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December 27, 2019
Watershed Management Compendium
This compendium by Dr Mihir Kumar Maitra answers all questions that will be of great use to practitioners engaged in both engineering and management aspects of watershed management in the field.
December 26, 2019
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Policy matters this week
December 19, 2019
Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange
Policy matters this week
December 11, 2019
NGT orders 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers
Policy matters this week
December 11, 2019
Replacing rice will improve India’s climate resilience
A study calls for solutions that can benefit farmers and the environment and positively impact India's nutrition indicators.
December 6, 2019
Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga
A report by the India Rivers Forum highlights the need to focus further than the main stem of the Ganga river.
Parliamentary committee expresses disappointment over slow pace of Namami Gange
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal posted 10 months ago
NGT orders 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal posted 10 months 1 week ago
Replacing rice will improve India’s climate resilience
A study calls for solutions that can benefit farmers and the environment and positively impact India's nutrition indicators.
Amita Bhaduri posted 10 months 1 week ago
Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga
A report by the India Rivers Forum highlights the need to focus further than the main stem of the Ganga river.
Amita Bhaduri posted 10 months 2 weeks ago
In wake of climate change, prioritise and invest in water security and clean drinking water
To adapt well & build resilience, climate change strategies need to factor in efforts towards water security, writes Vanita Suneja, Regional Advocacy Manager (South Asia), WaterAid.
priyad posted 10 months 2 weeks ago
Looking back into history to understand droughts
The 2015­-2018 drought, the longest, but less severe of droughts experienced by India raises alarm on the negative effects of future droughts on water security in the country.
aarti kelkar k… posted 10 months 2 weeks ago
CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal posted 10 months 3 weeks ago
Cyclone Bulbul devastates West Bengal and Odisha
News this week
Swati Bansal posted 11 months 1 week ago
India has a groundwater problem
Despite being the lifeline of India’s water supplies, groundwater is overlooked by policy makers and users alike.
priyad posted 11 months 2 weeks ago
Mapping Pune’s aquifers
Groundwater use has doubled in Pune. Comprehensive mapping of groundwater resources and better management and governance is the need of the hour.
aarti kelkar k… posted 11 months 3 weeks ago
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