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Illegal sand mining led to 193 deaths in two years, says report

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 month 1 week ago

Illegal sand mining operations lead to 193 deaths in two years

Sand mining on the banks of Tapti (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

NGT orders states to designate nodal agencies for restoring water bodies

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 month 1 week ago

Designate nodal agencies for restoration of water bodies: NGT to states

Gharisar lake in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

India now has 41 Ramsar sites, with two more wetlands added to the list

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 month 3 weeks ago

Two more wetlands added to Ramsar sites

Lonar Sarovar lake Maharastra (Source: Wikipedia Commons)

Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan a low impact, high expenditure scheme: CAG

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 3 months 3 weeks ago

Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan had a low impact in making Maharashtra drought free: CAG

Deepening work in progress under the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (Source: Ravindra Pomane)

Environmentalists voice concerns against the draft EIA notification 2020

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 months ago

Draft EIA notification 2020 attracts criticism from experts

Work in progress in coal mines in Jharsuguda (Image source: IWP Flickr album)

UP tops in providing employment under MGNREGS

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 months 2 weeks ago

UP emerges as the top state in the country to give employment under MGNREGS

MGNREGS helps to reduce rural distress in times of Covid-19 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Dams spell doom for freshwater fish

A global study finds that freshwater fish suffer more due to fragmentation and loss of connectivity of rivers due to building of dams. aartikelkar posted 6 months 3 weeks ago

Dams threaten freshwater biodiversity

Dams can threaten biodiversity (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Railway stations to be categorised based on wastewater generation

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 7 months ago

Railway stations to be classified based on wastewater generation

A wastewater treatment plant in Bengaluru (Image source: Vishwanath Srikantaiah)

Northeast fights Covid-19

While Northeast appears to be better off than the rest of India in the number of Covid cases, how are migrants from the North East coping? aartikelkar posted 7 months ago

While Covid-19 has left many countries including India in the line of fire, the situation in India is now getting particularly alarming with the number of people infected by Covid-19 rising at a rapid pace.