Interviews
Simhastha leaves farmers fuming
posted 4 years 8 months agoRamesh Mali, a farmer in his late thirties, looks at his farmland nervously. It has been 13 days since the Simhastha Maha Kumbh festival, 2016, concluded. The district administration had acquired his four bigha land (approximately 0.64 hectares) for the festival. The barricades and the concrete left on his land give us the idea that the land is not fit for farming this season.

Israel 'hand-makes' more than 50% of its water!
posted 4 years 10 months agoThe Israeli water industry is one of the best in the world, and this is because of the country’s breakthrough in technological innovations in areas like desalination, drip irrigation and water security.

Water lessons from a ‘desert’ nation
posted 4 years 10 months agoThe water scarcity that India is facing even before the onslaught of summers, and the plight of farmer’s in Marathwada have been making headlines every single day.

Letting rivers flow in Nepal
posted 4 years 10 months agoDr Hari Kumar Shreshta is an engineer, teacher, and a passionate crusader for healthy rivers. On a recent visit to India, he spoke with India Water Portal about the efforts to introduce the concept of environmental flows in hydropower-focused Nepal.

The Yamuna, a song, and a dance
posted 4 years 11 months agoThe World Culture Festival (WCF) organised by the Art of Living Foundation (AoL) has been in the news ever since Manoj Misra, an environmental activist and convenor of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in December 2015.

Water is more than a job for them
posted 4 years 11 months ago"A job isn’t just a job. It’s who you are". That quote seems to define the five people who are being honoured for their extraordinary dedication in ensuring water to the people in Nagaon and the newly declared Hojai district of Assam.

Think livelihoods, not only jobs
posted 4 years 11 months agoThe theme for the 2016 UN World Water Day is 'Water and Jobs'. What is your opinion of the chosen theme?

Toilet subsidy is not the answer to sanitation problems
posted 4 years 11 months agoIn recent years, especially after the launch of major programmes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, sanitation has become a hotly debated topic in India.

Water for Profit: Experiences from America and India
posted 5 years agoIn January 2016, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Employees Union and residents of Nagpur yet again protested the privatisation of water services in the city.
