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Coastal areas likely to be opened up for development
Posted on 24 Apr, 2018 11:54 AMEnvironment ministry issues draft Coastal Zone Regulation notification
ACT one: Anti-dam, pro-people
Posted on 23 Apr, 2018 02:22 PMTenzing Lepcha, the lead activist of Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT), is proud of his work in the last year. “All this was overgrown,” he says pointing at the orderly farm.
Uttarakhand braces itself for dry days
Posted on 20 Apr, 2018 08:09 PMLokesh Verma, a farmer from Nainital’s Chanfi village, says this is the third year in a row that he is bearing losses in agriculture. “I have lost around Rs 2 lakh and there’s a debt of Rs 70,000 to pay off. I grow strawberries, guavas and peas in my 15 bighas of land, but there is not enough water in the hills to irrigate crops properly,” he says.
Locks down, barrage scares Durgapur
Posted on 18 Apr, 2018 11:41 AMThe industrial township of Durgapur, situated 150 km from Kolkata, faced a severe water crisis for two days in November last year when the Durgapur barrage became dry following a leak at one of the lock gates of the barrage.
Treating sewage with plants
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 04:56 PMA radical new method is fast emerging as an effective and sustainable solution to increasing pollution in urban lakes. Called floating treatment wetlands (FTW), they are artificial islands with plants that stay afloat on the lake. The plants clean the lake through hydroponics system, resulting in a cleaner, beautiful lake and an improved habitat for creatures that depend on it.
NGT appointed team inspects Bengaluru lakes
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 04:49 PMNational Green Tribunal forms commission to inspect Bengaluru lakes
Indian monsoon recovers after decades of decline
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 02:08 PMAs the parched Indian subcontinent eagerly awaits the monsoon, all indications are that it will be a normal monsoon, especially since no El Niño is in the offing for 2018.
IMD predicts a normal monsoon
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 12:03 PMIndia Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday forecast that the monsoon this year will be normal, with rainfall of 97 percent of the long period average (LPA) with an error of plus or minus five percent.
Cauvery water not very polluted, says study
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 11:10 AMKSPCB says Cauvery water can be used for drinking after conventional treatment
Tourism increases black carbon in air
Posted on 16 Apr, 2018 03:25 PMIn a significant input for the growing debate on global climate change, a study by researchers at the Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) has found that there is a remarkable increase in the concentration of black carbon in the atmosphere near the pilgrim town of Gangotri in Uttarakhand during the two annual tourist seasons of April to June and during September and Octobe