Urban Water
When riverbed becomes real estate
Posted on 02 Jan, 2017 08:17 PMShalu’s household was evicted from Koyla Basti of the Yamuna pushta (embankment), a massive slum cluster on the banks of the Yamuna river in the year 2004. Earthmoving machines bulldozed thousands of homes at the site which was to host the Commonwealth Games of 2010.
Stunting in India: The sanitation connect
Posted on 22 Dec, 2016 11:57 AMOn Children’s Day on November 14 this year, two organisations in Odisha--Shramajeebee Sangathan (SJS), Malkangiri and Jeebika Suraksha Mancha, Kandhamal--organised a massive padayatra (street walk) in villages as an awareness drive and to mobilise communities to curb m
Saving the Ganga, one step at a time
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:11 AMAn aerospace engineer from IIT, Kharagpur, Siddharth Agarwal could have been drawing a fancy salary like any other 25-year-old if he hadn’t followed his passion.
Gujarat fails to conserve its wetlands
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:30 PMSix years on, Gujarat fails to form wetland panel
NGT cancels illegal salt pans in Sambhar Lake
Posted on 13 Dec, 2016 07:19 AMGood news for Sambhar Salt Lake
Breathing life into Baitarani
Posted on 12 Dec, 2016 12:13 PMPranab Choudhury has been actively engaged with the causes of the poor and the environment for more than a decade.
For a flood-free Chennai
Posted on 07 Dec, 2016 09:07 PMChennai’s drainage system--both natural and man-made--is unparalleled. Three rivers flow through the city--the Kosasthalaiyar to the north, the Cooum cutting right through the centre and the Adyar to the south; around 16 major drains criss-cross the metro in addition to the mammoth Buckingham canal along the coast.
Remembering Amma’s generosity
Posted on 07 Dec, 2016 06:12 AMOne of Tamil Nadu’s most populist leaders and a big inspiration to women across the state and beyond, J. Jayalalithaa has left an indelible mark on the people as well as the politics of the state. Though detractors objected to the ‘Amma’ prefix in most of her schemes, the people of Tamil Nadu did not seem to mind, given that many of their basic needs stood satisfied to a great extent.
Ganga clean-up programme has failed: IIT consortium
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:31 PMGanga clean-up fails, thanks to multiple authorities and no monitoring
Twin lakes of Bhoj
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 10:10 PMThe Bhoj wetland is situated in the heart of Bhopal district in Madhya Pradesh. The wetland consists of two man-made lakes--the upper lake and the lower lake.