Minister of State for Environment, Forest and Climate Change, Babul Supriyo told the parliament that 351 stretches of polluted rivers have been identified by Central Pollution Control Board which will be cleaned under the National River Conservation Plan ...
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Water Pollution
Water Pollution
The research team, led by Dr. Jae-woo Choi and Dr. Kyung-won Jung, utilised biochar, which is eco-friendly and made from agricultural byproducts, to develop a wastewater treatment process that effectively removes pollutants and environmental hormones ...
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Jal Shakti Ministry had issued a memorandum last month highlighting the need for conserving water and had asked government offices to install aerators in the taps which is a device that can control the flow of water ...
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‘Jal Shakti Abhiyan’, a water conservation campaign has been launched by the centre with an aim to focus on 1,592 ‘water stressed blocks’ in 256 districts of India ...
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As per experts, the beauty of the Taj Mahal is no longer reflected in the waters of the Yamuna because the river is almost dry and filled with sewage waste ...
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According to the Clean Mahananda Campaigners in Siliguri district of West Bengal human encroachment, illegal sand mining, construction of dams and barrages, sewage and waste dumping and deforestation has brought Mahananda River to the brink of death, terribly affecting the ecosystem of the water body ...
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The Delhi High Court handed over the Neela Hauz area Delhi Development Authority for the lake's revival which collaborated with Centre for Environmental Management of Degraded Systems and has breathed life into a dying water body ...
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National Commission For Women Writes To Delhi Government Over Water Scarcity In The South Delhi Area
The National Commission for Women asserts that the access to safe drinking water is an integral part of every human being’s right to live with dignity, especially women as they have specific hygiene needs during menstruation and pregnancy ...
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The study, which used satellite based assessments determined that economic development across 234 districts on the densely populated Indo-Ganges-Brahmaputra river basin has improved groundwater quality ...
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The study, published in Emerging Topics in Life Sciences, provides a synthesis of the likely effects of ocean acidification on ecosystem properties, functions and services, based on laboratory experiments and observations along natural gradients in carbon dioxide ...
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The Delhi Jal Board has commissioned a sewage project which has been ensuring that only only treated sewage is discharged into the three major drains- Najafgarh, Supplementary and Shahdara, which empty into the Yamuna ...
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The Union Water minister Nitin Gadkari, was addressing the gathering at the National Water Awards ceremony for 2018 ...
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