Starvation deaths are headline grabbers. But when an entire community lives on the brink of starvation through out the year it rarely merits a mention. One such group, the Musahars in Uttar Pradesh light their chula once a day, in the evening, and live on one meal. Dec 2007

Water quality of river Mandakini was assessed from Sati Anusuya to Karwi. Altogether 4 samples were collected from each sampling station and 5 sampling stations were selected for analysis. The quality analysis was made through the estimation of temperature, turbidity, DO, pH, EC, TDS, sodium, potassium, calcium, magnesium, carbonate, bicarbonate, chloride, sulphate, nitrate and phosphate.

Increasing industrialization and population causes increase in living standard, which results decrease in the quality of water. The physico-chemical characteristic of water is important determinant of the aquatic system. The present study was carried out in the month of July, 2005 to June, 2006 for the water ponds of Ayodhya and Faizabad.

A study of ground water of industrial zone of Moradabad in Uttar Pradesh has been carried out to examine quality of water for drinking purposes. The samples were collected from bore wells, tubewells, hand pumps and jet pumps. The data was analyzed for various physico-chemical parameters.