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by Rituraj Phukan, Chief Operating Officer at Walk For Water
Due to climate change, the pattern of rainfall has changed. Now we don’t have uniform rains, we now have erratic rains that are untimely most of the time. And ...
Social Canals Soil Water Efficiency Best Management Practices Irrigation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Chief minister Nitish Kumar directed agriculture department officials to start working for the creation of an ‘organic corridor’ along both the banks of Ganga ...
Government Agriculture Ecosystem Management River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering River Basin management River Restoration River Engineering Agriculture
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
People must be stopped from dumping “ritualistic material” into the Ganga, considered a holy river by millions of Indians, says a study by a central ...
Academic River Studies Pollution River Engineering River Basin management River Restoration Water Pollution Control Water Quality Management Groundwater Pollution River Engineering Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
In Haridwar, more than 35 million litres per day (MLD) of untreated sewage is going directly into the mainstream of Ganga. Sewage discharge, source: ...
Government Raw Sewage Pollutants Solid Waste Management Solid Waste Treatment River Studies Pollution River Engineering Sewage River Restoration Waste Disposal Waste Management
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Delhi-based firm Morphogenesis has recently completed a proposal for a project that will rehabilitate and develop the ghats and crematoriums along a ...
Business Resource Management Technology River Studies River Engineering River Restoration River Engineering
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by Rituraj Phukan, Chief Operating Officer at Walk For Water
The International Capacity Building Workshop on Green Growth was organized from the 19th - 23rd July 2017, at the Ramada Plaza, Melaka, Malaysia. I had fond ...
Non Profit Climate #IWGG2017
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by Rituraj Phukan, Chief Operating Officer at Walk For Water
Permeable pavements have emerged as an environmentally friendly alternative for combining Groundwater Protection with Soil Management. What is it and how ...
Technology Public Health Treatment Technology Environment Water Supply Infrastructure Hydrology
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Plant Leaf presents a video in which facts on Ganga pollution are showcased, as well as historic and social context. Source: Planet Leaf
Academic Pollutants Solid Waste Management Ecosystem Management River Studies Ecosystem Management Pollution River Basin management River Restoration River Engineering Waste Management
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by Rituraj Phukan, Chief Operating Officer at Walk For Water
It is now well established that climate change is already disrupting life on our planet and is expected to cause the extinction of about a quarter of all land ...
Academic Ecosystem Management Ecosystem Management Biodiversity Climate Change Forest Biodiversity Climate Change Adaptation Climate Change Resilience
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
In a first of its kind initiative, 'green' crematoriums are planned to be built in villages along the Ganga (which have been branded as Ganga grams under the ...
Government Water Pollution Contaminant Removal River Studies Pollution River Restoration Water Pollution Control Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
According to the new bill, the ones who commit a range of offenses on the river Ganga, may face prison time or very high fines. A Centre-appointed panel has ...
Government Water Pollution Water Law River Studies Pollution River Engineering River Basin management River Restoration River Engineering Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The National Mission for Clean Ganga has approved projects worth Rs 1,900 crore that will ensure hundred percent sewage treatment facility along four ...
Government River Studies Pollution River Engineering River Restoration Water Pollution Control Pollution
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Prominent environmentalists have slammed the state government for allowing mining in the Ganga at Haridwar despite scientific evidence proving that this was ...
Government Water Pollution Ecosystem Management River Studies Ecosystem Management Pollution River Engineering Mining Development River Basin management River Restoration
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The research scholars have set out on foot campaign for mass awareness on Ganga conservation. National Mission for Clean Ganga has initiated a project ...
Academic Water Pollution Resource Management Water Resource Management River Studies Ecosystem Management Pollution River Engineering River Restoration Water Resource Management River Engineering
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
National Mission for Clean Ganga has called for a multi-agency creative pitch for its upcoming Clean Ganga campaign, confirmed industry sources. India’s top ...
Academic Decontamination Contaminant Removal Business Strategy River Studies River Engineering River Restoration
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Belgium expressed its willingness to invest in herbal, food processing and spice sectors in Uttarakhand and offered its technical expertise in the state ...
Government Water Pollution Decontamination Resource Management River Studies Pollution River Engineering River Restoration Water Resource Management River Engineering International Cooperation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
The Wildlife Institute of India, Dehradun, is re-constructing the biodiversity profile of Ganga under 'Biodiversity Conservation and Ganga Rejuvenation' ...
Academic Ecosystem Management River Studies Ecosystem Management Biodiversity Forest Biodiversity River Restoration Forest Ecosystems Animal Health
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Israel evinced interest in providing assistance to Uttar Pradesh in its implementation of 'Namami Gange Programme'. Israel's Ambassador to India Daniel Carmon ...
Government Ecosystem Management River Studies Ecosystem Management River Engineering River Restoration International Cooperation
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
India has taken a plan to connect river Ganga with its northeastern states through Bangladesh, an Indian official said. For this India and Bangladesh have ...
Government Canals River Studies River Engineering Infrastructure River Engineering Transportation India Water Transport Canals
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by Water Network Research, Official research team of The Water Network
Progress on drafting a new law to protect the Ganga has run into a hurdle due to lack of consensus over what could be considered an offense and who should ...
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