| Rivers India's fourteen major, 55 minor and several hundred small rivers receive millions of litres of sewage, industrial and agricultural wastes. Most of these rivers have been degraded to s... |
|
| The River Damodar The river Damodar is polluted with minerals, mine rejects and toxic effluents. Both its water and its sand are infested by coal dust and waste from industries that have sprun ... |
|
| ... botched Hyderabad was founded in 1591 by Mohd Quli Qutub Shah on the banks of Musi river. The city has a glorious tradition of tanks built by the rulers. The ...... |
|
| ... after it investigated the condition of the Damodar, Down To Earth revisits the river basin. Travelling through a heavily industrialised belt rich in minerals, MANOJ ...... |
|
| River Yamuna India consumes about 86,311 tonnes (t) of technical-grade insecticides annually ...... |
|
| Damodar The Damodar is the most polluted river in the country today, thanks to the several industries that have sprouted on ...... |
|
| Water and Society A comparison to show the difference that social organisation makes to the state of rivers and the environment About 400 years ago, there was a city in Japan called Edo. Most o... |
|
| A Lesson There was a thirsty crow. It peered into an earthen pitcher. There was water at the bottom. "Dregs," it cawed alarmed. But it was thirsty. It began to drop pebbles into the pitcher. Drop... |
|
| What is the source of all water? Rain, of course River water; water in lakes, ponds and wells; water that seeps into the ground, collecting ...... |
|
| TRANS-HIMALAYAN REGION Chewang Norphel Leh, Ladakh Chewang Norphel Chewang Norphel, 62, of Leh, Ladakh, makes zings and artificial glaciers . Norphel says, "I realised that ... |
|
More results for 'clean river'.
|