Groundwater
Reducing air pollution due to stubble burning in Northwest India
posted 1 day agoThere is a predictability to the narrative around North India’s air pollution. Air that is unhealthy all year-round becomes unbreathable during winter, largely due to particulate matter in emissions from farm fires in Punjab, Haryana, and Western Uttar Pradesh.

The first mile goes a long way
posted 2 days agoOne silver lining to a brutal 2020 was that it brought long overdue recognition to India’s frontline workers. Throughout the pandemic, we witnessed ASHA workers reaching out to make families aware of safety measures and village-based professionals conducting surveys to identify the needs of the most vulnerable.

Will Andhra Pradesh’s free bore well scheme deplete groundwater?
posted 1 week agoGovernment policies usually have multiple objectives such as reducing poverty and inequality, contributing to development, and so on. Most of these policies are influenced by a host of socio-economic factors, the internal political environment, and best practices, among others.

Drinking water access to all in Bihar: Reach, benefits and challenges
posted 1 week 4 days agoThe problem of drinking water in India is becoming more acute by the day, as one can see people queuing up at wells, water tankers, and common water points during summers in mos
Over two crore children in India experiencing extremely high water vulnerability: UNICEF
posted 2 weeks 2 days agoUNICEF’s analysis reveals over two crore children in India facing extremely high water vulnerability

Water footprint of food and cooking fuel
posted 3 weeks 1 day agoWater is a basic resource for food and fuelwood production. In general, people in rural areas of India consume carbohydrate-rich staples with small amounts of animal foods. They mostly depend upon fuelwood for cooking.

Efforts towards skilling local communities in water management
posted 3 weeks 4 days agoSamerth has been working since 2000 on providing safe water to the marginalised communities in the remote areas of Rapar and Bhachau blocks of Kutch district in Gujarat.

Enhancing water security through responsible tourism
posted 4 weeks 2 days agoManisha Shah, Arghyam, Bangalore highlights the issues related to water scarcity and quality in the tourist destinations in India and shares the work of the ForWater collaborative.

Meandering waterways: the interconnectedness of people’s action on water availability
posted 1 month 1 week ago“Everything is connected”. I watched a docuseries named “Connected: the hidden science of everything” where a journalist named Latif Nasser investigates how we and the universe are connected. After watching this docuseries, I thought about it and tried gathering pieces of evidence regarding this connectivity around me over the past one year.
Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar
posted 1 month 2 weeks agoExtensive evidence of elevated arsenic in the food chain, mainly rice, wheat and vegetables exists.
