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Looting water for fun
Teaser: Hyderabad sources water for most of its amusements and recreation from villages nearby, depleting groundwater and creating water shortage for the villagers.An impromptu weekend plan landed me...
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Disappearing lakes and politics of corruption
Teaser: Communities have as much part to play in protecting natural resources as the people in power. This case of a disappearing lake proves it.Mallampet is a village in Quthbullapur Mandal. It is...
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A look inside your water tanker
Teaser: While the quality of water supplied by tankers is suspect, having different sources of water for different uses is a luxury that not many can afford.In Hyderabad, water tankers are the dominant...
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The dirty picture
Teaser: A hard-hitting documentary film ‘Kakkoos’ looks at the politics behind the banned practice of manual scavenging and how the civil society connives to keep it alive. Kakkoos, a compelling...
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Karnataka women to tackle water woes
Teaser: News this week Women in drought-hit Karnataka takes on the task to revive lakesIn Mandya district, nearly 3000 women across 31 villages are on a mission to revive lakes, ponds and irrigation...
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Centre asks states to prepare for monsoon failure
Teaser: Policy matters this weekCentre urges states to gear up for possible monsoon failureThe agriculture ministry has ordered all the states and union territories to prepare themselves for a possible...
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Flourishing informal water market
Teaser: Informal water tankers are both a curse and a necessity. Should they be banned or integrated into the formal water supply system? Every study village of the project, Ensuring Water Security in...
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UP rivers have poor quality water, reveals audit
Teaser: News this week Audit reveals poor quality of water in UP riversThe CAG audit report for the year 2015-16 has revealed that the quality of water in major rivers and water bodies in Uttar Pradesh...
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NGT serious about Yamuna revitalisation project
Teaser: Policy matters this week Rs 5000 fine on those dumping waste on Yamuna floodplainsThe National Green Tribunal has banned open defecation and dumping of waste on the floodplains of the Yamuna...
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Living on the edge
Teaser: The increasing cases of tigers straying outside the reserves are leading to man-animal conflicts. A film tries to find solutions.A tiger takes a stroll outside the reserve area, breeds on...
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Shrinking wetlands leave J&K high and dry
Teaser: Wetlands play a major role in the sustenance of lives and livelihoods in Kashmir. Urbanisation, however, spells doom for the "paradise on earth".When torrential downpour submerged thousands of...
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Wastewater from tanneries makes farm soil toxic
Teaser: Wastewater from tannery industries that reach agricultural lands ruin soil health and pollute groundwater, a study finds out.The use of wastewater for irrigation in agricultural lands is a...
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Their will, their way
Teaser: Pune citizens come together to save their water resources, show ways to use water sustainably.Pune has a story similar to many other cities in India that grew exponentially without much...
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Can we save our farmers?
Teaser: The economic condition of farmers is getting progressively worse resulting in increasing number of farmer suicides. Here's a look at possible solutions.The year 2009 was an exceptionally dry...
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Clean Kali: All eyes now on govt
Teaser: The water of East Kali is heavily polluted. It would hopefully change with the NGT taking notice of it.Rampura, situated in Bulandshahr district in western Uttar Pradesh, is one of the 1,200...
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Sourcing water: When informal is the norm
Teaser: Villages in peri-urban Hyderabad rely on various informal water sources for their daily needs. In the first hour of our field work in Malkaram--another village in peri-urban Hyderabad--for the...
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CGWA mandates NOCs for tubewells in Punjab
Teaser: Policy matters this week NOCs for running tubewells must for Punjab industries To address the issue of depleting groundwater in the state, the Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA) has ordered...
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Solar irrigation cooperative to solve groundwater crisis
Teaser: News this weekIndia's groundwater crisis: Gujarat's solar irrigation cooperative embarks on a solutionThe world's first Solar Pump Irrigators’ Cooperative Enterprise (SPICE) has been formed in...
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Power play in Kinnaur
Teaser: Villagers are making informed decisions when it comes to government projects that affect ecology. Equipped with legal knowledge, they are challenging damaging hydropower projects.Lippa is a...
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Maharashtra farmers get farm loan waiver
Teaser: News this week Maharashtra government announces farm loan waiver to genuine farmersIn a big relief to farmers protesting in the state, the Maharashtra government has announced farm loan waiver...
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