Telangana

A rainbow recovery post-COVID

The movement towards radical ecological democracy needs to combine the practical and policy-level grassroots work with broader mobilization. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 month 4 weeks ago

The women of Deccan Development Society sanghams move towards more localized natural resource management (Image: Deccan Development Society, Facebook Page)

Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab: Government

News this week Swati Bansal posted 2 months 1 week ago

Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Groundwater extraction: NGT gets strict with commercial entities

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

NGT gets strict with commercial entities (Source: IWP Flickr album)

India-UK team tackles antimicrobial resistance spread in waterways

Experts are joining forces to investigate the impact that releasing antibiotics from antibiotic manufacturing into India’s waterways has on the spread of potentially fatal drug-resistant infections. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 months 4 weeks ago

The Musi river in Hyderabad, which has high concentrations of antibiotics released from production facilities (Image: Newcastle University)

UP tops in providing employment under MGNREGS

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 5 months 1 week ago

MGNREGS helps to reduce rural distress in times of Covid-19 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

MGNREGA gets additional Rs. 40,000 crore funds

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 months 2 weeks ago

Rural employment scheme gets Rs 40,000 crore boost (Image source: IWP Flickr photos))

Water levels in major reservoirs maximum in last 13 years: CWC

News this week Swati Bansal posted 6 months 3 weeks ago

Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Women lead the way in water quality surveillance

Why women need to be trained and engaged in monitoring and surveillance of water quality at the community level in rural India? Amita Bhaduri posted 8 months 4 weeks ago

Organised under WaterAid India’s partnership with GAP, water testing workshop (2019) held in Indore district aimed at training women and youth to lead the entire process of community water management – from planning to supply, operations and maintenance and to educate communities on water-quality issues. (Image: WaterAid India/Ashima Narain)

Tangled bones, children unable to move and lives cut short

Fluorosis has turned out to be a chronic public health problem, with millions of people at high risk due to lack of clean drinking water. Amita Bhaduri posted 9 months 2 weeks ago