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Friday, 14 June 2019 11:34
Unravelling NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index: Veering to a pragmatic approach
An analysis of the effectiveness of the Composite Water Management Index as a policy-making tool
The Yamuna river and its people (Image: Shashwat Jain, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)
Monday, 3 June 2019 7:30
Understanding the Yamuna and life around it
A panel of experts and representatives of the riverine community discuss changes observed in the Yamuna and its relationship with people.
Dr Mitchel Harley (far right) at the installation of a CoastSnap station in Fiji. Photo credit: Navneet Lal
Friday, 31 May 2019 15:25
Revolutionising coastal monitoring, one social media photo at a time
A citizen science project led by engineers from the University of New South Wales in Sydney, is using crowd-sourced photos to understand changing coastlines.
Image credit: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan
Wednesday, 8 May 2019 16:02
What women want
As India votes this month in the Lok Sabha Elections, WaterAid India takes a look at how water and sanitation are still top of mind for many female voters across the country.
The pollution rates of the river Hindon are alarming. Despite work by conservation groups, the efforts on the part of the government to fix the problem remain uncertain. (Image: Hindi Water Portal)
Tuesday, 23 April 2019 18:48
Making water available for all
Civil society activists champion alternatives to conventional water management solutions implemented by the government.
Labourers crush stones at illegal stone quarries. (Pic: Gurvinder Singh)
Wednesday, 3 April 2019 10:13
How mining ruined lives and livelihoods
Illegal stone quarries have changed the face of Birbhum district where villagers are finding it difficult to survive due to contaminated water and pollution.
  • To Sir, with love and belief
    Dr G.D. Agrawal passed away on October 11, 2018. He was 86 years old. But he didn’t die of old age. After 111 days of fasting, he died of a heart attack. Why was he fasting? We will come to that in a while.  I knew him as G.D. Sir. A man who taught me concepts and practice of environmental s...
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  • Why floodplains need to be protected
    The Kerala flood of 2018 was 30 percent less intense than that of 1924 deluge, the biggest in Kerala’s history. Yet it caused a huge loss of lives, property and infrastructure. Swollen rivers ruptured their banks and floodwaters gushed through houses built on the floodplains. One reason for the un...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 8 months 2 weeks agoread more
  • State of drinking water supply schemes in Rajasthan
    On March 16, 2017, the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG) of India began a performance audit of the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) by discussing with the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation the scope and methodology of the performance audit. Records relating to the implemen...
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  • Centre approves projects near turtle nesting sites
    New coastal projects to ignore Olive Ridley turtles The expert panel of the environment ministry has recommended green nod to two industrial projects--the development of a multipurpose Special Economic Zone (SEZ) and a Free Trade Warehousing Zone (FTWZ) in Kutch, Gujarat and the mining of heavy min...
    swatiposted 8 months 2 weeks agoread more
  • Swachh Bharat Mission: It’s all about numbers
    We have just a year to go for Swachh Bharat Mission’s (SBM) deadline of making India open-defecation free (ODF). In the last four years, the government has built 86.08 million toilets (as on September 26, 2018) throughout the country as a part of this flagship programme on providing safe sani...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 8 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • Lower Demwe hydel project gets nod from wildlife board
    Wildlife Board clears Lower Demwe hydel project despite flaws in report Despite non-completion of the rapid impact assessment of wildlife, the National Board for Wildlife (NBWL) has cleared the 1,750 MW Lower Demwe hydel project on the Lohit River, Arunachal Pradesh. The two-year wildlife impact st...
    swatiposted 8 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • Kerala floods and after
    Every time there is a huge flood in India with massive loss of lives and extensive physical damage, there is a hue and cry. Especially, if this takes place in an area not normally prone to such floods. Assam and Bihar, for instance, are regularly laid waste by floods and so, there is not much agitat...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 8 months 4 weeks agoread more
  • Cyclone Daye triggers widespread rain
    Cyclone causes rain in 18 states; floods, landslides reported in North India A cyclonic storm Daye made its landfall in Odisha on September 21. Although the tropical storm had weakened into a deep depression soon after making landfall, the wind pattern has changed triggering rainfall in Punjab, Har...
    swatiposted 9 months 20 hours agoread more
  • Dam safety project gets additional funds
    Additional funds of over Rs 1,300 crore allocated to dam safety project The Centre has approved the revision of the cost estimate for the ongoing Dam Rehabilitation and Improvement Project (DRIP) from Rs 2,100 crore to Rs 3,466 crore. The project has also got a two-year extension and now it is sche...
    swatiposted 9 months 20 hours agoread more
  • Jaundice grips Raipur
    The family of Somesh Manikpuri of Amasivani colony in Raipur is still in shock of his sudden demise from jaundice in May this year. Six similar deaths have been reported from Raipur since April 2018. Memsingh Chandrakar, a resident of Naharpara, another locality in Raipur, was also affected by jaund...
    makarandpurohitposted 9 months 5 days agoread more
  • India has 45 critically polluted river stretches: CPCB
    Polluted river stretches increases to 351, as against 302 in 2015 According to a recent assessment by the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), there are 351 polluted river stretches in the country  with 45 of them being critically polluted. Although a greater focus is given to the Ganga riv...
    swatiposted 9 months 1 week agoread more
  • Ganga clean up: It’s all talk and no action
    As the Ganga emerges from the glaciers and glides along the foothills of the mighty Himalayas through the towns and cities with their sprawling ghats, engineered embankments, hydroelectric dams, and interrupted flows at barrages, the icy chilliness of its waters is lost. Pilgrims swarm its bank to p...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 9 months 1 week agoread more
  • Maharashtra comes out with draft groundwater rules
    Maharashtra farmers to need approval to sow water-intensive crops  In its latest draft of Maharashtra Groundwater (Development and Management) Rules 2018, the government has made a provision that will require farmers in notified groundwater-stressed areas to seek permission before sowing "wate...
    swatiposted 9 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • Kerala, TN fight over Mullaperiyar dam water release
    Kerala blames Tamil Nadu for massive floods in the state Entering into a legal battle, the Kerala government has told the Supreme Court that the reason behind the deluge in the state was the sudden release of Mullaperiyar dam water by Tamil Nadu. As per Kerala, it had requested Tamil Nadu to gradua...
    swatiposted 9 months 4 weeks agoread more
  • Kerala battles the worst flood since 1924
    When the five overflow gates of the Cheruthoni dam, a part of the Idukki reservoir comprising Cheruthoni, Kulamavu and Idukki arch dam were opened one by one on August 9, 2018, a torrent of water and mud gushed out. Heavy, unceasing rains had led to the dam reaching close to its maximum capacity, fo...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 10 months 1 day agoread more
  • Footwear industry pollutes, villagers put their foot down
    As per the regional plan 2021 chalked out by the national capital regional planning board in 2005, Bahadurgarh, a small town in Haryana is a part of the Delhi metropolitan area. The town, located in Jhajjar district, is growing at a fast pace. It has, in the last few decades, seen development of ind...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 10 months 3 days agoread more
  • Goa wins Mahadayi water dispute
    Mahadayi water dispute: Goa to get maximum share of water Bringing an end to the 50-year-old dispute between Maharashtra, Goa and Karnataka over the Mahadayi's water, the Mahadayi Water Disputes Tribunal has awarded the maximum share of water to Goa in its final verdict. Goa has been allowed to use...
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  • Delhi stands up for its trees
    Recently, Delhi saw an urban Chipko movement of sorts with the people coming out in large numbers with a single agenda—save the last of the trees left in the city. In the famous Chipko movement of 1973, local communities in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand emblematically embraced trees to demand an end ...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 10 months 1 week agoread more
  • Simplifying defluoridation
    Estimates suggest that about 10 million Indians are affected by fluorosis, a sickness associated with the consumption of increased concentrations of fluoride, mostly through water. Bones get weakened due to excessive accumulation of fluoride in them which results in increased hip and wrist fractures...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 10 months 1 week agoread more
  • Potable water supply target not met: CAG
    National Rural Drinking Water Programme: Targets remain unachieved According to a report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), the National Rural Drinking Water Programme has been unable to achieve its target of supplying safe drinking water to all rural habitations, government sc...
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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-03-13 15:03
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Once again, Indore tops in Swachh Survekshan

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Posted Date : Fri, 2019-03-08 12:45
On International Women's Day today, we take a look at the critical connects between gender and water.

In India, women often travel long distances to fetch water. This in turn affects school attendance for young girls, and has a domino effect on other development indicators. Women and girls are an important stakeholder to be considered in the design of interventions and programmes to ensure access to safe water for all.

On International Women's Day today, we take a look at the critical connects between gender and water.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-03-06 08:17
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NGT takes a stand on Deepor Beel

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-02-27 13:31
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Forced eviction ordered for more than one million tribals and forest-dwellers

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-02-27 13:05
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In a decade, only a quarter of centrally funded major to medium irrigation schemes completed: Report

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-02-19 17:54
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NGT slaps a fine of Rs 100 crore on TN government for failing to restore Chennai's waterways

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-02-19 17:37
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World Bank to provide Rs 11,000 crore for dam safety

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-02-18 16:16

The Odisha Water Honours, the only of its kind in the state, are meant to recognise dedicated individuals and communities for their pioneering contributions in the field of water/river/ecology conservation and restoration through var

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Posted Date : Fri, 2019-02-15 13:38
While the recent ruling of the Supreme court on the Cauvery conflict opens up new possibilities, a push for holistic and interdisciplinary river basin governance is required.

The river Cauvery—an inter-state river shared by the southern states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as well as the Union Territory of Pondicherry—has often been in the news for the fight over its waters between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. What dominates the issue is the conflicting demands for irrigation from the plateau region of Karnataka and the delta region in Tamil Nadu.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-02-13 13:29
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Navigation lock at Farakka Barrage redesigned for Hilsa migration

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Increasing desertification, a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:23
Twenty-six states under threat of desertification
Ten thousand litres overhead tank to supply piped water (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Tuesday, 18 June 2019 20:04
Piped water to all rural households by 2024: Government
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Monday, 17 June 2019 18:20
From water to agriculture, well-being and beyond
A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016 (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Sunday, 16 June 2019 19:51
India, in the eye of a storm!