Wastewater/Sanitation.India: Land of many cell phones, but fewer toiletsRural women help Himachal fight open defecationEco toilets at the Pollutetech 2010 exhibition in IISc draw attention6 districts in Karnataka achieve near total hygiene standardsPoor sanitation lets super bug thrive in IndiaOver a million Indians engaged in manual scavenging in IndiaWe didn't chose this life, say scavengers in IndiaIt's short lived rehabilitation for scavengers in Ambala The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) to monitor abolition of manual scavengingOnly 31% rural schools in India have toilets: WHO/UNICEF survey.Climate Change.An unusually hot summer and a delayed monsoon threatens multicoloured coral reefs in Andaman.Environment.India pioneers global plan to green economy Conservation and religion join to save Ganges dolphinISRO's help sought for preparing environmental databaseMoratorium extended on critically polluted industrial clusters: The environment ministryTime to focus on freshwater fish, is India listening?. Water and Industry.India to serve as hub for imported US waterDelhi govt ropes in TCS for water billing, meter installation.Urban Water/Drinking Water/Water Quality.Water efficiency norms on the cards following the World Bank’s warning that water in 60 per cent of India’s aquifers will dip to critical levels in 15 yearsStudents working to bring clean water to Kerala, IndiaHand pumps go solar in rural areas in MaharashtraGreen Zones: The drought prone villages in Maharashtra improve following the implementation of the union government's water conservation projectA Village in Tamil Nadu looks after its needs by diverting a wild stream to ponds in their village by constructing a small check damOrissa becoming a dry State: Asian Development Bank (ADB) saysArsenic entering food chain through irrigation in West BengalHumans vie with pigs for water, people forced to use water from a toxic stream in BengalTwo lakh residents in five blocks of South Dinajpur consume water contaminated with fluoride Groundwater near landfill sites highly contaminated in cities such as Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad Dengue cases in Ahmedabad increase 60% this year After dengue, it's hepatitis in Kanpur as the whole city grapples with insanitary conditions . Water Bodies/Rivers.Troubled Vedanta loses appeal for controversial Orissa refinery: India's Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta's plan to expand the refinery Hundreds protest against Vedanta aluminium refinery in OrissaArunachal Pradesh government’s failure to implement recommendations by the World Bank report leads to controversy over dams and hydropower projects in the stateAssam: Anti dam protests get louderWater level in reservoirs across India at 74% of full capacity from the 10-year average of 67% Activists oppose plan to turn Coimbatore wetlands into parksComprehensive plan to clean Ganga by 2020Community leaders in Uttarakhand stress the need to rope in locals in clean Ganga project Rising polythene pollution in the Ganga: UP government plans to enact specific anti-polythene law in the state21 Water bodies costing Rs 41cr to be constructed in Dindori District, BhopalSewage chokes Sulur Lake CoimbatoreDefunct reservoir to be revived soon in Madurai districtIWRM draft road map finalised for Pampa river, Kerala
Wastewater/Sanitation.India: Land of many cell phones, but fewer toiletsRural women help Himachal fight open defecationEco toilets at the Pollutetech 2010 exhibition in IISc draw attention6 districts in Karnataka achieve near total hygiene standardsPoor sanitation lets super bug thrive in IndiaOver a million Indians engaged in manual scavenging in IndiaWe didn't chose this life, say scavengers in IndiaIt's short lived rehabilitation for scavengers in Ambala The Sonia Gandhi-led National Advisory Council (NAC) to monitor abolition of manual scavengingOnly 31% rural schools in India have toilets: WHO/UNICEF survey.Climate Change.An unusually hot summer and a delayed monsoon threatens multicoloured coral reefs in Andaman.Environment.India pioneers global plan to green economy Conservation and religion join to save Ganges dolphinISRO's help sought for preparing environmental databaseMoratorium extended on critically polluted industrial clusters: The environment ministryTime to focus on freshwater fish, is India listening?. Water and Industry.India to serve as hub for imported US waterDelhi govt ropes in TCS for water billing, meter installation.Urban Water/Drinking Water/Water Quality.Water efficiency norms on the cards following the World Bank’s warning that water in 60 per cent of India’s aquifers will dip to critical levels in 15 yearsStudents working to bring clean water to Kerala, IndiaHand pumps go solar in rural areas in MaharashtraGreen Zones: The drought prone villages in Maharashtra improve following the implementation of the union government's water conservation projectA Village in Tamil Nadu looks after its needs by diverting a wild stream to ponds in their village by constructing a small check damOrissa becoming a dry State: Asian Development Bank (ADB) saysArsenic entering food chain through irrigation in West BengalHumans vie with pigs for water, people forced to use water from a toxic stream in BengalTwo lakh residents in five blocks of South Dinajpur consume water contaminated with fluoride Groundwater near landfill sites highly contaminated in cities such as Delhi, Kolkata, Chennai, Srinagar, Thiruvananthapuram, Hyderabad Dengue cases in Ahmedabad increase 60% this year After dengue, it's hepatitis in Kanpur as the whole city grapples with insanitary conditions . Water Bodies/Rivers.Troubled Vedanta loses appeal for controversial Orissa refinery: India's Environment Ministry rejects Vedanta's plan to expand the refinery Hundreds protest against Vedanta aluminium refinery in OrissaArunachal Pradesh government’s failure to implement recommendations by the World Bank report leads to controversy over dams and hydropower projects in the stateAssam: Anti dam protests get louderWater level in reservoirs across India at 74% of full capacity from the 10-year average of 67% Activists oppose plan to turn Coimbatore wetlands into parksComprehensive plan to clean Ganga by 2020Community leaders in Uttarakhand stress the need to rope in locals in clean Ganga project Rising polythene pollution in the Ganga: UP government plans to enact specific anti-polythene law in the state21 Water bodies costing Rs 41cr to be constructed in Dindori District, BhopalSewage chokes Sulur Lake CoimbatoreDefunct reservoir to be revived soon in Madurai districtIWRM draft road map finalised for Pampa river, Kerala