Rivers

Revised guidelines for groundwater use notified

Water quality of Ganga river remained grim during lockdown: CPCB

Government prepares strict directives to prevent groundwater wastage

A civic body frees a river instead of concretising it, for the first time

There aren’t many studies on understanding the socio-economic impact of river pollution, and the handful of those available miss out on capturing the voices of the local communities who are most affected by river pollution.

India’s Himalayan rivers have been a cradle of civilisational development and a centre for faith and culture for ages. Ganga being a fertile basin has been a significant contributor to our agricultural economy as well as our river-based agrarian development.

Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban: Next phase to focus on water treatment and toilet waste disposal

NGT bans granting general permissions for groundwater extraction to commercial entities

An estimated 58,000 babies die in India every year from superbug infections passed on from their mothers, whilst drug-resistant pathogens cause between 28,000 to 38,000 extra deaths in the European Union every year.

Draft EIA notification 2020 attracts criticism from experts