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  • CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
    MoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention The Central Groundwater Board (CGWB), Department of Water Resources, Western Sydney University, Australia and others have signed an MoU for the project MARVI (Managing Aquifer Recharge and Sustaining Groundwater Use through Villag...
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  • When the sewers get blocked: sanitation labour in urban India
    November 19th is World Toilet Day. India's massive five-year all-hands-on-deck Clean India Mission to construct latrines for all has just ended. The Government reports that 100 million additional toilets have been constructed via this campaign; these are mostly not connected to waterborne sewer sy...
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  • NGT pushes to ban RO purifiers for water with TDS below 500 mg/l
    NGT pushes MoEF to issue notification to ban unnecessary use of RO purifiers The National Green Tribunal has reprimanded the Environment Ministry for delaying a notification to ban RO purifiers where total dissolved solids (TDS) in water are below 500 milligrams per litre. The NGT also warned the ...
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  • 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...
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  • 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...
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  • Telangana government, tribals oppose uranium mining in Nallamala forests
    Telangana government, tribals stand against proposed uranium mining in Nallamala forests A few months ago, the environment ministry gave in-principle approval to the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) to begin exploration for uranium in the Nallamala forest, which stretches across the stat...
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  • Amount of rainfall in Medak district, Telangana
    Hello, This is Sanjay, a student undergoing my graduation, I am interested in rainwater harvesting and proper utilization of rainwater as a project. Would you please help me out providing the rainfall details in Medak district of Telengana, so that I can get a brief view and proceed further.
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  • Government geologist for bore point check
    Hi, I have a Agricultural land in Kothapet village, Rangareddy district in Telangana. I dug three bores but I could not find any water. Can you suggest whom I can contact for survey in bore point.
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  • How do farmers perceive soil erosion?
    Regionally and globally, soil erosion is a major contributor to total land degradation. Its impact is more pronounced in rainfed areas and it is a major threat to agriculture in India, with a significant economic cost amounting to about 0.35% of GDP in 2014-15 as per estimates by TERI (2018). Con...
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  • Government launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan to tackle water crisis
    Centre launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan To tackle the water crisis looming the country, the Centre launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a water conservation campaign focussing on 1,592 stressed blocks in 256 districts across the country. The Jal Shakti Abhiyan will focus on five key aspects - water cons...
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  • High Court takes note of acute water crisis in Chennai
    High Court raps Tamil Nadu government over water crisis in Chennai Taking note of the severe water crisis looming in the state, the Madras High Court has come down strongly on the Tamil Nadu government for not taking adequate steps to battle the crisis. The court has now sought a state-wide compreh...
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  • Twenty-six states under threat of desertification
    The threat of desertification increases in 26 of 29 states As per the State of India's Environment (SoE) 2019 in Figures, between 2003-05 and 2011-13, India has witnessed an increase in the level of desertification in 26 of 29 states. More than 80 percent of the country's degraded land lies in just...
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  • Piped water to all rural households by 2024: Government
    Government to launch rural piped water scheme Taking note that more than 80 percent rural households in the country are yet to get piped water supply, the government plans to launch a new mission to ensure water from the tap for each house in villages in the next five years. Union Jal Shakti minist...
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  • Motor recovery from borewell in Hyderabad, Telangana- Expert help required
    We have a borewell of 200 feet, 4.5 inch dia. Couple of years back one submersible motor got stuck at 180 feet while removing for repair. The bore mechanic was not able to remove it, so we bought another submersible motor and installed it above the existing motor at 180 feet. Now we want to re-drill...
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  • Drought advisory issued to western and southern states
    Centre issues drought advisory to six states Taking note of water levels dipping in dams to a critical level, the Centre has issued a drought advisory to Maharashtra, Gujarat, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana and Tamil Nadu. The advisory recommends the states to use water for drinking purpose o...
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  • NGT forms Central Monitoring Committee for rivers
    Central Monitoring Committee formed to ensure pollution-free river stretches The National Green Tribunal (NGT) has appointed a Central Monitoring Committee to ensure the implementation of a national action plan for reducing polluted river stretches across the country. The committee has been asked t...
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  • SC sets aside NGT order on Lower Subansiri hydel project
    Lower Subansiri hydel project: SC seeks review of NGT's order granting nod to the project Setting aside the order of the National Green Tribunal giving a go-ahead to the 2,000-MW Lower Subansiri hydroelectric project, the Supreme Court has called for a review of the project. The court has found fau...
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  • TN to pay fine for failing to restore Chennai's waterways
    NGT slaps a fine of Rs 100 crore on TN government for failing to restore Chennai's waterways Taking note of the consistent failure of the state in restoring the Chennai waterways—Adyar, Cooum and Buckingham Canal—the National Green Tribunal has slapped a fine of Rs 100 crore on the Tamil Nadu g...
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  • Time to enact groundwater bill
    Country's groundwater crisis showcases need to enact model groundwater bill As per the Central Groundwater Board (CGWB) data, there is a rapid fall in water tables over the past decade with a fall of two to four metre in 61 percent wells between 2007 and 2017. Even the data on the depth of wells sh...
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  • Gene revolution adds to farmer distress
    Farming is said to be witnessing a “second GR” or Gene Revolution, after Green Revolution, with the introduction of genetically modified Bt cotton in India. Gujarat, Maharashtra and Andhra Pradesh are the top cotton-producing states in India with a large section namely, 81 percent, 92 percent a...
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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-11-27 12:06
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MoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention

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Posted Date : Fri, 2019-11-15 12:07
On World Toilet Day, we bring to light the labour of India’s sewer workers - those who do the unclean work that a Clean India relies on.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-11-13 10:45
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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-10-16 14:13
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Study finds Pune's groundwater extraction doubles in 9 years

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-10-02 11:12
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National rural sanitation strategy launched to sustain open defecation-free (ODF) status 

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-09-17 17:11
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Telangana government, tribals stand against proposed uranium mining in Nallamala forests

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Posted By : Anonymous (not verified)
Posted Date : Thu, 2019-09-05 23:42

Hello,

This is Sanjay, a student undergoing my graduation, I am interested in rainwater harvesting and proper utilization of rainwater as a project. Would you please help me out providing the rainfall details in Medak district of Telengana, so that I can get a brief view and proceed further.

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Posted By : Anonymous (not verified)
Posted Date : Mon, 2019-08-19 18:10

Hi, I have a Agricultural land in Kothapet village, Rangareddy district in Telangana. I dug three bores but I could not find any water. Can you suggest whom I can contact for survey in bore point.

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Thu, 2019-08-01 15:24
A study in Telangana argues that farmers’ expertise is important while assessing the severity of soil erosion.

Regionally and globally, soil erosion is a major contributor to total land degradation. Its impact is more pronounced in rainfed areas and it is a major threat to agriculture in India, with a significant economic cost amounting to about 0.35% of GDP in 2014-15 as per estimates by TERI (2018).

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-07-02 16:59
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Centre launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan

To tackle the water crisis looming the country, the Centre launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a water conservation campaign focussing on 1,592 stressed blocks in 256 districts across the country.

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Alternative agriculture practice called zero-budget natural farming being popularised in Andhra Pradesh by Rythu Sadhikara Samstha, Government of Andhra Pradesh (Image: Council on Energy, Environment and Water)
Saturday, 11 January 2020 12:16
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Public investments on water in rainfed areas have much higher social rate of returns (Image: Kannan, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Friday, 10 January 2020 12:12
Water policy for rainfed areas
Prakasam Barrage across Krishna river (Source: Subhash Chandra via Wikipedia)
Friday, 10 January 2020 11:13
Godavari, Krishna rivers will not be linked
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Friday, 10 January 2020 10:55
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