-The Hindu Demand for potable Water will outstrip supply by 2030, says study The NITI Aayog on Thursday released the results of a study warning that India is facing its ‘worst’ Water crisis in history and that demand for potable Water will outstrip supply by 2030 if steps are not taken. Nearly 600 million Indians faced high to extreme Water stress and about 2,00,000 people died every year due to inadequate access to...
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These people-managed forests are setting new examples in conservation and economy -Debarati Choudhury
-GoIMonitor.com The villagers getting management rights under the Forest Rights Act can inspire others “First came the forest, followed by the people, and then the government. Does this chronology allow the newest entrant in the scheme to determine the relationship between the two older entities? In other words, does the new regime of community forest resource bequeath rights or is it merely a recognition of unalienable rights already vested in the communities living...
More »Tiruppur shows how it's done: on controlling industrial pollution -T Ramakrishnan
-The Hindu The court-ordered clean-up in the textile town has managed to mitigate ill-effects of industrial pollution to a large extent. A similar remediation effort, involving the government and stakeholders, is needed in other parts of Tamil Nadu, where groundWater has been so contaminated that farming is not possible anymore On a sunny June morning, two men are spotted fishing close to the Orathupalayam dam in Erode district. A rather ordinary act in...
More »Even small dams have severe impact on river ecology -Aathira Perinchery
-The Hindu Research shows that they alter rivers and their fish communities drastically It seems to stand to reason that small dams cause less environmental problems than large ones. But the first study on small hydropower projects in India proves that they cause as severe ecological impacts as big dams, including altering fish communities and changing river flows. Such hydroprojects, which usually generate less than 25 megawatts of power and consist of a...
More »World Bank nod for Rs. 6,000 cr. groundWater recharge plan
-The Hindu To address concerns about depleting groundWater reserves in India, the government has joined hands with the World Bank to execute a ?6,000-crore scheme called the Atal Bhujal Yojana (ABHY). The scheme is to be implemented over a period of five years from 2018-19 to 2022-23, according to a statement from the Union Water Ministry. It is yet to be cleared by the Cabinet. The Atal Bhujal Yojana “aims to improve ground...
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