-The Hindu Water conservationist Rajendra Singh says it will also take away the rights of States and communities over Rivers Belagavi (Karnataka): Water conservationist Rajendra Singh has criticised the Draft River Basin Management Bill, 2018, and said it aims to reduce river water to a commodity that can be traded. He added that the Bill would also take away the rights of States and communities over Rivers. “The newly-formed Jal Shakti Ministry has...

-India Today Deluge has claimed lives of at least 11 people in Assam and has affected the lives of nearly 26.5 lakh people. * At least 26 lakh people have been affected by floods in Assam * 10,000 people of two districts of Tripura have been rendered homeless * In Meghalaya, rising water-level in two Rivers has life thrown out of gear for 1.14 lakh Heavy rains continued to wreak havoc in north-eastern states of...

-Newsclick.in “Our population today is around 136 crore. Where will you get food grains for them through zero budget farming? This is sheer madness.” There is an inherent seductive charm to the term zero budget natural farming, for it makes the arduous occupation of agriculture appear beguilingly simple, an economic proposition without any risk or even requirement of capital. Coined by the Vidarbha-based farmer, Subhash Palekar, who was bestowed with the Padma...

-Scroll.in/ The Third Pole Flash-flood warnings routed through NGOs are giving border villages precious lead-time to escape the wrath of suddenly rising Rivers. In the last few weeks of June, a series of WhatsApp messages were sent from Bhutan to India to warn cross-border friends downstream of the Aai, Saralbhanga and Manas Rivers about cloud-bursts, swollen Rivers and possible flash floods affecting people in the Indian state of Assam. Although originating from officials,...

-IANS Water woes have been further compounded by the caste woes emerging in the times of water scarcity. In the parched badlands of Uttar Pradesh's Bundelkhand, wells and ponds have dried up, Rivers have shrunk miserably. Water scarcity is a way of life in this region of Uttar Pradesh - made worse this year by lack of rainfall. Water woes have been further compounded by the caste woes emerging in the times of...