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Kumbh Mela clean up won’t save the Ganga
The Ganga was cleaned for the Kumbh Mela at Prayagraj, but keeping the river basin pollution free in the long run will require a complete overhaul of the governance system
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Requiem for a people’s river
The documentary film, Ho Gayi Hai Pir Parvat Si, puts the voices of the people of Himachal Pradesh, where the Sutlej River is being dammed by hydropower projects, front and centre
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The two faces of Tamil Nadu’s power
Although Tamil Nadu is rapidly increasing the proportion of renewables in its energy mix, the southern state continues to remain invested in coal-fired power plants
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The future of deep seabed mining
Can the International Seabed Authority agree on a way to develop deep seabed mining while at the same time protect biodiversity and fragile ecosystems?
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Photo feature: Tamil Nadu says no to plastic pollution
People in Tamil Nadu have come out strongly in favour of the state government’s ban on throwaway, single-use plastics such as carry bags and cups
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Water dangers loom for South Asia
With retreating glaciers, melting permafrost and extreme rainfall events, a recent report suggests that the countries of the Hindu Kush Himalayas have to start cooperating far more closely, or pay a huge price
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Multimedia: Biogas eases pressure on Maharashtra forests
Villagers in Sindhudurg district of Maharashtra have turned to biogas as cooking fuel, which cuts out indoor air pollution, reduces carbon emissions and saves trees from being chopped for firewood
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Water, energy, food needs have to be balanced
The sorry state of Mahanadi River and of the majority of people living in its basin is due to poor planning that has ignored the water-energy-food nexus. Lives can be improved only by taking the nexus into account
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The wounded Mahanadi
Climate change and the tussle between industry and agriculture over decreasing amount of water from the Hirakud dam on the Mahanadi River in Odisha is a recipe for repeated disasters and perennial unrest
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Coal power plant blights lives
Next to the coal-fired power plant of Vedanta’s aluminium refinery complex near Jharsuguda in western Odisha, residents stare at ruined farms and poisoned water
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