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R K Srinivasan
R K Srinivasan
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2004-12-31
Chennai, crippled by water crisis, is also a metaphor for what Indian cities are experiencing in sourcing and managing the most precious natural resource: water. An in-depth analysis
2007-8-31
Book>> Waternama, A Collection of Traditional Practices for Water Conservation and Management in Karnataka Sandhya Iyengar publisher Communication for Development and Learning Bangalore 2007
2007-4-30
Book>> Water: Private, Limited - Issues in Privatisation, Corporation and Commercialisation of Water Sector in India by Gaurav Dwivedi, Rehmat and Shripad Dharmadhikary, Manthan Adhyayan Kendra, Bhadwani 2007
2006-7-31
Soft-drinks company held for contaminating groundwater
2005-3-15
Malayala Manorama's water conservation campaign solves water woes of drought-plagued Keralities
2003-12-15
The much-hyped sewage treatment plants installed in Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, under the Ganga Action Plan are proving to be ineffective. A report released in October states that the irrigation water supplied from these steps to villages located in the area is contaminated with toxic heavy metals. What's more, the pollutants have seeped into the region's groundwater
Good job bringing this to light. People won't realise how huge the problem is and municipalities are woefully ill equipped to...
Agreed; mining can never be sustainable, but then how do you get the metals to make all the things you need in the course of...
Very good piece.