Climate Change.Gujarat farmers fight against climate change: Adopt technology to conserve resources and maximize benefits Higher-than-normal temperatures in Ladakh pose a threat to its glaciers and thereby life in the regionSouth Asia is the world's most climate-vulnerable: India ranks second. Environment.India set to be first country to publish 'natural wealth' accountsIndia sets up 'green court' to make polluters pay for damages as it steps up its policing of the environmental lawsIndia to be third largest CO2 emitter by 2015Conservation body teaming up with businesses in the Western Ghats to help restore the region’s ecology.Wastewater/Sanitation.India: Product developed that can revolutionise in toilet technology and raise standards of personal hygiene in the countryHealthier toilet initiatives in Satara district in Maharashtra lead to 100% success among villages in the districtPlan to use incinerators to tackle sanitary waste in MumbaiPoor man’s diseases’ rampant in India: Poverty coupled with poor sanitary and hygiene conditions to blame, says the World Health Organisation. Water Bodies/Rivers. Anti-big dam activists in Assam intensify stir to stop the construction of dams on the Bramhaputra river in Arunachal PradeshWildlife Board rejects Sikkim’s hydro projectMaharashtra government approves the sand mining policy: permission from the gramsabha for sand mining and extraction made compulsory for contractorsMining blow to Western Ghats, Maharashtra: The state government approves 49 mining leases for excavating iron and bauxite ores in the eco-fragile Sindhudurg regionMassive loss of lake water in Mumbai because of evaporation poses a challenge to BMC officialsFarmers and activists from Punjab oppose the Punjab model of Green Revolution in the countryHigh Court asks Uttar Pradesh government to issue notification banning use of polythene near the river GangaKolkata: Hooghly river saved from pollutantsSewerage choking Sarakki lake to death in Bangalore cityWater weeds can play an important part in rejuvenation of lakes: Lake development Authority, Bangalore The endangered Yamuna river reels under the onslaught of Durga Puja immersions, despite pleas to spare a thought for the environmentRs.149.59-crore plant approved to clean Chambal watersGovernment objects to a water bottling plant in Silent Valley in Palakkad, Kerala. Groundwater.Gandhi ashram in Wardha, protests against the pig iron plant nearby: Effluents from the plant pollute the groundwater in the areaGround water in Goa, safe to drink says a study. Urban Water/Drinking Water/Water Quality.India would have a water deficit of 50 per cent by 2030: warns the ADBNew national water policy in the pipelineOver 100 die of suspected cholera in Bastar, Chattisgarh in 4 monthsWaterborne diseases break out among flood affected people in Manipur valley.Floods/Rainfall.Rain pushes Manipur farmers to starvation brinkWet drought call after October rains ruin 78,000 hectares of paddy in Maharashtra173 districts received deficient rains this monsoon
Climate Change.Gujarat farmers fight against climate change: Adopt technology to conserve resources and maximize benefits Higher-than-normal temperatures in Ladakh pose a threat to its glaciers and thereby life in the regionSouth Asia is the world's most climate-vulnerable: India ranks second. Environment.India set to be first country to publish 'natural wealth' accountsIndia sets up 'green court' to make polluters pay for damages as it steps up its policing of the environmental lawsIndia to be third largest CO2 emitter by 2015Conservation body teaming up with businesses in the Western Ghats to help restore the region’s ecology.Wastewater/Sanitation.India: Product developed that can revolutionise in toilet technology and raise standards of personal hygiene in the countryHealthier toilet initiatives in Satara district in Maharashtra lead to 100% success among villages in the districtPlan to use incinerators to tackle sanitary waste in MumbaiPoor man’s diseases’ rampant in India: Poverty coupled with poor sanitary and hygiene conditions to blame, says the World Health Organisation. Water Bodies/Rivers. Anti-big dam activists in Assam intensify stir to stop the construction of dams on the Bramhaputra river in Arunachal PradeshWildlife Board rejects Sikkim’s hydro projectMaharashtra government approves the sand mining policy: permission from the gramsabha for sand mining and extraction made compulsory for contractorsMining blow to Western Ghats, Maharashtra: The state government approves 49 mining leases for excavating iron and bauxite ores in the eco-fragile Sindhudurg regionMassive loss of lake water in Mumbai because of evaporation poses a challenge to BMC officialsFarmers and activists from Punjab oppose the Punjab model of Green Revolution in the countryHigh Court asks Uttar Pradesh government to issue notification banning use of polythene near the river GangaKolkata: Hooghly river saved from pollutantsSewerage choking Sarakki lake to death in Bangalore cityWater weeds can play an important part in rejuvenation of lakes: Lake development Authority, Bangalore The endangered Yamuna river reels under the onslaught of Durga Puja immersions, despite pleas to spare a thought for the environmentRs.149.59-crore plant approved to clean Chambal watersGovernment objects to a water bottling plant in Silent Valley in Palakkad, Kerala. Groundwater.Gandhi ashram in Wardha, protests against the pig iron plant nearby: Effluents from the plant pollute the groundwater in the areaGround water in Goa, safe to drink says a study. Urban Water/Drinking Water/Water Quality.India would have a water deficit of 50 per cent by 2030: warns the ADBNew national water policy in the pipelineOver 100 die of suspected cholera in Bastar, Chattisgarh in 4 monthsWaterborne diseases break out among flood affected people in Manipur valley.Floods/Rainfall.Rain pushes Manipur farmers to starvation brinkWet drought call after October rains ruin 78,000 hectares of paddy in Maharashtra173 districts received deficient rains this monsoon
