Despite the existence of laws to carefully dispose of faecal sludge in Tamil Nadu, they are not implemented effectively.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
Increasing epidemic scare, loss of livelihood and no place to defecate. There seems no end to the miseries of the flood affected in Assam and Bihar even when the water recedes.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
VISHRAM's psychological interventions to farmers under mental stress in rural Vidarbha provide a fitting solution to increasing farmer suicides in the country.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
Scientists develop a new method to forecast dengue spread in various climatic zones by studying the extrinsic incubation period of the virus.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
Researchers have developed a slurry photocatalytic membrane reactor to remove harmful drugs from hospital wastewater to make it safer for the environment.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
A new study in the Himalayas shows low-altitude glaciers are more sensitive to climate change and have lost a significant amount of water in the past decades.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
India's waterman Dr Rajendra Singh shares his thoughts on nationalisation of rivers, interstate river disputes and how development is affecting our rivers.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
As floods ravage the eastern and northeastern parts of the country, lives and properties are lost. Here's a video that shows the extent of devastation in Bihar.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
Transforming barren lands to lush green landscape is one of the many works of WOTR that won them the Land for Life Award 2017 from the United Nations Convention on Combating Desertification.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
As rain continues unabated in the eastern and northeastern parts of the country, river embankments get breached displacing lakhs of people.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
Marathwada village comes up with a novel idea to tackle water scarcity—water budget for each household. The result is for everyone to see.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
East Kolkata Wetlands that provides many ecosystem services needs to be preserved to meet the SDGs and to mitigate the effect of global warming.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
India has made significant contributions in the field of science and technology. It is expected to grow in the years to come.arathi posted 7 years 1 month ago
Considering children’s faeces can be more harmful than that of adults in some cases, better management is needed to avoid diseases.arathi posted 7 years 2 months ago
An innovation makes it possible to treat water even before it leaves a hand pump or a borewell, giving easy access to safe water in remote areas.arathi posted 7 years 2 months ago
Water expert Dr Sharad Jain believes that unless India adopts recycling of water in an organised manner, the country will soon become water scarce.arathi posted 7 years 2 months ago
Changes in habitat is one of the reasons why many wild species have disappeared from the national park, say researchers.arathi posted 7 years 2 months ago