Sardar Sarovar

Government allows closure of Sardar Sarovar dam gates
News this week Posted on 20 Jun, 2017 10:42 AM

Centre gives permission to close Sardar Sarovar dam gates

Sardar Sarovar dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)
Effluent treatment plant a must for industries: SC
Policy matters this week Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 08:03 PM

SC gets strict with industrial units 

A creek near a thermal power plant. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
This year witnesses record agricultural output
News this week Posted on 24 Oct, 2016 07:17 AM

Normal monsoon leads to record agricultural output this year

A farm in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Heavy metals and pesticides pollute Ganga: CPCB
News this week Posted on 19 Sep, 2016 09:40 AM

Ganga polluted with heavy metals and pesticides: CPCB

Ganga near Gadmukteshwar. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Centre provides relief fund to drought and flood-hit states
Policy matters this week Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:19 AM

Relief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal

Drought affected area in Karnataka (Source: Pushkarv via Wikipedia)
New CGWA guidelines mandate NOC for industries to extract groundwater
Policy matters this week Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 05:45 PM

Industries can extract groundwater only after obtaining a NOC: CGWA

Groundwater, a scarce resource (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
No more dam approvals until e-flow report is out: Water Ministry
Policy matters this week Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 09:35 PM

No approval of dams until e-flow report is out: Water Ministry to CWC

Kelo dam near Raigarh (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height would be disastrous: Committee
News this week Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:16 AM

Committee warns against raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height

Sardar Sarovar Dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)
Rs. 20,000 crore sanctioned for Ganga clean-up
Policy matters this week Posted on 19 May, 2015 09:17 AM

Centre okays Rs 20,000 crore for the 'Namami Gange' programme

Ganga river at Varanasi
Acute crisis of water, power and medical facilities in Nepal after earthquake
News this week Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 10:39 AM

Nepal earthquake toll exceeds 4300

Earthquake in Nepal (Source: Krish Dulal)
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