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Farmer spraying pesticide (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Thursday, 21 November 2019 12:18
The poisoned landscapes of Punjab
Excessive and unregulated pesticide use has not only poisoned the soil, water and environment in villages in Punjab’s Malwa region – it has also increased health risks for the people.
Photo credit: Sharada Prasad
Friday, 15 November 2019 12:07
When the sewers get blocked: sanitation labour in urban India
On World Toilet Day, we bring to light the labour of India’s sewer workers - those who do the unclean work that a Clean India relies on.
A domestic RO water purifier
Wednesday, 13 November 2019 10:45
NGT pushes to ban RO purifiers for water with TDS below 500 mg/l
Policy matters this week
The river Mutha in Pune (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Wednesday, 30 October 2019 13:02
India’s rivers carry deadly pathogens
A global study on pathogens in rivers finds that Indian rivers harbour dangerous levels of diarrhoeal disease-causing pathogens.
Most of the operations in these units were found to be manual and rudimentary (Image: Toxics Link)
Monday, 28 October 2019 14:11
Unregulated e-waste hotspots operating in Delhi with no safeguards
Study identifies 5,000 illegal e-waste units in Delhi operating without health and environmental safeguards.
Groundwater, an exploited resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Friday, 25 October 2019 13:13
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.
  • The poisoned landscapes of Punjab
    Punjab, riding high on pesticides Pesticide use continues to be very high in agriculture in India, where estimated annual production losses due to pests amount to approximately US$ 42.66 million per year. Pesticides are chemical compounds that kill pests such as insects, rodents, fungi an...
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  • When the sewers get blocked: sanitation labour in urban India
    November 19th is World Toilet Day. India's massive five-year all-hands-on-deck Clean India Mission to construct latrines for all has just ended. The Government reports that 100 million additional toilets have been constructed via this campaign; these are mostly not connected to waterborne sewer sy...
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  • NGT pushes to ban RO purifiers for water with TDS below 500 mg/l
    NGT pushes MoEF to issue notification to ban unnecessary use of RO purifiers The National Green Tribunal has reprimanded the Environment Ministry for delaying a notification to ban RO purifiers where total dissolved solids (TDS) in water are below 500 milligrams per litre. The NGT also warned the ...
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  • Call for Papers for the National Policy Symposium 2019
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  • India’s rivers carry deadly pathogens
    Diarrhoea is one of the leading killers of children under the age of five in developing countries. Diarrhoea is rampant in India, with diarrhoeal diseases being the most prevalent of all waterborne diseases in the country. Diarrhoea leads to the third highest proportion of child deaths in South Asia...
    aarti kelkar kh...posted 1 month 3 weeks agoread more
  • Unregulated e-waste hotspots operating in Delhi with no safeguards
    A study by Toxics Link, a Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy non-profit identified 15 e-waste processing hotspots in Delhi operating with impunity without safeguards. These hotspots house over 5,000 illegal e-waste processing units directly and indirectly employing over 50,000 people. T...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 1 month 3 weeks agoread more
  • Mapping Pune’s aquifers
    Pune continues to face a water crisis every summer despite having sufficient water, thanks to its geographical location and plentiful natural water assets. While enough of its water needs are taken care of by water supply from the Khadakwasla dam, the use of groundwater to meet the needs of the popu...
    aarti kelkar kh...posted 1 month 4 weeks agoread more
  • Saving Aarey, the last lungs of Bombay
    Last week saw protests of a different kind in Mumbai. Activists and citizens from all walks of life came together to protest the cutting of trees in Aarey Milk Colony, one of the few surviving green lungs of the fast growing and polluted city of Mumbai. This green zone extends from Powai to the Wes...
    aarti kelkar kh...posted 2 months 1 week agoread more
  • Deadly chemicals from detergents end up in rivers
    It’s ironic that detergents, which are meant for cleaning, flow into water bodies and pollute them with chemicals. A study released recently by Delhi-based non-profit Toxics Link, ‘Dirty Trail: Detergent to Water Bodies’, has found startling levels of the toxic chemical nonylphenol in detergen...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 2 months 2 weeks agoread more
  • From droughts to floods: India’s tryst with climate extremes
    India has witnessed extreme weather conditions this year. While parts of the north and south have battled drought like conditions this summer, the northeast and western coastal areas witnessed heavy rains and floods.While climate change has been highlighted as one of the reasons for these extreme ev...
    aarti kelkar kh...posted 2 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • The Water Future Conference in Bangalore: Towards a Sustainable Water Future
    The Water Future Conference in Bangalore last week, saw many from the scientific community, academia, research, civil society and the media come together to discuss the state of water resources across the world and in India, as well as future pathways and scenarios, and different technological and i...
    priyadposted 2 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • Return of the pearl millet
    Pandutalav, a small quiet village nestled in the dry teak forests in the tribal pocket in Dewas boasts an authentic rural way of life. This little dot on the map is known for its attempts to introduce indigenous varieties of crops, in particular pearl millet these days. Mahila Jagat Lihaaz Samiti (M...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 2 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • Manual scavenging is inhumane: SC
    Supreme Court question authorities on why manual scavenging still prevails Taking note of four to five deaths every month due to manual scavenging, the Supreme Court came down heavily on the government for failing to provide protective gear to people engaged in manual scavenging and cleaning of sew...
    swatiposted 3 months 23 hours agoread more
  • Telangana government, tribals oppose uranium mining in Nallamala forests
    Telangana government, tribals stand against proposed uranium mining in Nallamala forests A few months ago, the environment ministry gave in-principle approval to the Uranium Corporation of India Limited (UCIL) to begin exploration for uranium in the Nallamala forest, which stretches across the stat...
    swatiposted 3 months 1 week agoread more
  • What’s shit got to do with child health?
    A pig snorts after emerging from the open drain that passes through a slum in the Digha area of south Patna. Small children crawl on the road nearby with slime dribbling from their nose. Children can be seen picking through garbage at the local dump and for ghongha (snails) at the local talaab ...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 3 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • Floods claim 227 lives; Centre proposes river basin management bill to check floods
    Southwest monsoon claims 227 lives At least 227 people across the country have been reported dead in floods, lightning and landslides occurring due to the southwest monsoon. With 80 casualties, Kerala is the worst affected state in the south. Several parts of Gujarat, including Saurashtra and ...
    swatiposted 4 months 1 week agoread more
  • Fertiliser sector’s bleak record on water use in India
    Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi based non-profit has rated the country’s fertilizer sector on several parameters, in a first of its kind study. The rating, done over an 18-month-long process, covered 28 of the 32 functional fertilizer units in the country. The findings of thi...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 4 months 2 weeks agoread more
  • Himalayan states call for green bonus and a separate ministry
    Himalayan states demand green bonus and separate ministry from Centre At the recent Conclave of Himalayan States, a separate ministry was demanded to deal with problems endemic to the mountain states, as well as a green bonus in recognition of their contribution to environmental conservation. ...
    swatiposted 4 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • Spending a summer building scalable water access in rural India
    This summer I had the incredible opportunity, to work with the Tata Trusts and their Tata Water Mission (TWM) initiative, exploring avenues to provide scalable water access to stakeholders in rural communities. TWM is one of the Trusts’ flagship initiatives in India, at the forefront of ensuring...
    priyadposted 5 months 1 day agoread more
  • The many facets to the fluoride problem in Chikkaballapur, Karnataka
    Chikkaballapur is a district in the state of Karnataka, just north of the capital Bengaluru. A peri-urban area that was once an agricultural centre for this region, today Chikkaballapur is facing a unique problem.  Decreasing rainfall has meant increasing periods of drought for this area, wh...
    priyadposted 5 months 2 weeks agoread more

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Posted Date : Thu, 2019-11-21 12:18
Excessive and unregulated pesticide use has not only poisoned the soil, water and environment in villages in Punjab’s Malwa region – it has also increased health risks for the people.

Punjab, riding high on pesticides

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Posted Date : Fri, 2019-11-15 12:07
On World Toilet Day, we bring to light the labour of India’s sewer workers - those who do the unclean work that a Clean India relies on.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-11-13 10:45
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NGT pushes MoEF to issue notification to ban unnecessary use of RO purifiers

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-11-06 16:36

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-10-30 13:02
A global study on pathogens in rivers finds that Indian rivers harbour dangerous levels of diarrhoeal disease-causing pathogens.

Diarrhoea is one of the leading killers of children under the age of five in developing countries. Diarrhoea is rampant in India, with diarrhoeal diseases being the most prevalent of all waterborne diseases in the country. Diarrhoea leads to the third highest proportion of child deaths in South Asia.

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Mon, 2019-10-28 14:11
Study identifies 5,000 illegal e-waste units in Delhi operating without health and environmental safeguards.

A study by Toxics Link, a Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy non-profit identified 15 e-waste processing hotspots in Delhi operating with impunity without safeguards. These hotspots house over 5,000 illegal e-waste processing units directly and indirectly employing over 50,000 people. The sheer scale of the violation of environmental norms highlights the failure of the system, especially of the E-waste (Management) Rules 2016.

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Posted Date : Fri, 2019-10-25 13:13
Groundwater use has doubled in Pune. Comprehensive mapping of groundwater resources and better management and governance is the need of the hour.

Pune continues to face a water crisis every summer despite having sufficient water, thanks to its geographical location and plentiful natural water assets. While enough of its water needs are taken care of by water supply from the Khadakwasla dam, the use of groundwater to meet the needs of the population continues to increase.

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Posted Date : Fri, 2019-10-11 18:30
Mumbai’s citizens came out in droves to save trees from being felled in Aarey to make way for the metro. Collective action is crucial to save the green lungs of India's rapidly urbanising cities.

Last week saw protests of a different kind in Mumbai. Activists and citizens from all walks of life came together to protest the cutting of trees in Aarey Milk Colony, one of the few surviving green lungs of the fast growing and polluted city of Mumbai.

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Sun, 2019-10-06 10:18
India needs to come up with a regulation on use of toxic chemicals in detergents.

It’s ironic that detergents, which are meant for cleaning, flow into water bodies and pollute them with chemicals. A study released recently by Delhi-based non-profit Toxics Link, ‘Dirty Trail: Detergent to Water Bodies’, has found startling levels of the toxic chemical nonylphenol in detergents as well as in river water in India.

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-10-01 11:54
Deconstructing the traditional narrow engineering based policy discourses around floods and droughts and connecting them to social and cultural realities is the need of the hour in India.

India has witnessed extreme weather conditions this year. While parts of the north and south have battled drought like conditions this summer, the northeast and western coastal areas witnessed heavy rains and floods.
While climate change has been highlighted as one of the reasons for these extreme events, experts argue that human factors, faulty models of development and the narrow perception of droughts and floods at the policy level has worsened the situation in India.

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