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India ranked 13th in the list of most water-stressed country in the world (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Thursday, 8 August 2019 1:29
Jal Shakti Abhiyan hits ground rolling as India ranks 13th most water-stressed country in the world
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Groundwater drops to alarming levels. Illustration credit: KN Balraj. Source: India Water Portal on Flickr
Wednesday, 7 August 2019 23:07
Government undertakes 3D mapping of aquifers in all villages
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Image source: Water Practitioners Network
Thursday, 25 July 2019 12:48
Springing back to life
CHIRAG in Uttarakhand works with communities to revive local springs to achieve water security.
People protesting Dibang Hydropower Project (Source: SANDRP)
Wednesday, 24 July 2019 16:27
Dibang hydel project gets approval
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Hirakud, India's oldest dam (Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr)
Monday, 22 July 2019 16:44
Gender in hydropower development: A long way to go
A study finds that hydropower organisations in India continue to maintain a culture of hierarchy, follow masculine norms and are insensitive to the needs of women and the marginalised.
Irrigation well in Randullabad, Maharashtra. Image credit: Manu Moudgil for India Water Portal
Wednesday, 10 July 2019 12:01
Budget allocation to Jal Shakti ministry reduced by 9.4 percent
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  • Jal Shakti Abhiyan hits ground rolling as India ranks 13th most water-stressed country in the world
     Over 3.5 lakh water conservation measures taken up in a single month as nationwide Jal Shakti Abhiyan hits ground In a countrywide effort to enhance water security, especially in water stressed districts, the Centre initiated Jal Shakti Abhiyan (JSA) has reported over 3.5 lakh water conservat...
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  • Government undertakes 3D mapping of aquifers in all villages
    Government to 3D map aquifers in all villages Union Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekawat said that the Centre is carrying out 3D aquifer mapping of every village in India, to help target water conservation measures at a micro level across the country. Such an exercise will help the governmen...
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  • Springing back to life
    In popular imagination, steeped in consumer culture, the hills are exotic and aesthetically sublime places to find solace away from busy urban life. This kind of imagination conveniently ignores and de-contextualizes the hills and the problems they face today. The Himalayas, often known as the Water...
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  • Dibang hydel project gets approval
    Cabinet approves Dibang hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Rs. 1,600 crore pre-investment and clearance expenditure for the 2,880 megawatts Dibang hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh. The project, which is worth Rs 28,080 crores in t...
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  • Gender in hydropower development: A long way to go
    Large dams, back in the game? Recent years are seeing the re-emergence of large dams as sources of hydropower generation in global development policy. Large dams are being propagated as clean, green, climate-mitigating and a major source of renewable energy in emerging markets in the Global South. ...
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  • Water Future Conference: Towards a Sustainable Future
    A Future Earth Conference Opening new frontiers in water system diagnostics and innovative solutions to mitigate the 21st-century global water crisis The Sustainable Water Future Programme (Water Future) of Future Earth is organizing its first international conference in partnership with Divecha C...
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  • Budget allocation to Jal Shakti ministry reduced by 9.4 percent
    Government cuts budget for Jal Shakti Ministry by 9.4 percent; increases funds for rural drinking water mission  In the 2019 Budget, the Centre reduced the allocation for the water ministry from Rs 8,860 crore in 2018-19 to Rs 8,245 crore for the Department of Water Resources, River Devel...
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  • Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC
    India not a water defict country. Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC As per the report, Reassessment of water availability in India using space inputs, by the Central Water Commission (CWC) with technical support of the National Remote Sensing Centre (NRSC), Hyderab...
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  • Glacier melt threatens water reserves in Satluj basin
    River Satluj, the powerhouse of the Himalayas The river Satluj, a major source of irrigation and hydroelectric power in Northern India, is the longest of the five tributaries of the Indus River. It originates in the northern slopes of the Himalayas, in Lake La’nga in southwestern Tibet. Flowing n...
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  • Government launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan to tackle water crisis
    Centre launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan To tackle the water crisis looming the country, the Centre launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a water conservation campaign focussing on 1,592 stressed blocks in 256 districts across the country. The Jal Shakti Abhiyan will focus on five key aspects - water cons...
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  • Nal se Jal: hit or miss?
    Water scarcity has a history … and that history is nothing less than the history of government. – Alatout, 2008. Attempts to privatize water may have increased globally in the recent past, but in more general terms, governments largely control water as in India, where water is a state subject....
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  • Economics of land degradation: India’s new environment targets
    Managing natural resources, the sustainable way On the occasion of World Day to Combat Desertification (WDCD 2019), India elaborated on its plans for managing its natural resources, undertaking sustainable land management and combatting droughts.  The highlighted actions are expected to help I...
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  • Piped water to all rural households by 2024: Government
    Government to launch rural piped water scheme Taking note that more than 80 percent rural households in the country are yet to get piped water supply, the government plans to launch a new mission to ensure water from the tap for each house in villages in the next five years. Union Jal Shakti minist...
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  • Surya Ganga: A film review
    Surya Ganga, a film directed by Valli Bindana takes an all embracing view of the energy sector, especially the social and environmental consequences of big energy projects in India. The film was released in India recently. The story begins with an inquisitive six-year-old girl along with her mother ...
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  • Ensure adequate water to Delhi: HC to Haryana
    HC orders Haryana government to supply adequate water to Delhi and monitor Yamuna through live Google maps The Delhi High Court has ordered the Haryana government to ensure that adequate water is provided to Delhi and to monitor the Yamuna river through live Google mapping. The decision has come af...
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  • Dam Level Monitoring: Department of Water Resources, Goa
    % of dam filled Line graph of water levels in the reservoir Current discharge of water on a daily basis
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  • Environmental implications of Pancheshwar dam
    Mahakali, also known as Sharda in India, gushes through the hilly tracts of Nepal and Uttarakhand, collecting its water from the numerous streams it receives on the way. Like all rivers meandering through the lush terrains and forests of Uttarakhand, Mahakali too has become a cause of disagreement b...
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  • Illegal filling of ponds for making house and buildings.
    There is a pond in front of my house. The whole area is known by that pond and it also gets included in our address. Recently, the owner of the pond has started filling it with soil and also started construction of house on that pond. The whole area is facing the scarcity of water and it seems it wi...
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  • Cyclone Fani ravages Odisha's ecological hotspots
    Odisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone Cyclone Fani that battered the state on May 3 has left two of Odisha's ecological hotspots-- Lake Chilka and Balukhand-Konark wildlife sanctuary--in a crisis. The Chilika lake, which had two mouths earlier, has two more now due to wave energ...
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  • Only 37 percent of world’s long rivers free flowing
    A little over a third of the world's 246 long rivers remain free-flowing, as per a study by a team of 34 international researchers, including those from McGill University in Canada and World Wildlife Fund India. The study, which assessed the connectivity status of 12 million kilometres of rivers wor...
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CHIRAG in Uttarakhand works with communities to revive local springs to achieve water security.

In popular imagination, steeped in consumer culture, the hills are exotic and aesthetically sublime places to find solace away from busy urban life. This kind of imagination conveniently ignores and de-contextualizes the hills and the problems they face today. The Himalayas, often known as the Water Tower of Asia, are revered because many of the world's important rivers originate from them. However, Himalayan states are not untouched by water problems and the overarching effects of climate change, which respect no borders.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-07-24 16:27
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Cabinet approves Dibang hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh

The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has approved Rs. 1,600 crore pre-investment and clearance expenditure for the 2,880 megawatts Dibang hydropower project in Arunachal Pradesh. The project, which is worth Rs 28,080 crores in total, is a storage based hydroelectric project with flood moderation as the key objective.

 

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-07-22 16:44
A study finds that hydropower organisations in India continue to maintain a culture of hierarchy, follow masculine norms and are insensitive to the needs of women and the marginalised.

Large dams, back in the game?

Recent years are seeing the re-emergence of large dams as sources of hydropower generation in global development policy. Large dams are being propagated as clean, green, climate-mitigating and a major source of renewable energy in emerging markets in the Global South.

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-07-22 11:56

A Future Earth Conference

Opening new frontiers in water system diagnostics and innovative solutions to mitigate the 21st-century global water crisis

September 24, 2019 9:00AM - September 27, 2019 6:00PM
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Posted Date : Wed, 2019-07-10 12:01
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Government cuts budget for Jal Shakti Ministry by 9.4 percent; increases funds for rural drinking water mission 

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India not a water defict country. Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC

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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-07-08 12:28
A new study finds that 55% of the glaciers in the Satluj basin could disappear by 2050 and 97% by 2090 due to climate change.

River Satluj, the powerhouse of the Himalayas

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-07-02 16:59
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Centre launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan

To tackle the water crisis looming the country, the Centre launched the Jal Shakti Abhiyan, a water conservation campaign focussing on 1,592 stressed blocks in 256 districts across the country.

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