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Clean Kali: All eyes now on government
Posted on 03 Jun, 2017 07:58 AMRampura, situated in Bulandshahr district in western Uttar Pradesh, is one of the 1,200 villages on the banks of the 300-km long East Kali, a tributary of the Ganges. The river is named after goddess Kali who, according to the Hindu mythology, is fierce and fights evil by ingesting it.
Can we save our farmers?
Posted on 02 Jun, 2017 09:22 AMThe year 2009 was an exceptionally dry year for Maharashtra. There was an acute shortage of water. The farmlands went dry. The farmers, unable to pay their debts, were a worried lot. Lakshman Ambilkar of Kinni village in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra was one such farmer who could not take it anymore. He killed himself, leaving a young, distraught wife to fend for herself.
Ken-Betwa river link approved
Posted on 30 May, 2017 12:26 PMForest panel clears Ken-Betwa river link
Nainital lake drying up, human activities to blame
Posted on 30 May, 2017 11:52 AMNainital lake is drying up, environmentalists concerned
Their will, their way
Posted on 27 May, 2017 05:34 PMPune has a story similar to many other cities in India that grew exponentially without much warning. The unplanned development hit the water resources badly, increasing the city’s dependence on groundwater. Now, the city experiences water scarcity every year, even when the monsoons have been plentiful.
Wastewater from tanneries makes farm soil toxic
Posted on 27 May, 2017 05:22 PMThe use of wastewater for irrigation in agricultural lands is a common practice across the globe. But a study by Indian researchers has found that it can also affect the quality of soil and groundwater, and consequently, human health.
A village becomes water rich
Posted on 26 May, 2017 05:05 PMLocated in Uttar Pradesh’s Baghpat district, with vast agricultural fields growing sugarcane, rice, wheat, jowar, chana and all kinds of seasonal vegetables, Dhikoli in Pilana tehsil comes across as a bustling and prosperous village.
Shrinking wetlands leave J&K high and dry
Posted on 25 May, 2017 11:33 AMWhen torrential downpour submerged thousands of villages and claimed about 300 lives in Jammu & Kashmir in September 2014, loss of wetlands was cited as one of the reasons that aggravated the impact of the natural disaster.
Living on the edge
Posted on 23 May, 2017 01:03 PMA tiger takes a stroll outside the reserve area, breeds on forest patches and looks out for waterholes, all under the curious eyes of visitors. This footage is from Tadoba, a popular tiger habitat in Chandrapur, Maharashtra that draws a lot of domestic and foreign tourists these days. The number of tigers in Tadoba is increasing.
Persian Gulf, Red Sea waters in Bay of Bengal
Posted on 23 May, 2017 12:33 PMIn a finding that could help better understand the future global climate scenario, scientists have found evidence that waters from the Persian Gulf as well as the Red Sea make its way into the Bay of Bengal. While the evidence of the presence of the Persian Gulf water was found at a depth range of 200 to 400 metres in the Bay, the Red Sea water was foun