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Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan a low impact, high expenditure scheme: CAG

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 2 months 1 week ago

Deepening work in progress under the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (Source: Ravindra Pomane)

Government to get strict against wastage of groundwater

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 2 months 3 weeks ago

A resident in Delhi with her extracted groundwater (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Empowering, involving local communities crucial for reviving Yamuna: Study

A user-friendly water quality index could be created to help riverine communities take informed decisions. Amita Bhaduri posted 2 months 3 weeks ago

To improve the participation of the riverine communities in river clean-up activities, a platform can be set up as a governance mechanism. (Image: Thommen Jose, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Need to build inclusive cities in the post-pandemic world

It’s time that public policy focuses on a radical re-envisioning of urban spaces and on improving social inclusion of migrants in urban settings. Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months 3 weeks ago

Migrants on their way home during the countrywide lockdown (Image: Stranded Workers Action Network)

Guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste are out

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 7 months 3 weeks ago

Biomedical waste. Image for representation only (Source: Vivien Rolfe via Flickr)

Groundwater in 30 districts in Delhi-NCR contaminated, reveals 2019 data

News this week Swati Bansal posted 8 months 3 weeks ago

Community water purification system in a Delhi urban slum

Women swipe clean drinking water through an automated dispensing unit at the Lalbagh slum. Amita Bhaduri posted 9 months 1 week ago

Once selected for the role, the women entrepreneurs were trained to run the community filtration plant and overlook all operations ranging from the management of customers to the plant finances. (Image: India Water Portal)

Water-related crime doubles in India: Report

News this week Swati Bansal posted 10 months 2 weeks ago

Water-related crime doubles in India (Image Source: Sourabh Phadke)

Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 11 months 1 week ago

The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year ago

An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

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December 2, 2020

Illegal sand mining led to 193 deaths in two years, says report

News this week

Sand mining on the banks of Tapti (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

December 2, 2020

NGT orders states to designate nodal agencies for restoring water bodies

Policy matters this week

Gharisar lake in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

December 2, 2020

Madhya Pradesh’s recurring droughts: Measuring, responding and reducing the vulnerabilities

Drought vulnerability in agriculture has been recognised as a key development issue in the state.

Rugged, rocky terrain of Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh (Image: Shweta Prajapati)

December 1, 2020

Sustainable mobility amid COVID-19 pandemic

There is a need to address the wider challenge of development pattern and infrastructure provision to deal with the issue of sustainable mobility.

Though during the COVID-19 lockdown, people’s interest for non-motorised transport has witnessed a rise, the lack of infrastructure such as separate cycle tracks etc. among other reasons is likely to adversely affect this. (Image: Needpix)