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Lessons on ecology from the Apatani tribe in Ziro Valley
Posted on 17 Jan, 2016 03:42 PMZiro Valley, which figures in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as a unique cultural landscape, sits at a height of 5600 feet in Arunachal Pradesh. It is inhabited by the Apatani tribe who are completely confined to the valley.
IMD to stop using the term 'drought'
Posted on 12 Jan, 2016 09:55 AMIMD to replace the term 'drought' with 'deficient year'
NITI Ayog allocates Rs 1000 crore for groundwater contaminated zones
Posted on 11 Jan, 2016 09:48 PMGovernment to install community water purification plants in water toxic zones
Odisha tribals humour changing skies with mixed platters
Posted on 11 Jan, 2016 09:18 PMBamboo trees bloomed with long wispy spikes weighing heavy on the stalks. While it might've made for a pretty picture, Loknath Nauri knew it would be a tough year. “More the density of the flowers, the more severe the drought we face,” he says. This was in March 2015 in the forests of southern Odisha.
Ken-Betwa river gets some respite
Posted on 08 Jan, 2016 01:03 PMIn December 2015, more than forty years after it was conceived, the Government was set to launch India’s ambitious 30-link river interlinking project linking 37 rivers.
Rice-fish culture transforms the lives of cyclone-hit farmers in Odisha
Posted on 06 Jan, 2016 11:24 PMCoastal regions of Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha have been hit by cyclonic storms for more than two decades.
Nagpur Union launches world-wide campaign against much hyped water privatisation
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:32 AMWorld-wide campaign against impacts of water privatisation
Centre provides relief fund to drought and flood-hit states
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:19 AMRelief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal
Right information and collective strength of people triumph!
Posted on 04 Jan, 2016 08:25 PM"More than eight villagers in Padapadar have died due to water-borne diseases such as typhoid, diarrhoea, jaundice, etc.
Sanitation interventions: A threat to drinking water supplies in rural India?
Posted on 03 Jan, 2016 11:05 PMInadequate separation of excreta from human contact can lead to a number of health problems. This is a cause for concern in India because as many as 600 million