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  • Under Har Ghar Nal Se Jal, states to open water testing labs
    DDWS orders states to open up water testing laboratories to the public The Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation (DDWS) has directed the states to open up water testing laboratories to the public, in order to empower people to be able to ascertain the quality of water being provided. The move...
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  • Towards a new horizontal water federalism
    The execution of India’s institutional framework for preventing and solving conflicts over river water is still evolving. A new thinking on federalism in the field of water management to meet local aspirations and national ambition is needed. A one-day conference 'Towards water federalism 2.0 - Pe...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 5 months 4 weeks agoread more
  • Beyond the death toll: The everyday violence of Assam’s floods
    Floods are an annual phenomenon in Assam. They are as integral to the state as the Brahmaputra River is, and each monsoon, we are reminded that Assam exists (or is drowning). As I write this piece, Assam is slowly recovering from the first wave of flood this monsoon. For several weeks, the entire st...
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  • Tibetan rivers and impending water crisis in India
    Apart from the Brahmputra, there are three rivers flowing from Tibet to India. China is already diverting water from Brahmputra. But how will China's control over the other three rivers affect the northwestern states of India?
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  • Pre-monsoon rainfall deficient: IMD
    India witnesses 22 percent deficient pre-monsoon rainfall this year: IMD The India Meteorological Department (IMD) data has recorded 75.9 millimetres of rainfall from March 1 to May 15 which is 22 percent deficient from the normal rainfall. Moreover, out of the four meteorological divisions of the ...
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  • Damaged habitat affects migratory fishermen
    The Siang River is a transboundary river which flows in Tibetan plateau, China in the name of Yarlung Psangpo and after entering India in Arunachal Pradesh, it is known as Siang which meets river Brahmaputra in Assam, 230 km downstream.  The Siang river valley is home to many tribal communitie...
    arathiposted 11 months 2 weeks agoread more
  • Artificial lake forms in Brahmaputra
    Artificial lake in Brahmaputra in China, flood threat in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam wanes On October 18, a landslide in China created an artificial lake on the Tsangpo river, the headwater of India's Brahmaputra river. Following the formation of the lake, a high alert was issued in Arunachal ...
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  • Monsoon takes 1400 lives
    More than 1000 people dead in three months in India due to heavy rains According to the National Emergency Response Centre, since May 28, 1400 people have died in India from rain and flood-related incidents. With the highest number of fatalities, Kerala floods accounted for 488 deaths due to drowni...
    swatiposted 1 year 7 months agoread more
  • Assam's river atlas to tackle floods, deforestation
    Assam prepares river atlas to tackle floods, erosion, deforestation The Assam government is preparing a river atlas with the aid of the North Eastern Space Application Centre (NESAC) that would serve as a comprehensive database of all major and minor rivers of the state. Besides serving as a databa...
    swatiposted 2 years 2 months agoread more
  • Arunachal becomes open defecation free
    Arunachal achieves the open defecation free status Following Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh becomes the second state in the Northeast to be declared open defecation free. The state has achieved the open defecation free target one year and 10 months ahead of the national target, which is October 2, 2019....
    swatiposted 2 years 3 months agoread more
  • Farmer suicide cases decrease: Govt data
    Government data shows decreasing suicide trend among farmers for the second consecutive year According to government statistics, after peaking in 2015, farmer suicides have shown a decreasing trend for the second year in succession in 2017 in the six suicide-prone districts--Vidarbha’s Buldhana, ...
    swatiposted 2 years 3 months agoread more
  • Soil health is declining in India: Report
    Carbon content in India's soil decreases According to a recent report by a consortium of agriculture institutes, out of 350 million hectares of soil in India, 120 million hectares has already turned problematic, that is, either the soil has turned acidic, saline, or alkaline. The carbon content in ...
    swatiposted 2 years 3 months agoread more
  • Cyclone Ockhi hits south-west India
    Cyclone Ockhi makes landfall, affects Lakshadweep islands, Kerala and Tamil Nadu Cyclone Ockhi intensified into a severe cyclonic storm and made landfall in the Lakshadweep islands last Friday. It further moved to coastal areas of Kerala and Tamil Nadu causing heavy rains in the two states. The dea...
    swatiposted 2 years 4 months agoread more
  • New Supreme Court bench to hear Cauvery dispute
    Cauvery dispute: New Supreme Court bench constituted A fresh three-member bench will hear the dispute related to the sharing of Cauvery water between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu on  October 18. Earlier, a high level technical team had visited the Cauvery basin area to assess the ground ...
    sabitakaushalposted 3 years 5 months agoread more
  • Karnataka not to release water to TN
    No water to TN till a special state legislature session takes a call: Karnataka  Despite the Supreme Court order, the Karnataka government has decided not to release water to Tamil Nadu till a special state legislature session takes a call on the matter. Opposition parties in Karnata...
    sabitakaushalposted 3 years 6 months agoread more
  • Of broken pots and dreams
    Women in Salmora area of Majuli, the world’s largest riverine island and India’s first island district, practise their traditional form of pottery--the one that does not use a wheel but is hand beaten to shape and uses a viscid kind of clay. As the Brahmaputra eats away huge swathes of land year...
    Usha Dewaniposted 3 years 6 months agoread more
  • Children of a lesser God
    In what is considered the worst flood in a decade, the flood in Assam this year has swept over 2,800 villages away and submerged more than two lakh hectares of crop. More than 26 lakh people have been affected in 28 out of 34 districts of the state. There have been many casualties, too. India has t...
    Usha Dewaniposted 3 years 8 months agoread more
  • How did Indian rivers fare in 2015?
    Government allocated Rs 4,173 crore for Water Resources and of this, Namami Gange received Rs 2,037 crore. Later, in addition to this, the Centre also approved Rs 20,000 crore for Ganga rejuvenation over the next five years. One of the not-so new government's main agendas in 2015 was to have cl...
    swatiposted 4 years 3 months agoread more
  • Mansarovar or Gaumukh: Which is the source of the Ganga?
    NIH scientists to probe if Mansarovar is the source of GangaThe Water Resources Ministry has asked scientists from the Roorkee-based National Institute of Hydrology (NIH) to investigate if the origin of the Ganga river is the Mansarovar lake in Kailash instead of Gaumukh near Gangotri. The possibili...
    swatiposted 4 years 5 months agoread more
  • China operationalises one of the biggest dams on the Brahmaputra
    China's Zangmu Hydropower Project, one of the biggest dams on Brahmaputra, is operationalThe 510 MW Zangmu Hydropower Project on the Brahmaputra in Tibet is now operational. The project is regarded as the highest in the world and it is just 550 km away from the Indian border. Zangmu Hydropower is a ...
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Posted Date : Thu, 2020-03-12 14:39
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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Wed, 2019-10-09 20:04
Where do the aspirations of riverine ecosystems and communities fit in a federalist set-up?

The execution of India’s institutional framework for preventing and solving conflicts over river water is still evolving. A new thinking on federalism in the field of water management to meet local aspirations and national ambition is needed. A one-day conference 'Towards water federalism 2.0 - Perspectives from the Ganga and Brahmaputra' was held recently at New Delhi.

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-08-19 12:53
Mitul Baruah from Ashoka University narrates personal experiences of people affected by floods in Majuli, Assam.

Floods are an annual phenomenon in Assam. They are as integral to the state as the Brahmaputra River is, and each monsoon, we are reminded that Assam exists (or is drowning). As I write this piece, Assam is slowly recovering from the first wave of flood this monsoon.

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Posted Date : Thu, 2019-06-27 11:35

Apart from the Brahmputra, there are three rivers flowing from Tibet to India. China is already diverting water from Brahmputra. But how will China's control over the other three rivers affect the northwestern states of India?

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-05-22 11:14
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India witnesses 22 percent deficient pre-monsoon rainfall this year: IMD

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-04-23 12:48
Maintaining natural resources is important for the sustenance of aquatic biodiversity and river-dependent livelihoods.

The Siang River is a transboundary river which flows in Tibetan plateau, China in the name of Yarlung Psangpo and after entering India in Arunachal Pradesh, it is known as Siang which meets river Brahmaputra in Assam, 230 km downstream. 

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Posted Date : Tue, 2018-10-23 10:27
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Artificial lake in Brahmaputra in China, flood threat in Arunachal Pradesh and Assam wanes

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Posted Date : Wed, 2018-09-05 05:55
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More than 1000 people dead in three months in India due to heavy rains

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Posted Date : Mon, 2018-01-15 21:07
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Assam prepares river atlas to tackle floods, erosion, deforestation

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Posted Date : Wed, 2018-01-03 09:44
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Arunachal achieves the open defecation free status

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