lands.
Agriculture Ministry renamed by Prime Minister Modi
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:59 PMThis I-Day new name given to the Agriculture Ministry and the Swachh Vidyalaya mission accomplished
Study reveals reduction in water flow of the Ganga in the Himalayan catchment areas
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:52 PMGanga catchment area has lost over 1500 billion cusecs of water flow: Study
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PMAbout the conference
Creaking cities, vanishing ecosystems
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:43 PMEcosystems are complex functioning units that include living as well as non living entities and build on interdependent relationships among these living resources, surrounding habitats and reside
No tunnel for the Luhri hydel project in Himachal
Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 12:07 PMVillagers win as SJVNL drops its tunnel plan for Luhri hydel project
Mysore ranks first in Swachh Bharat rankings
Posted on 10 Aug, 2015 09:56 PMSouth India performs better in the Swachh Bharat rankings
The nonexistent bridge in Punjab
Posted on 10 Aug, 2015 12:14 PMBakshish Singh once had 13 acres of farmland; now he only has one. He lost the rest in 2013 when the Beas river changed its course and started flowing near his house. Bakshish lives at Rampur Gaura village in Kapurthala district of Punjab, the state generally known for good roads, urbanised villages and wealthy farmers.
Reflections on managing water: A book review
Posted on 06 Aug, 2015 05:40 PMWater, a valuable resource that is magical and mystical, is both mistreated and misunderstood today. Jacques Yves Cousteau once said, "We convenientl