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December 26, 2019

Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project

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The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

December 19, 2019

Only one out of five river basins in the country resilient to climate change: Study

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Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

December 11, 2019

Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project

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Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)

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.

Distant snow clad mountains, the smaller hills and the Ganga river (Image: Srimoyee Banerjee, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)

November 27, 2019

CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management

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An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

November 18, 2019

Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws

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100 wetlands identified for restoration in next five years

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Deepor Beel, a wetland in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Thousands ignored while Sardar Sarovar dam fills to capacity

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Sardar Sarovar Dam via Wikimedia Commons

India to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 3 months ago

India urgently needs to address increasing desertification. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Dams, in distress?

It is time water policies in India acknowledge that many large dams have aged and can no longer be looked upon as the only path to water security. aartikelkar posted 1 year 3 months ago

Hirakud, India's oldest dam (Image Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

Heavy rain and floods hit North India

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 3 months ago

Gori river in Uttarakhand in spate during 2013 floods (Source: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)

Hydropower in the Himalayas: Potential and risks

Study highlights significant hydropower opportunities in the Hindu Kush Himalayan region. Amita Bhaduri posted 1 year 3 months ago

Hydel project near Kullu (Image: Nadir Hashmi, Flickr Commons)

Beyond the death toll: The everyday violence of Assam’s floods

Mitul Baruah from Ashoka University narrates personal experiences of people affected by floods in Majuli, Assam. priyad posted 1 year 3 months ago

Floods in Majuli Assam. Photo credit: Mitul Baruah

Floods claim 227 lives; Centre proposes river basin management bill to check floods

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 3 months ago

Rescue efforts underway during the floods in Chennai in 2015 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

P Sainath: The water crisis is not caused by drought

Magsaysay award winner & founder-editor of PARI, P Sainath analyses India's water scarcity, the agrarian crisis & farmer suicides, before asking: what can we do about it? priyad posted 1 year 3 months ago