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Gujarat’s rain-fed Fofal river dries up

This has sent villagers in Saurashtra region into a tizzy owing to the acute agrarian crisis
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Chennai’s water wars

The water-stressed city has been preying for a long time on aquifers in its neighbourhood, with often violent results, an analysis of its …

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High levels of arsenic found in groundwater in UP

40 districts exposed to high concentration of arsenic in groundwater

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Government must prioritise on conserving water

Our river systems are suffering badly from water scarcity and non-point source pollution

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 8, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

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Daily Court Digest: Major environment orders (May 3, 2019)

Down To Earth brings you the top environmental cases heard in the Supreme Court, the high courts and the National Green Tribunal

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आर्सेनिक की चपेट में है उत्तर प्रदेश की ग्रामीण आबादी

भारतीय शोधकर्ताओं के एक नए अध्ययन में पता चला है कि उत्…

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Does rural India have enough water to sustain open-defecation free status?

While India is inching closer to being ODF, less than 20 per cent of rural households have piped water supply

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World Water Day: How mining is depleting groundwater in Rajasthan’s Alwar

Illegal mining in the Aravalli Hills has destroyed hillocks, brought prosperity to locals and depleted the groundwater table

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World Water Day: Groundwater is an invisible resource

Calculating groundwater is a must for framing India's water policy

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World Water Day: Drawing to a close

Groundwater level has dipped in almost all parts of India, with the maximum depletion observed in and around Rajasthan, Haryana, Punjab, …

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