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22 February 2021

Yogi Govt to lay drinking water pipelines in Bundelkhand and Vindhya region

Govt committed to protecting Karnataka's interests, will not allow anyone to use surplus water: CM

Yogi govt presents ₹5,50,270 cr budget, focus on agriculture sector

Chhattisgarh: Breathing new life into 1300 drains

Telangana achieves 100% tap water supply to schools, anganwadis

Uttarakhand glacier burst: Depth, amount of water in new Chamoli lake determined

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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)