Surface Water
Pre-monsoon rainfall deficient: IMD
Posted on 22 May, 2019 11:14 AMIndia witnesses 22 percent deficient pre-monsoon rainfall this year: IMD
Cyclone Fani ravages Odisha's ecological hotspots
Posted on 15 May, 2019 06:12 PMOdisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone
Groundwater depletion: NGT raps green ministry on inaction
Posted on 15 May, 2019 11:40 AMNGT raps green ministry for failing to curb depletion of groundwater
What happens when you throw away pencil cells?
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:33 PMA recent study by Toxics Link, an environmental research and advocacy organisation on batteries titled Dead and buried: A situational analysis of battery waste management in India estimates that 2.7 billion pieces of dry cell batteries are being consumed annually in India.
Only 37 percent of world’s long rivers free flowing
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:02 PMA little over a third of the world's 246 long rivers remain free-flowing, as per a study by a team of 34 international researchers, including those from McGill University in Canada and World Wildlife Fund India.
Namami Gange: Only 10 out of 100 sewage projects done
Posted on 07 May, 2019 03:49 PMUnder Namami Gange mission, only 10 out of 100 new sewage projects completed
Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, 35 dead
Posted on 07 May, 2019 03:36 PMCyclone Fani, strongest to hit India in 20 years, causes widespread destruction in Odisha
MGNREGA fails to help drought-hit states
Posted on 01 May, 2019 07:07 PMMGNREGA's performance unsatisfactory in drought-stricken districts in 2018-19
Water level falls in India's major river basins: CWC
Posted on 01 May, 2019 06:45 PMWater level in India’s major reservoirs and river basins in a precarious state: CWC
Mapping pollution hotspots in Yamuna
Posted on 01 May, 2019 10:38 AMThe Yamuna was considered a nurturing and life-enhancing goddess in the past. Legend has it that bathing in the sacred waters of the Yamuna, the sister of Yama, the god of death, frees one from the ordeal of death. The 1376-km river is a tributary of the Ganga and originates in the Yamunotri glacier in the lower Himalayas.