Indore under water emergency THE Malwa region of western Madhya Pradesh is facing acute water shortage. Most reservoirs in the region dried up as early as December following a scant monsoon. While Ujjain residents are getting water supply for an hour in four days, Indore has declared water emergency from February to June 2009. This is the first time an Indian city has declared water

People come to the Bhima river in Pandharpur, Maharashtra, to rejoice. They leave behind a drain Pandharpur, a pilgrim town on the banks of the Bhima river in Maharashtra, hosts four religious yatras every year. Over two million people take part in these yatras, which celebrate, among other things, four months (chatur maas) of Lord Vishnu

ERODE: For long people who believe in Hindu mythology have used holy rivers to wash off their sins.

With the passage of time, the

The Government is all set to fix responsibility for pollution of the Yamuna. In its first initiative, the Delhi Government is to bring a law in an effort to direct the polluting industries and establishments in the confines of Delhi to check pollution right in their backyards. They would be asked to install mini-Sewage Treatment Plants to check pollutants before draining them into the Yamuna.

Victory for the aborigines: An Australian court on December 17 upheld an appeal by the country

Environment ministry admits bacteria is major river pollutant MAJOR rivers in India have high bacterial contamination, the Union Ministry of Environment and Forests (moef) said in a press release dated December 24, 2008. Yamuna and Ganga top the list of most polluted rivers (see graph below). Bacterial contamination in water is indicated by the presence of coliform bacteria that find

Over sponge iron plants in Goa THE long-drawn legal tussle over sponge iron units in Goa

Jamshedpur, Jan. 27: The Jharkhand State Pollution Control Board (JSPCB) has decided to serve notices to three civic bodies for polluting river Subernarekha, considered the lifeline of Singhbhum.