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water contamination

  • After spurt in GBS cases, alarm over water supply in villages around Pune 

    After spurt in GBS cases, alarm over water supply in villages around Pune 

    Divya Aslesha Tabassum Barnagarwala
    · Feb 07, 2025 · 06:30 am
  • Andhra Pradesh: At least 140 fall sick with unknown illness in Eluru, water contamination suspected

    Andhra Pradesh: At least 140 fall sick with unknown illness in Eluru, water contamination suspected

    Scroll Staff
    · Dec 06, 2020 · 04:50 pm
  • In West Bengal’s Gangarampur, at least one member of every household has fluorosis

    In West Bengal’s Gangarampur, at least one member of every household has fluorosis

    Gurvinder Singh
    · Dec 02, 2018 · 02:30 pm
  • Climate change is making sea water in the Sunderbans saltier, putting women at risk

    Climate change is making sea water in the Sunderbans saltier, putting women at risk

    Manipadma Jena, Thomson Reuters Foundation
    · Nov 03, 2018 · 09:30 pm
  • With audio plays and drumstick plants, a radio station is battling fluorosis in Haryana’s Mewat

    With audio plays and drumstick plants, a radio station is battling fluorosis in Haryana’s Mewat

    Soumya Mathew
    · Sep 18, 2018 · 11:30 am
  • In Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery delta, villagers say oil wells have contaminated the groundwater

    In Tamil Nadu’s Cauvery delta, villagers say oil wells have contaminated the groundwater

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · Jul 11, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • As a movement against shrimp farming brews in Tamil Nadu, four fishing villages want no part of it

    As a movement against shrimp farming brews in Tamil Nadu, four fishing villages want no part of it

    Vinita Govindarajan
    · May 15, 2017 · 09:00 am
  • Fluoride-contaminated water has crippled over a thousand children in one Assam district

    Fluoride-contaminated water has crippled over a thousand children in one Assam district

    Azera Parveen Rahman
    · May 12, 2017 · 07:30 pm
  • Indian Naval Academy in Kerala is in choppy waters as residents claim it contaminated their wells

    Indian Naval Academy in Kerala is in choppy waters as residents claim it contaminated their wells

    TA Ameerudheen
    · Apr 19, 2017 · 07:30 am
  • Resident experts: Organisations are roping in locals to collect data on water contamination

    Resident experts: Organisations are roping in locals to collect data on water contamination

    Chhavi Sachdev
    · Nov 28, 2016 · 10:30 pm