 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Steep fall in water table worries Tamil Nadu
Ground water level has fallen sharply even in Coimbatore and Theni, the districts abutting the forested Western Ghats region. Across the state, water table has fallen by 0.5 metres to 2.3 metres in the last one year
Water level in Narmada dams hits record low
Marathwada on a suicide spree, again
After last year's drought, it is the hailstorm in February this year which led to large scale crop destruction. 73 farmers have committed suicide since then even as the numbers keep growing
World Bank rejects loan for Himachal hydro project
Deltas sinking, thanks to dams
Major Indian deltas like the Ganga-Brahmaputra and the Krishna-Godavari are sinking because of proliferation of large dams that starve deltas of sediment, groundwater mining that causes land compaction and artificial embankments that affect river courses
Water hardly an agenda for politicians
Two of the three main political parties in fray for the Parliamentary elections, the Congress and the BJP, have just paid lip service to water conservation, while the AAP is atleast talking about Gram Sabhas holding decision making powers for water projects
Delhi prone to floods: IPCC
The Yamuna River floodplains need to be kept free as buffer zones to absorb the damage due to extreme weather events, says the latest report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. The report also says Mumbai and Kolkata prone to coastal flooding
Power everywhere but no buyers
Himalayan glaciers could lose two-third mass by 2100
Thermal power plants India's biggest water guzzling industry
Most of the older generation thermal plants in India use open loop–wet cooling systems which accounts for 40-80 times more water use than the world average. These plants constitute 88% of the total industrial water demand in the country
The Water and energy nexus
A report released by the United Nations in Tokyo this World Water Day says places where people do not have adequate access to water largely coincide with those where people have no electric power
NGT demands report on fluorosis in Maharashtra
