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More farmers to benefit from weather services
Teaser: Government plans to expand weather services, agromet advisories to reach 40 million farmers from July. The Ministry of Earth Sciences (MoES) is all set to increase the number of farmers getting...
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Wetland turns treasure trove of herbs
Teaser: Medicinal herbs, edible greens and fruits thrive in and around Chennai’s Sembakkam lake, reveals a study.The districts of Tiruvallur, Chennai and Kanchipuram once boasted of a landscape densely...
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Toilets need water, women suffer under ODF drive
Teaser: Toilets in households have only increased the drudgery of village women as they have to fetch water from faraway sources for toilet use.Rajasthan is all geared up for the open defecation free...
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Indore retains its cleanest city tag
Teaser: Indore became the cleanest city in India for the second time in a row, thanks to the untiring efforts of its municipal corporation and residents. A video tells the success story.Indore has...
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Pink city turns heat island
Teaser: A new phenomenon, urban heat islands in Jaipur indicates that the city has begun to witness the worst of climate change. This summer, Jaipur’s temperatures are soaring upwards of 40 degree...
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Niti Aayog lauds Gujarat's water management
Teaser: News this weekGujarat tops Niti Aayog's composite water management indexGujarat has topped Niti Aayog’s composite water management index which ranked states on the basis of nine crucial...
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Teesta: Stuck between conflict and cooperation
Teaser: The ongoing conflict between India and Bangladesh over the Teesta is political with little to do with the river itself. Is there any hope for the river?River Teesta originates at Tso Lamo,...
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Public hearing for green clearance a sham
Teaser: There seems to be a rush to approve hydropower projects in Uttarakhand. In the absence of safeguards, this is likely to have adverse effect on the Himalayan ecology and the people.Supin, a...
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Creating community leaders to tackle disaster
Teaser: Under UNICEF’s initiative to mitigate disaster risk, community leaders are created to make villages disaster ready.Tired from the Baidyanath dhamyatra (pilgrimage) in the nearby town of...
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Centre forms Cauvery Water Regulation Committee
Teaser: Policy matters this weekCauvery Water Regulation Committee comes into beingA Cauvery Water Regulation Committee has been constituted by the Centre. Though the committee is designed to have...
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Climate hotspots to affect India's economy
Teaser: Seven out of the top 10 climate hotspots in India in the Vidarbha region of Maharashtra, says a World Bank study. A study by the World Bank indicates that due to rising temperatures and...
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Village steps up water revival effort
Teaser: A temple trust revives an ancient stepwell, comes to the rescue of a water-starved village.Long before piped water supply became the norm, groundwater got extracted for use and rivers...
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Indian villages look to Bhutan for water
Teaser: No water supply from India, four remote villages in West Bengal are forced to depend on the neighbouring Bhutan for water.A lot has been discussed about the acute water crisis in many parts of...
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“Agriculture alone cannot provide for our teeming millions.”
Teaser: Watershed management is not just to harvest and store water but also to create democratic processes at the village level and enable inclusive, sustainable development that meets the people's...
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Karnataka announces two big water projects in its budget
Teaser: Policy matters this week Karnataka budget focuses on big water projects, misses out on sustainabilityIn its budget, the Karnataka government has announced speeding up of the Mekedatu project....
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Setting safe sanitation example
Teaser: Villager builds twin pit latrine and sets example for others on behaviour change and safe sanitation.Manohar in Talabpura village of Dhar district in Madhya Pradesh came up with the decision to...
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No water security without water quality
Teaser: A study points out that pit latrines with onsite sanitation systems are a source of groundwater contamination.Groundwater is a major source of water for a large number of Indians with 66...
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Chennai floods was man-made disaster: CAG
Teaser: Policy matters this week CAG blames TN government for Chennai floods in 2015The Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has held the Tamil Nadu government responsible for Chennai floods...
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Delay in 16 major irrigation projects, reports CAG
Teaser: Policy matters this week CAG pulls up water ministry for delay in 16 major irrigation projectsIn its report, the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) has observed that all the 16...
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How sand mining impacts ecosystem
Teaser: A lucrative business, sand mining from rivers done illegally and unscientifically is found to affect riverine ecology.Sand is in high demand in the construction sector. By 2020, 1.4 billion...
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