A farmer standing by the channel of the Uthukkadu irrigation tank, which is clogged with buses and brambles, making it too narrow for proper water flow | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement A section of farmers of Uthukkadu village in Walajahbad taluk in neighbouring Kancheepuram district have not been able to take up agricultural operations … Read more
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The 2024 Asian Waterbird Census has thrown up mixed results in Ernakulam district. Blue-tailed Bee Eater While the number of water bird species spotted during the exercise marginally went up this year, the number of individuals counted plummeted to half, according to the organisers. Black-winged Stilt This year, 115 species and 3,168 individuals were counted. … Read more
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People cross the submerged bridge across Pichaikaran Pallam Canal in Erode in Tamil Nadu on November 22, 2023 | Photo Credit: M. Govarthan With heavy rain lashing various parts of Erode district early on Wednesday, November 22, 2023, rain water inundated over 120 houses in the city and residents moved to safer places here. Both Pichaikaran Pallam Canal and Perumpallam Canal carried … Read more
“Despite a significant decline in cases from July to August, we now witness a worrying spike of cholera cases, particularly among women and children. In Manicaland, many people have to use crowded water facilities, while others must rely on unsafe wells and rivers for drinking water, putting them at further risk,” Mildred Makore, the group’s … Read more
Dr David Megson, senior lecturer in chemistry and environmental forensics at Manchester Metropolitan University, told the BBC: “The overall risk is still what we would describe as relatively low, but it still just doesn’t sit right with me that two different people can have different water resources and have a different risk of potentially dying … Read more
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Water flowing out of the Krishna Raja Sagar dam built across Cauvery river in Mandya district, Karnataka | Photo Credit: M.A. Sriram The Cauvery Water Regulation Committee (CWRC) has directed Karnataka to release Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu at 3,000 cusecs daily from October 15 to 31, retaining the flow rate mandated from October 1 … Read more
A view of the SYL (Sutlej-Yamuna Link) canal in Punjab. Fle | Photo Credit: The Hindu Punjab Chief Minister Bhagwant Mann on Thursday (October 5) said not even a single drop of additional water will be shared with any other State at any cost. He further informed that the State Cabinet has approved the name … Read more
A man who poured boiling water on his minor cousin has been sentenced to seven years of rigorous imprisonment and a fine of ₹35,000 by the Thiruvananthapuram Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Court. Thiruvananthapuram POCSO Court Judge M.P. Shibu sentenced Aneesh, 38, of Ulloor in the city, to rigorous imprisonment in a case … Read more
Seer of Adichunchanagiri Mutt Sri Nirmalanandanatha Swamiji turned up at the site of protest by farmers’ outfits in Mandya to extend his support to the ongoing agitation against release of Cauvery water to Tamil Nadu on September 22, 2023. | Photo Credit: Special Arrangement Several shops and business establishments remained closed in Mandya on September … Read more