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  • Bihar and northeast India reel under floods, Assam worst hit
    Flood batters three northeast states, Assam worst affected According to the Assam State Disaster Management Authority, over 24.19 lakh people from 2,323 villages and localities across 24 districts are reeling under the flood, with the death toll rising to 87 in the state. Major rivers such as ...
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  • Environmentalists voice concerns against the draft EIA notification 2020
    Draft EIA notification 2020 attracts criticism from experts In March this year, the Environment Ministry had issued the draft environmental impact assessment (EIA) notification. However, as per the experts, the new draft is non-transparent, undemocratic, unjust and unaccountable as it ensures no mo...
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  • Flood batters Assam, over 16 lakh people hit
    Flood situation in Assam continues to remain grim A second wave of floods have gripped the state and so far around 16 lakh people have been affected across 22 districts with Barpeta district worst affected. The death toll owing to floods has also climbed up to 34. The floodwaters have submerged nea...
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  • Covid-19 and floods: A double whammy for Assam
    It is an annual episode that plays itself out. Assam is, once again, reeling under flood – loss of human and animal life, severe damage to agricultural crops, property, millions of people displaced from their homes, absence of flood preparedness or early warning systems, delayed relief action by t...
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  • Fire in Assam to have catastrophic effect on ecozones: Experts
    Fire breaks at an oil well in Assam damaging ecozones around the site In a major incident that affected 7000 people in the state, a massive fire broke out at a leaking natural gas producing well of Oil India Ltd (OIL) in Assam's Tinsukia district. On May 27, the gas leakage started following an oil...
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  • Cyclone Nisarga hits Maharashtra coast, causes intense rains in western districts
    Making a landfall in Raigad district, cyclone Nisarga wanes but causes heavy rains in western Maharashtra Anticipated to be a major cyclonic storm, after the one that affected Mumbai in 1948, Cyclone Nisarga caused heavy rains in the city which led to water-logging in some areas. The cyclone made a...
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  • Cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc in West Bengal
    Cyclone Amphan causes widespread destruction in West Bengal The strongest cyclone since 1982, Cyclone Amphan has caused severe destruction in southern districts of West Bengal, Kolkata and Sunderbans. Making a landfall with a wind intensity of 165-175 kilometres per hour, gusting up to 185 kmph, th...
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  • A national action plan to ensure sustainable and responsible business on the anvil
    Centre to finalise National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs is in the process of finalising the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP), which has been public for over a year and is now under the final stages of extensive consultations wi...
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  • Tangled bones, children unable to move and lives cut short
    I am in the middle of nowhere, out on a field visit to understand how fluoride, a deadly contaminant in groundwater has been afflicting people in some of the worst affected villages in Nalgonda, Telangana. I am thirsty as hell and would do anything to find a seemingly elusive little glass of water, ...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 5 months 2 weeks agoread more
  • Cauvery riverfront development plan gets an approval
    Cauvery riverfront development plan gets a nod The high-powered expert committee of the Smart Cities Mission programme has given its approval to the Trichy Corporation for developing and beautifying a portion of the Cauvery river bank in the city. At an estimated cost of Rs 2.94 crore, the civic bo...
    Swati Bansalposted 6 months 1 week agoread more
  • Nilogon for fluoride removal from groundwater
    Groundwater contamination has emerged as an alarming issue in India and a recent UN report reveals that India ranks 120th among the 122 countries in terms of water quality index. As high as 70 percent of the water supply in India is contaminated, resulting in nearly 0.2 million deaths each year. Po...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 7 months 3 days agoread more
  • Pune groundwater extraction doubles in last decade; Uranium found in Telengana groundwater; Lower Subansiri project gets a boost
    Study finds Pune's groundwater extraction doubles in 9 years A survey conducted by the Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM) with assistance from the Centre for Environment Education (CEE) and Mission Groundwater, reveals that groundwater extraction in Pune has do...
    Swati Bansalposted 9 months 2 weeks agoread more
  • Centre all set to sustain country's ODF status
    National rural sanitation strategy launched to sustain open defecation-free (ODF) status  The Jal Shakti Ministry has come up with a 10-year national rural sanitation strategy to sustain India’s 100 percent Open Defecation Free (ODF) status claimed by the Centre. The focus of the strategy is...
    Swati Bansalposted 10 months 4 days agoread more
  • Manual scavenging is inhumane: SC
    Supreme Court question authorities on why manual scavenging still prevails Taking note of four to five deaths every month due to manual scavenging, the Supreme Court came down heavily on the government for failing to provide protective gear to people engaged in manual scavenging and cleaning of sew...
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  • Beyond the death toll: The everyday violence of Assam’s floods
    Floods are an annual phenomenon in Assam. They are as integral to the state as the Brahmaputra River is, and each monsoon, we are reminded that Assam exists (or is drowning). As I write this piece, Assam is slowly recovering from the first wave of flood this monsoon. For several weeks, the entire st...
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  • Spending a summer building scalable water access in rural India
    This summer I had the incredible opportunity, to work with the Tata Trusts and their Tata Water Mission (TWM) initiative, exploring avenues to provide scalable water access to stakeholders in rural communities. TWM is one of the Trusts’ flagship initiatives in India, at the forefront of ensuring...
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  • Small water treatment system for household water purification
    Myself Arunodoy Sarmah. I am working as officer with a psu bank in Assam. I would like to enquire about a small water treatment plant at my home in Guwahati. During winter months we face water shortage issues here in Shantipur hillside area in Guwahati even though we are hardly 5 km from Brahmaputra...
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  • Floods grip Assam and Bihar
    Bihar and northeast India reel under floods As the water level of the Brahmaputra River rose above the danger level across Assam, 30 of the 33 districts in the state were deluged by floods, affecting nearly 43 lakh people and claiming 15 lives. In Bihar, incessant rains in neighbouring Nepal ca...
    Swati Bansalposted 1 year 2 weeks agoread more
  • Pre-monsoon rainfall deficient: IMD
    India witnesses 22 percent deficient pre-monsoon rainfall this year: IMD The India Meteorological Department (IMD) data has recorded 75.9 millimetres of rainfall from March 1 to May 15 which is 22 percent deficient from the normal rainfall. Moreover, out of the four meteorological divisions of the ...
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  • NGT adamant on committees to manage biodiversity
    NGT seeks report on constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees The National Green Tribunal has ordered the environment ministry to submit a report on the constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees (BMC) at the local level in every state within three months. Taking note of blatant no...
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Posted Date : Thu, 2020-07-23 09:26
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Flood batters three northeast states, Assam worst affected

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Posted Date : Thu, 2020-07-09 11:33
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Posted Date : Thu, 2020-07-09 11:30
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Flood situation in Assam continues to remain grim

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Sat, 2020-07-04 19:52
Assam is plagued by the annual flood menace, but this time it is battling the fury of floods amid the coronavirus pandemic.

It is an annual episode that plays itself out. Assam is, once again, reeling under flood – loss of human and animal life, severe damage to agricultural crops, property, millions of people displaced from their homes, absence of flood preparedness or early warning systems, delayed relief action by the government and the silent apathy of the mainstream media.

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Posted By : Swati Bansal
Posted Date : Thu, 2020-06-11 21:04
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Fire breaks at an oil well in Assam damaging ecozones around the site

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Posted By : Swati Bansal
Posted Date : Fri, 2020-06-05 13:03
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Making a landfall in Raigad district, cyclone Nisarga wanes but causes heavy rains in western Maharashtra

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Posted Date : Wed, 2020-05-27 08:33
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Cyclone Amphan causes widespread destruction in West Bengal

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Posted Date : Mon, 2020-03-23 12:19
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Centre to finalise National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Wed, 2020-02-19 11:45
Fluorosis has turned out to be a chronic public health problem, with millions of people at high risk due to lack of clean drinking water.

I am in the middle of nowhere, out on a field visit to understand how fluoride, a deadly contaminant in groundwater has been afflicting people in some of the worst affected villages in Nalgonda, Telangana. I am thirsty as hell and would do anything to find a seemingly elusive little glass of water, but I can’t.

Restless as I am, with my thoughts running wild, I get out of the car and start walking.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2020-01-22 20:41
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Cauvery riverfront development plan gets a nod

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