Surface Water

India seeks to bring water from Nepal's Sharda river to supplement Yamuna near Delhi

Farmers anxious as government stops water supply from the Sardar Sarovar dam for irrigation

Maharashtra makes it mandatory for dairies and milk retailers to repurchase poly packs for recycling 

As we sit sipping tea with him, Ugen Lepcha calmly spells out his stand. “Even if it means having to leave my (political) party, I will continue to be against dams,” he says. Ugen Lepcha, the president of Passingang gram panchayat in the Dzongu area of Sikkim, clearly has courage when it comes to his political convictions.

Karnataka to formulate plan to prohibit industries from drawing fresh river water

Kaudikasa is a small village with a population of just 350 people in the Ambagad Chowki block of the Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh. Despite its small size, Kaudikasa village has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Severe health problems have been reported from the village, thanks to acute arsenic contamination in its groundwater.

Uttarakhand bans quarrying in the Ganga and its tributaries post NGT order

Manhole-cleaning robot Bandicoot successfully completes trial run in Thiruvananthapuram

Revised Coastal Zone Management Plan frees up large swathes of coastal land for development

Tamil Nadu objects to Kerala diverting excess water from Siruvani dam