Damodar The Damodar is the most polluted river in the country today, thanks to the several industries that have sprouted on its mineral-rich banks. There are the coal-based industries that... |
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Inhumanly Mismanaged In India, from the 19th century onward, the paradigm of managing water has followed two interconnected routes. One, the state took upon itself the role of sole provid... |
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Urban Lakes Urban waterbodies are an inherent part of Indian culture. They served a variety of purposes. In the dry central and Southern India--that fall in the rain shadow region--they ... |
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Inhumanly Mismanaged In India, from the 19th century onward, the paradigm of managing water has followed two interconnected routes. One, the state took upon itself the role of sole provid... |
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A Political Drought During one of the meetings of the World Water Commission, which recently submitted its report in The Hague to a bevy of water ministers, a member had strongly emphasis... |
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Water scenario in rural areas Dependence on the state has meant that with the cost of water supply being high and cost recovery being poor, the financial sustainability of water schemes ha... |
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Blind to Rain With the spate of political support that the concept of rainwater harvesting has received in recent weeks from Central ministers and state chief ministers, the attack fro... |
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Water scarcity in Una The onset of summer has brought water problems in Una town, with a much-reduced water supply. The area, supposed to receive three hours of water supply each in the ... |
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From Rajkot ( This article appeared in Down to Earth , Dec 15, 2002) There's trouble brewing in Wankaner - a taluka about 50 kilometres (km) from Rajkot city in district Rajkot, Gujarat ... |
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Related Articles BJP takes out Matka rally to highlight water problem Leader of the Opposition in BMC and BJP leader Rameshwar Sharma has asserted on Friday that state capital has been facing... |
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