On the water front
A one-week delay in the monsoon’s arrival has laid bare the precariousness of India’s water situation. The images of thousands of Chennai residents running after water tankers were telecast by BBC and
Central Water Commission (CWC)
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Pattiseema doesn’t have environmental clearance
Visakhapatnam: Environment activist and former bureaucrat EAS Sarma said on Thursday that the Pattiseema project has not been given the required environment clearance. According to Sarma, the project was
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Water supply in 3 key river basins dips
NEW DELHI: In the last 26 years, there has been a marginal increase in India’s average annual water resource from 1,869 billion cubic metres (BCM) in 1993 to 1,999 BCM in 2019, but there is a worrying
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Rajasthan govt. wants canal project fast-tracked
ERCP would supply drinking water in 13 districts of the State. The proposed Eastern Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP) has come to the centre stage of demands raised by the State after the formation of the
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Centre notifies norms for uninterrupted flow of Ganga
NEW DELHI: In order to restore and maintain continuous flow of river Ganga, the Centre has notified minimum environmental flow (e-flow) for the river that has to be maintained at various locations. Uninterrupted
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C’garh's five river stretches are polluted: Min
Chhattisgarh's five river stretches have been put under “Priority Class V” of pollution parameters of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB). The polluted stretches are in Hasdeo, Kelo, Kharun, Mahanadi
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At 107,487, India accounts for 1/5th of global deaths from floods in 64 yrs
India is one of the world's most vulnerable regions to climate change India accounts for one-fifth of global deaths due to floods, according to government data that lend perspective to a new World Bank
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Climate change warning: One-fifth of global deaths due to flooding in India
As many as 107,487 people died due to heavy rains and floods across India over 64 years between 1953 and 2017 India accounts for one-fifth of global deaths due to floods, according to government data
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State okays Rs1,000cr water plan for drinking and irrigation
Nagpur: The state government has approved a Rs 1,015 crore plan for mitigating water problems prevailing in the city for drinking and some parts of the district for irrigation following the construction
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National register of large dams 2018
National Register of Large Dam (NRLD) is a compilation of the dams in the country prepared as per information received from the State Government/Authority concerned. In NRLD the definition of “large dams”