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India can significantly harness the irrigated cropped areas potential as well as hydro power potential under the Indus Waters Treaty framework, says Dr S K Sarkar, Director, Water Resources & Forestry Division, TERI.
For the sake of constitutional order, the judiciary must restrain itself from encroaching into the functions of other Government bodies, says Mr Ashutosh Senger, Research Associate, Green Growth and Resource Efficiency Division, TERI
The state of Goa with its high literacy, financial resources, an active civil society, and a strong private sector presence in the tourism, mining and other industries, is in an advantageous position to cover the existing gaps and achieve the desired goals of Swachh Bharat Mission, says Ms Mary Abraham, Fellow, Water Resources and Forestry Division, TERI.
In the environmentally sensitive coastal tourist state of Goa, Swachh Bharat Mission provides tremendous opportunities to the much required leap in sanitation sector, says Ms Mary Abraham, Fellow, Water Resources and Forestry Division, TERI.
Given the finite water resources availability, unless water use is efficient in future years, the Cauvery type of water problem is likely to occur in many other parts of the country, leading to India becoming a 'water scarce' country by 2050, says Dr S K Sarkar, Director, Water Resources & Forestry Division, TERI.
The early and simultaneous phaseout of HFCs and enhancement of energy efficiency will no doubt require innovative approaches, says Dr Ajay Mathur, Director-General, TERI.
The key goal of the World Water Monitoring Day is to educate and engage citizens in the protection of their local water resources, say Ms S Pavithra Jadav, Associate Fellow and Ms Shabana Mehmood Kazi, Fellow, Sustainable Development Outreach & Youth Education division, TERI.
Zero Emissions Day, or Zeday, intends for a short respite from emissions and air pollutants so as to increase awareness on its associated impacts, says Mr K M Girish, Research Associate, Sustainable Development Outreach & Youth Education division, TERI.
A project titled 'Water and Sanitation education in Mangalore, Karnataka' - a joint initiative of BASF, UN-Habitata and TERI, aims to foster water, sanitation and hygiene education in schools and to improve water quality monitoring in the city benefitting about 5000 students and 25 schools in Mangalore, says Ms S Pavithra Jadav, Associate Fellow, Sustainable Development Outreach & Youth Education division, TERI.
A Mangrove Interpretation Facility has been developed at the Dr. Salim Ali Bird Sanctuary, Chorao, Goa, which is one of the outcomes of the project 'Conservation and Sustainable Management of Coastal and Marine Protected Areas' being jointly implemented in Goa by GIZ and Goad Forest Department, says Ms Saltanat M Kazi, Fellow, Sustainable Development Outreach & Youth Education division, TERI.