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Sikkim only state in the country with 100% sanitation
All 6,10,577 rural and urban families in Sikkim have latrines with high sanitation and hygiene standard. It's mandatory for gram sabhas in the state to take up sanitation at top priority
Land near Tehri reservoir sinking
MP interlinks Narmada with Kshipra
The 432 crore project includes lifting water from the Narmada with pumps upto a height of 350 metres from a distance of 50 km and bringing it to the origin of Kshipra river. Project targetted to benefit 3,000 villages and 70 towns of the Malwa region in Madhya Pradesh
Mumbai slums to get potable water
Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan announced the scheme to supply water to around 10 lakh residents of unauthorised slums.
Tamil Nadu village sets example in water conservation
River diversion project launch put off
The Yettinahole project, which Union Environment Minister Veerappa Moily was to launch, has not received clearance from the environment and forest department yet. Timely letter by NGO SANDRP puts brakes on the launch plans
Patna to have biggest sewerage project of India
Water for Mumbai a cost to ecology
All 12 dams planned to quench Mumbai's thirst fall in the ecologically sensitive region of Western Ghats. Will submerge more than 22,000 hectares.
We welcome tourists, not their plastice bottles
NGO writes to Moily against river diversion project
Claims that Yettinahole project in Karnataka have no environment clearance and will damage 100 hectare forest land in Western Ghats.
Who needs farming for food?
The number of people opting for agriculture in rural areas has dipped by 11% in the last decade, says a study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM).
SC says no to complete filling of Tehri reservoir
