The incidents of water-logging in Dhaka, other cities and rural areas have been worsening every monsoon due to the fact that effective prevention measures are not undertaken or executed properly by the designated authorities. What we see is restorative activities take place to drain the water out and distribution of relief and medicines – which […]
Securing drinking water in Maharashtra villages
Securing drinking water in Maharashtra villages Syed Ali Mujtaba Maharashtra until recently was reeling under a drought situation– the worst in the last 40 years. The state declared drought in 125 out of 358 talukas during kharif 2012, followed by declaring water scarcity in 3,905 villages in Rabi 2012-13. Arghyam, a public charitable foundation working […]
Wastewater treatment companies face a global challenge
The problem of water in the world is known to all, but underestimated, because only its visible side is taken into account : how much water is at hand, and how much of it is drunk by people. Water can be abundant but, if it is contaminated by human, farming or industrial activities, it […]
Different Physiological Drives or Motives
There are different physiological drives or motives that are inborn and present at birth. These drives are hunger,thirst, oxygen need, sleep and rest, avoidance of pain, elimination drive, sex drive and warmth and cold drive. Hunger is a powerful physiological motive. This happen when the blood level of glucose or sugar falls below a certain point. The body need to restore it making the stomach hungry […]
Chilka, India’s largest freshwater lake
Speaking of falls, there is nothing to beat the 250 ft high Pradhanpat falls in a nook Deogarh, erstwhile capital of Barma, one of the 26 feudal states of pre-independence Orissa. The waters seem to descend in a leisurely rhythm, reminding you of the unhurriedness of time here. The place shaded by rocks and tall […]
Lagoons and Backwater
If Kerala was not real, someone would have to invent it. It is a myth, a legend, a dark God’s presence of the past; it is the clashing, confused India of today; it is the proud thrust of a Thumba rocket streaking into the cloudless dawn. Here, dead centre on the state coastline, the […]
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