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16 February 2021

Punjab's sets up Ist solar-based water supply project at Jagrawan-Muradpur & Talwara villages
Kodagu NGO writes to CM, explains why implementing Kasturirangan report is critical
Chamoli glacier burst: NTPC to give ₹20 lakh compensation to victims’ kin
Theodore Baskaran wins Sanctuary Lifetime Service Award 2020
Union Jal Shakti Ministry makes push for conservation of Ganga wetlands
Uttarakhand glacier disaster: 58 bodies recovered, 146 missing
Haryana to launch revival of Saraswati river, to construct dam, barrage & reservoir at Adi Badri
Scientists develop model to forecast timing of Indian monsoon
CWC study shows dip in Srisailam capacity
Caught between SC & Centre, 24 Uttarakhand hydel projects stuck on paper after 2013 floods
Flash droughts set to increase in India, finds study
Uttarakhand flash flood hits water supply for thousands of Delhi residents
Kochi Water Metro project: Kerala CM inaugurates first route
By 2022, Yamuna water in Mathura will be fit to drink raw: UP CM Yogi Adityanath

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February 28, 2021
Fluoride and nitrate - a health problem in Anantapur
High fluoride and nitrate cause dental, skeletal fluorosis and methemoglobinemia in infants and stomach cancer in adults
Non carcinogenic risks for adults are more prone to risk greater than those children and infants in the study area (Image: India Water Portal)
February 28, 2021
Digital tool to monitor groundwater
Women in Rajasthan use a groundwater monitoring tool to record water levels and promote water literacy
Women use an open source groundwater monitoring tool that enables collection of water level data of wells and its collation on a web platform for easy access by all. (Image: FES)
February 24, 2021
Baravas - Unique water harvesting structures of Maharashtra
Baravas, the unique water harvesting structures of Maharashtra continue to stand the test of time. Urgent efforts need to be made to conserve them and learn from them!
A barav from Limb village in Satara district, Maharashtra (Image Source: Aarti Kelkar Khambete)
February 24, 2021
Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar
Need to remove arsenic from the food chain and not just drinking water in endemic areas
Median excess lifetime cancer risk of 2 per 10,000 from food arsenic exposure in Bihar. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
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