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From wasteland to wonderland
Aravali Institute of Management in Jodhpur shows how high soil salinity, which eats into cement structures, can be dealt with through harvesting water and using native plant species.
Manu Moudgil
Posted on 04 Jan, 2015 09:32 PM

As you drive from Jodhpur to Jaipur, the barren and desolate terrain underscores the harsh environment. The land is bleached due to high soil salinity, and there are no water sources in sight. This guarantees that there is no vegetation other than weeds like Israeli babool (akesia tortlis). 
Around 15 lakes helped deal with soil salinity
A push to Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 04:58 PM

States get a free hand towards the implementation of the Swachh Bharat Abhiyan
A child collects garbage at Yamuna ghat in Delhi
10 years since Tsunami, but TN fails to implement its rehabilitation plans
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Dec, 2014 03:09 PM

Tamil Nadu Government fails to implement its long-term rehabililation plans post tsunami 2004
Post-tsunami slum (Source: Kavaiyan via Wikimedia)
Invitation to the 7th IDSAsr National Seminar on 'Recycling Waste Water and Reuse System', Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies, Amritsar, Punjab
All are invited to contribute their well thought research paper on the theme Recycling of Waste Water and Reuse System in the 7th IDSAsr National Seminar.
Posted on 24 Dec, 2014 11:25 AM

Guru Arjan Dev Institute of Development Studies has planned to organize its 7th IDSAsr National seminar on the theme Recycling of Waste Water and Reuse System in the mid of March 2015.  All are invited to contribute their well thought research paper on any of the sub theme within the main theme of the seminar.
Centre's revised guidelines for deep sea fishing upset fishermen
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Dec, 2014 12:13 AM

Fishermen unhappy with Centre's revised guidelines for deep sea fishing
The occupation of fishing
2014-drought in Maharashtra worse than the 2012 one
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Dec, 2014 11:58 PM

Maharashtra drought this year is worse than 2012 drought
Drought in Maharashtra
Applications invited for the post of Coordinator– Water Stewardship, WWF-India, Kanpur, U.P.
WWF-India invites applications from individuals for the position of Coordinator– Water Stewardship to coordinate & manage the existing work of water stewardship in Kanpur.
Posted on 23 Dec, 2014 01:13 PM

Location: Kanpur (Uttar Pradesh)

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Rainwater harvesting rescues Bangalore residential community
Declining groundwater levels and increasing maintenance costs are the norm for most people these days, but residents of Rainbow Drive are exceptions.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 18 Dec, 2014 02:59 PM

"Just having the people of Delhi look at their water meters everyday will enable the city to deal with its current water supply", said K.P Singh.

He should know.
K.P. Singh shows one of the recharge wells
Droughts in Maharashtra: Lack of management or vagaries of climate change?
None of our policies seem to be designed keeping in mind the farmer and his convenience, says Suneel Joshi, State Coordinator for Jal Biradari, in an interview with India Water Portal.
Aarti Kelkar -Khambete
Posted on 18 Dec, 2014 08:24 AM

Recent news has been flooded with reports of the severe drought situation in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra. Even more shocking are the reports of large-scale suicides by farmers due to crop losses.
Severe droughts (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Invitation to the National Consultation on Renewed Sanitation Agenda, Institution of Public Health Engineers and Sulabh International Social Service Organisation
The Institution of Public Health Engineers and Sulabh International Social Service Organisation have organised the National Consultation on Renewed Sanitation Agenda.
Posted on 17 Dec, 2014 06:56 PM

With an aim to discuss and brainstorm on 'Swachh Bharat Abhiyan' to come out with social, scientific and technical aspects that require understanding for effective impelmentation of the programme, the Institution of Public Health Engineers and Sulabh International Social Service Organisation have orga
National Consultation on Renewed Sanitation Agenda
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