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Cyclone Vardah hits TN
Posted on 13 Dec, 2016 07:11 AMCyclone Vardah makes landfall in TN, causes massive damage
A notification to ensure ecological flow of rivers
Posted on 12 Dec, 2016 11:27 PMI have objected so many times to the change in the name of Ministry of Water Resources to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. It shows where the priority of the government lies. It says that all the rivers need to be developed except the Ganga which needs to be rejuvenated.
Breathing life into Baitarani
Posted on 12 Dec, 2016 12:13 PMPranab Choudhury has been actively engaged with the causes of the poor and the environment for more than a decade.
For a flood-free Chennai
Posted on 07 Dec, 2016 09:07 PMChennai’s drainage system--both natural and man-made--is unparalleled. Three rivers flow through the city--the Kosasthalaiyar to the north, the Cooum cutting right through the centre and the Adyar to the south; around 16 major drains criss-cross the metro in addition to the mammoth Buckingham canal along the coast.
Remembering Amma’s generosity
Posted on 07 Dec, 2016 06:12 AMOne of Tamil Nadu’s most populist leaders and a big inspiration to women across the state and beyond, J. Jayalalithaa has left an indelible mark on the people as well as the politics of the state. Though detractors objected to the ‘Amma’ prefix in most of her schemes, the people of Tamil Nadu did not seem to mind, given that many of their basic needs stood satisfied to a great extent.
Mining of rare earth minerals poisons land and water
Posted on 06 Dec, 2016 12:49 PMMining and processing of heavy and rare earth minerals can produce a tremendously negative impact on the land and environment in the area, the magnitude and intensity of which depends on the kind of chemicals and processes used, the efforts taken in the management of waste as well as on environmental fragility of the location.
A cut above the rest
Posted on 05 Dec, 2016 09:41 PMDeot Masih’s family has been extracting lotus root from the marshy land in his village near Gurdaspur for several decades. Delicate and crunchy, the edible roots are in high demand going as far as Srinagar in the north and Delhi in the south. Similar is the case with chestnut grown in this swamp.
Rift over Indus Water Treaty continues
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:45 PMConflict between India and Pakistan over Indus Water Treaty continues
Ganga clean-up programme has failed: IIT consortium
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:31 PMGanga clean-up fails, thanks to multiple authorities and no monitoring
Traditional ways to water security
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:15 PMAlthough droughts are not new in India, we are seeing more of it of late.