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Ganga rejuvenation priority for new Water Ministry
Posted on 02 Jun, 2014 02:21 PMNew Water Ministry headed by Uma Bharti prioritizes Ganga rejuvenation
What is your water footprint?
Posted on 31 May, 2014 12:11 PM“When the well is dry, we know the worth of water.” ― Benjamin Franklin
Simple ways to achieve water sufficiency
Posted on 27 May, 2014 09:18 PMFresh water found on land has only two primary sources - melting of ice, and rain. Harvesting rain is crucial for sustaining both the surface and sub-soil water sources.
Use clean coal, NGT tells Mahagenco
Posted on 27 May, 2014 01:02 PMNGT tells Mahagenco to use clean coal
Access to clean water and sanitation: the rural-urban gap closes
Posted on 27 May, 2014 12:21 PMThe rural-urban divide in access to sanitation reduces: UN
Sunshine water in Uttarakhand
Posted on 21 May, 2014 10:50 AMChurerdhar, a mountain village in Uttarakhand suffered from a lack of safe potable water. Here, hand pumps used to dry up in the summer and a natural spring 1.5 km away from the cluster of homes that housed 300 people, was the only other source of water. That was its plight in 2002.
Existing water sources
NGT orders Singrauli power plants to supply drinking water to residents
Posted on 21 May, 2014 08:48 AMThe hundredth farmer
Posted on 20 May, 2014 11:22 PMI remember a farm pond that I once visited in Maharashtra. It shone like a square sapphire in that dry land, securely held by tall earth embankments. On the other side of one of those embankments was a parched and dying field. When I asked the farmer why it wasn't irrigated, he asked me to give him a pump.
Environmentalists wary of Modi's green agenda
Posted on 20 May, 2014 10:47 PMEnvironmentalists wary of Modi's green agenda
Open Happiness' or open a can of worms?
Posted on 16 May, 2014 08:11 PM1999 was an interesting real estate year for Mehdiganj village in Uttar Pradesh. Someone began buying up land adjoining a soft drink factory owned by the Parle Company. They also began buying land from the farmers except the farmers had no idea as to whom they were selling the land to. As the boundary wall rose up, problems arose too.