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Rattled by Farmer Suicides & Health Issues, Telangana Village Turns 250 Acres Organic!
If they could give up chemical pesticides, then why not switch entirely to organic and stop using chemical fertilisers as well?
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Water conservation fee: improving or increasing the crisis?
Merely imposing a cost to curb the growing extraction is not enough.
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Reviving Naulas, The Ancient Water Temples Of The Kumaon Himalayas
Naulas are fine examples of dry-masonry, stone architecture as well as the art and science of water purification
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Water ATMs may help in bridging safe water gap
The water ATM is a dispensation system for water treated at community purification plants; it can be operated automatic ally, or manually.
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Tech that saves 35 percent of water to grow paddy
Can water consumption for cultivating paddy, as also emission of greenhouse gases, be reduced in 15 districts of Telangana?
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Reviving Himalayan Springs essential for climate adaptation
Addressing forests-water-people-climate links wisely, comprehensively and expeditiously is crucial to our long-term wellbeing, if not survival.
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Wetlands of Tamil Nadu soon to have protected status
Through notifying 100 wetlands as “priority wetlands”, the state’s choking urban wetlands may finally breathe.
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Toilets for all? May be a crappy idea
With only half our population having toilets, our rivers have turned into large sewers
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Karnataka: Tradition to the rescue
“The rejuvenation of tanks and kalyanis has helped in changing the landscape in a big way. Tanks of the district are still full of water."