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December 16, 2022
Water Quality Management Course - Not just a training program
In this article, we will understand how the WQM course is continuing to influence the needs of learners that come from diverse backgrounds. The course model also offers core insights to many others who would like to engage in a virtual training program.
During a WQM course, a field team member from INREM facilitating a demonstration
September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
September 5, 2022
Rivers of Bengaluru: A map-infographic reflects the rivers’ state
In an attempt to present a perspective on how rivers are used and abused, a map of the Bengaluru rivers illustrate how waste flows through natural river corridors, polluting the rivers and altering their status.
Vrishabhavathi river flow at Thagachguppe Bridge, Kumbalgodu (Image Source: Paani.Earth)
August 27, 2022
Himalayan lakes can potentially become long-term sinks of microplastics
Study looks at microplastic types in lakes of Ladakh
(Vinay Goel, Wikimedia Commons)
August 19, 2022
Polluted water, hitchhiking microbes and the hidden threat of cholera in India
Better access to clean water coupled with health education to bring about changes in behaviour are critical to prevent exposure to dangerous cholera bacteria that lurk in untreated waters.
The hidden threat of cholera in India (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
August 11, 2022
India’s rivers in trouble due to high fertilizer load and heavy monsoons
This could lead to water quality crisis reinforcing the need for basin-specific management strategies
Around the world, more than a fifth of nitrogen released by human activity ends up in aquatic ecosystems (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
The slow poisoning of the Baitarani river in Odisha
Proper disposal of waste into streams and rivers, and controlling and monitoring human activities near the water sources are some ways by which pollution can be contained.
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Dash HK
Mishra B
Bhuyan N K
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 01:29 AM

River basins in India have been found to be highly vulnerable to contamination. Recent evidence shows that a large number of water sources including rivers, lakes and surface water in India are polluted due to untreated sewage, agricultural runoff and most importantly, due to unregulated industries.
The Baitarani, Odisha (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Kashmir under danger of floods
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:30 AM

Fear of floods looms over Kashmir again
Landslide and a flooded river
Locals rejoice as coal mining banned in Mahan forest
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:12 AM

Coal Ministry bans mining in Mahan forest
Coal mines in Jharsuguda district
Constructed wetlands as a cost effective cleaning option
Water treated using constructed wetlands before being used for irrigation can be a suitable and cost effective option to prevent possible human health risks
Markus Starkl et al
Posted on 25 Mar, 2015 01:18 PM

Hyderabad, which is India's fourth largest city, has a population of almost 7 million. The Musi river, originating from the Anantagiri hills, divides the city into north and south. The River flows through the city and joins the Krishna in Nalgonda.
Musi river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Water Man of India wins 2015 Stockholm Water Prize
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Mar, 2015 09:04 PM

Rajendra Singh is the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
The Water Man of India (Source: SIWI)
Cursed by greed: The Falgu river
The Falgu river, supposedly cursed by Sita to run below the ground, is today threatened by encroachment and pollution. Can she be saved by her defenders?
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 23 Mar, 2015 04:32 PM

The story of the Falgu is one of greed. Unlike most other rivers, the Falgu is not just a victim of greed, but also an oppressor -- she oppressed none other than Sita herself as she flowed through Gaya in Bihar.

The story
People gather around a chua in the Falgu
Land Bill opposed in the Rajya Sabha
Policy matter this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Mar, 2015 04:28 PM

Opposition to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill
Construction activity on what was once a farm land
Patna HC wants Ganga's original course restored
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 10:56 PM

Restore Ganga's original course: Patna HC
River Ganga
Slow poisoning of the Harike wetland
Considered a Ramsar site since 1990, the Harike wetland in Punjab is on the verge of a serious crisis, as contamination of its waters from effluents has reached critical levels.
Onkar Singh Brraich Sulochana Jangu
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 09:58 PM

Known as "Hari-ke-Pattan", this wetland is the largest in the Tarn Taran Sahib district of the Punjab in northern India and has the Harike Lake in its deeper part [1]. Its rich biodiversity plays an important role in maintaining the hydrological balance in the catchment area. It also supports a vast range of migratory birds including a number of globally threatened species [1].
Harike wetland (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
World's only floating freshwater lake under threat
Evidence shows that the Loktak lake in Manipur, famous for its floating heterogenous masses of vegetation, is getting more and more polluted.
Jogesh Laishram and Mithra Dey
Posted on 06 Mar, 2015 11:02 PM

The Loktak lake in Manipur is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India. It is famous for the phumdis, which are isolated collections of heterogenous masses of vegetation, soil, and organic matter at various stages of decomposition, floating over it [1]. It is referred to as the only floating lake in the world because of the phumdis [2].
View of Loktak lake (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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