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Invisible water wizards
Teaser: With government support, traditional water harvesting systems could be revived, upgraded and productively combined with modern techniques.India has long undervalued one of its most precious...
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How Kakaddara village won water cup
Teaser: The video tells us the success story of Kakaddara village that won the Satyamev Jayate Water Cup-2017 by efficiently managing its water.Every year, thousands of villages in Maharashtra get...
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Atal Bhujal Yojana to be implemented soon
Teaser: Policy matters this weekCentre to fast track Atal Bhujal Yojana to help manage groundwater efficiently In order to manage water resources efficiently and strengthen groundwater recharge, the...
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Rajim kumbh: Leave Mahanadi alone
Teaser: Rajim kumbh mela has left the Mahanadi river crying for attention.Around 25 lakh pilgrims across the country took a holy dip in the Mahanadi during the Rajim kumbh festival held in Rajim from...
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Creating art from waste
Teaser: Two young entrepreneurs have found a way to manage plastic waste by turning it into useful products. They have also created jobs and increased public awareness around plastic waste.Cities like...
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Should wildlife suffer in the name of water?
Teaser: Ken-Betwa river-linking project, if realised, will wipe out a portion of the Panna Tiger Reserve with its flora and fauna. The government, however, is adamant about its plan.Set in...
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Millions wait for toilets and water
Teaser: While millions of people in India still wait for their share of water and toilets, this year's budget fails to give them any hope.GoI allocations for the Ministry of Drinking Water and...
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Maha battle over water
Teaser: The Mahanadi’s water is important for both the farmers and industries of Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Instead of squabbling over it, the states need to come up with a plan to use the water...
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Tamil Nadu and Kerala squabble over Siruvani waters
Teaser: News this weekTamil Nadu objects to Kerala diverting excess water from Siruvani damFollowing the Tamil Nadu government’s objection to Kerala withdrawing water over and above its share from the...
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Revised draft of CZMP for Chennai released
Teaser: Policy matters this weekRevised Coastal Zone Management Plan frees up large swathes of coastal land for developmentTamil Nadu government’s environment department had recently released the...
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Haphazard measures to combat drought
Teaser: The widening and deepening of Manjara river to rejuvenate it has not served its purpose of quenching the thirst of Latur city.The Manjara river rejuvenation work was implemented in Latur,...
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Manhole-cleaning robot completes trial run
Teaser: News this weekManhole-cleaning robot Bandicoot successfully completes trial run in ThiruvananthapuramThe spider-shaped robot developed by a team of engineers in Kerala to clean manholes has...
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Uttarakhand bans quarrying in Ganga, its tributaries
Teaser: Policy matters this weekUttarakhand bans quarrying in the Ganga and its tributaries post NGT orderFollowing an interim order by the National Green Tribunal (NGT), the Uttarakhand government has...
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Islands float on Delhi lake
Teaser: Floating wetlands have been constructed on Hauz Khas lake in an attempt to naturally restore it.Located in the Hauz Khas urban village in the busy metropolis of Delhi is an exquisitely...
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Arsenic-affected village gets water after two decades
Teaser: Kaudikasa village’s two decades of struggle with arsenic contamination in drinking water ends with a new government scheme.Kaudikasa is a small village with a population of just 350 people in...
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Farmers’ plight: Leaving land for a lesser life
Teaser: One of the worst affected districts in Andhra Pradesh, Anantapur is seeing its farmers leave their villages for cities due to water scarcity. Scanty rainfall, depleting groundwater levels,...
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Centre fails to see the wood for the trees
Teaser: The latest FSI report says India is getting greener. A closer look at the story behind the numbers says otherwise.As per the biennial State of Forest Report (SFR) 2017 by the Forest Survey of...
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Citizens save polluted Bengaluru lake
Teaser: One of the many polluted Bengaluru lakes, Gottigere lake is being revived, thanks to the intervention of some responsible citizens.Gottigere lake used to be a major source of water for south...
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Village heads come together to save Dzongu
Teaser: In a rare show of solidarity, the panchayat leaders of Dzongu have formed a group, Save Dzongu, that cuts across political differences to save their river. As we sit sipping tea with him, Ugen...
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Can legal compliance address environmental injustice?
Teaser: Here are two new groundtruthing studies by CPR- Namati environmental justice (EJ) program.What happens after an environmental law is made or an environmental approval is granted to a project?...
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