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Water Resources

 UK environment regulator pulled up for failing to check pollution

Agovernment environment regulator in the uk has been pulled up for the first time for failing to check the pollution of a river. The Environment Agency (ea) was fined about us $14,000 and ordered

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Down to Earth
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River Pollution, United Kingdom (UK)
Water Resources

 Water conservation slogans mandatory on Bhopal's hoardings

Water Conservation

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Bhopal, Water Conservation, Nagarpalikas, Information, Media, Advertising
Water Resources

 Parched soil

Balochistan, Sindh face drought

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Shahid Husain
Down to Earth
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Agriculture, Cotton, Water Resources, Rivers, Indus, Sind, Groundwater, Water Management, Water Demand, Dams, Reservoirs, Irrigation, Drought, Pakistan
Industry

 Gujarat gives go ahead to asbestos company

Gujarat promotes asbestos

Publication Date: 
29/06/2006
Down to Earth
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Environment Impact Assessment (EIA), Asbestos, Water Resources, Groundwater, Water Demand, Health Effects, Occupational Health, Industry, India, Gujarat, Surat (D)
Climate Change

Water resources and climate change: an Indian perspective

In recent times, several studies around the globe show that climatic change is likely to impact significantly upon freshwater resources availability. In India, demand for water has already increased manifold over the years due to urbanization, agriculture expansion, increasing population, rapid industrialization and economic development.

Publication Date: 
25/06/2006
R. K. Mall, Akhilesh Gupta, Ranjeet Singh & et al
Current Science
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Water Resources, Groundwater Recharge, Climate Change, Climate Impacts, Hydrology, India
Water Resources

Water crisis in Gangtok enters tenth day

The major disruption of water supply in Gangtok and adjoining areas in Sikkim which entered the tenth day today, has seen little respite despite the intermittent supply provided by the public health

Publication Date: 
17/06/2006
Assam Tribune (Guwahati)
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Water Resources
Water Resources

 A TV channel for children

Infants

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Down to Earth
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Children, Media
Water Resources

 Mumbai's water supply earns rural ire

people from about 104 villages of Thane district near Mumbai have threatened to break valves of the pipeline supplying water to the metropolis and bring the city's water supply to a halt. The reason: all their water sources have been completely diverted to Mumbai and they are facing acute drinking water and irrigation crisis.

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Nidhi Jamwal
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Water Distribution, Rural Water Supply, Urban Water Supply, Water Supply, Maharashtra, Mumbai, Thane (D)
Water Resources

 Almora's dying waterbodies

Almora sees springs vanish, river die

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Bidisha Kumar
Down to Earth
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Water Resources, Water Management, Water Demand, Drinking Water, Deforestation, Almora (D), Statistics
Water Resources

ISRO project for Dharamsala college

The Indian Space Research Organisation has sanctioned a prestigious project on the study of glaciers in the Chandra basin in Lahul-Spiti district of Himachal Pradesh to the Department of Geology of

Publication Date: 
14/06/2006
Tribune (New Delhi)
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Water Resources

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