Water for Industry
Drinking Water/Urban Water/Water Quality
- The Bangalore Water Supply and Sewerage Board (BWSSB) loses money on half of water it supplies
- The Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC) is paying a hefty price for supplying water to Mumbai with outstanding water supply dues upto Rs 3,065 crore
- 40% water is lost in leakages in Mumbai: The water level over the catchment area at 12.9 lakh ml, but the city still wrangling with water woes
- Poor access to safe and good quality drinking water: water contamination is an important public health concern in Bihar
- After several years of suffering, the villagers of Hebani Gram Panchayat in Mulbagal Taluk of Kolar have found a way to get safe drinking water by themselves
- 1650 water supply schemes planned for meeting the drinking water needs of people in rural areas in Madhya Pradesh
- Diarrhoea cases on the rise in Orissa
- Cholera incidence second highest in Kolkata
Climate Change/Environment
- Climate change will undermine progress of development goals: WHO
- Rajasthan farmers say climate change affecting livelihood
Water Bodies/Rivers
- India preparing to build 100 dams in Arunachal Pradesh inspite of the wide protests against the construction of dams
- 2,000 MW proposed hydro projects may get delayed due to environmental issues in India
- Manipur: The economics of disruption in India and its impact on natural resources such as the Loktak lake in the state
- Experts from Pune argue for the need to free water bodies of encroachments to prevent flooding
- Rajasthan to set up State Lake Development Authority
- Central Water commission (CWC) under Ministry of Water Resources plans to monitor storage of important reservoirs in the country
- Bandra talao clean-up a success: Brihanmumbai Municipal Corporation (BMC)
- Negotiated settlement sought on inter-state river issues in India
Mining
- Government displaying urgency in a new mining law with increasing resistance of communities across India to mining activities
- Mechanised sand mining to face stringent criminal action In Tamil Nadu
- Sand mining ban in Maharashtra threatens mega projects
- The Maharashtra State Government sets a panel on sand mining to frame a revised policy on sand extraction: no expert from the field or environmentalists included!
- Goa church opposes illegal mining in the state
Floods
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