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The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Thursday, 26 December 2019 14:08
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
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Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Thursday, 19 December 2019 10:31
Only one out of five river basins in the country resilient to climate change: Study
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Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)
Wednesday, 11 December 2019 12:05
Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project
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Distant snow clad mountains, the smaller hills and the Ganga river (Image: Srimoyee Banerjee, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
Friday, 6 December 2019 10:39
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.
An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)
Wednesday, 27 November 2019 12:06
CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
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Monday, 18 November 2019 20:01
Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws
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  • India gets new water resources minister
    Nitin Gadkari takes charge of water resources and Ganga rejuvenation The road transport and highways minister Nitin Gadkari has taken the additional charge of the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. The former water minister Uma Bharti has been given the charge of...
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  • Pancheshwar dam public hearing continues
    Public hearing for Pancheshwar dam continues while ignoring people's concern On August 11, the environment public hearing (EPH) was held at Pithoragarh in Uttarakhand for the Pancheshwar dam, a joint venture between India and Nepal that aims to produce more power than all existing dams in the state...
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  • Why East Kolkata Wetlands needs to be protected
    Increasingly in both academic and social sectors, sustainable development goals (SDGs) are being quoted often and set as targets. Coming close on the heels of the marginal success of millennium development goals or MDGs with its target as 2015, SDGs were set by the United Nations to be fulfilled by ...
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  • Seven decades of water woes
    In the early half of the last century, two people in love with each other worked in their own separate ways to create the India of their dreams. Venkapaiyya worked in the district court at Kasargod, Kerala eventually retiring a few years before India became independent and spent his days administeri...
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  • India surges ahead in science and technology
    As India completes 70 years of its independence, let’s take a moment to introspect the contribution of science and technology to national development. Several scientific and technological developments have touched the lives of common people, though limelight is often hogged by achievements in fiel...
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  • MoEF for dropping seven hydel projects in Arunachal
    Environment ministry recommends dropping seven hydel projects in Arunachal Pradesh Based on the result of the cumulative impact assessment and carrying capacity study of the Kameng river basin, the environment ministry has recommended dropping seven hydropower projects with a total capacity of 2,33...
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  • Should I purchase this land?
    I am purchasing a land in the Village Chasole , Taluka Murbad, Dist Thane Maharashtra. There is a Kalu Dam project which has a stay from High Court since the year 2013. I would like to know whether the land which comes under the project will be still marked as, "not for sale" or any land acquisition...
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  • Draft of groundwater rules signal relaxation
    Groundwater rules might get relaxed The Central Ground Water Authority has drafted new guidelines to regulate the use of groundwater. If the draft gets approved, water-guzzling industries such as packaged drinking water and paper manufacturers could be allowed to drill water even in areas...
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  • Renuka raises crucial questions
    When I meet Puran Chand, an activist in the forefront of the anti-Renuka dam struggle, he dictates from the two much-thumbed pages of his notebook the several objections he has against the government’s plan for the rehabilitation of people displaced by the Renuka dam. Here is a man who has repeate...
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  • Urbanisation: Pushing farmers out of fields
    A dominant characteristic of a peri-urban site is its transition out of an agrarian economy due to industrialisation and urbanisation. This usually manifests in the form of agricultural land either left barren or sold for developmental activities and farmers and agricultural labourers looking for an...
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  • Managing willows in Wular lake
    The devastating flood in 2015 in the Kashmir valley affected more than 2.5 lakh houses and displaced about 5.5 lakh people. The economic loss was massive.   Many researchers and experts believe that careful conservation and protection of the lakes, ponds and wetlands in the Kashmir valley coul...
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  • Uttarakhand against living person status to rivers
    Uttarakhand challenges living person status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers, moves SC On the grounds that the Ganga and the Yamuna are interstate rivers, the Uttarakhand government has sought a stay from the Supreme Court on the living person status conferred to the two rivers. Earlier this year, the hi...
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  • A jungle comes to the city
    It’s July now and the temperature is slowly dipping in Delhi. Only a few migratory birds wintered at the Yamuna biodiversity park remain. Others have left for Central Asia and Siberia. Some species of summer terrestrial migrants are expected to arrive while some others can be seen enjoying the par...
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  • What we should know about National Water Commission
    The landmark report titled A 21st century institutional architecture for India's water reforms submitted by the expert committee chaired by Dr Mihir Shah on restructuring the Central Water Comission (CWC) and the Central Ground Water Board (CGWB) to form a new National Water Commissio...
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  • Every drop that matters!
    The people of the Marathwada region have been facing severe water crisis for more than three decades. Despite adverse circumstances, the Akoladev panchayat in the Jalna district has set an example for other panchayats by solving their water woes through community participation and effective water ha...
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  • Guidelines eased for India-Nepal Pancheshwar project
    India eases assessment guidelines for India-Nepal Pancheshwar project  The expert panel of the environment ministry has waived off the requirement of a joint mechanism to assess the environmental impact of the 5,600 MW India-Nepal Pancheshwar multipurpose project. The move will help to av...
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  • Government allows closure of Sardar Sarovar dam gates
    Centre gives permission to close Sardar Sarovar dam gates The Narmada Control Authority has given permission to the Gujarat government to close the gates of Sardar Sarovar dam to store more water. Along with this, the states that are involved-- Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and Rajasthan-- have been ...
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  • Power play in Kinnaur
    Lippa is a small village in the Kinnaur region in Himachal Pradesh, close to Asrang wildlife sanctuary. On May 27, the village witnessed hectic activity as the gram sabha was to decide the fate of a hydroelectricity project to be constructed near the village. The project demands the water from the K...
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  • CGWA mandates NOCs for tubewells in Punjab
    NOCs for running tubewells must for Punjab industries  To address the issue of depleting groundwater in the state, the Central Groundwater Authority (CGWA) has ordered industries in Punjab to take no objection certificates (NOCs) for the already existing tubewells inside the units. As per...
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  • Nainital lake drying up, human activities to blame
    Nainital lake is drying up, environmentalists concerned According to recent reports, the water level in the Nainital lake in Uttarakhand has gone down by 18 feet below normal this summer. Environmentalists blame human activities such as illegal construction, felling of trees, concretisation of the ...
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Posted Date : Mon, 2019-02-18 09:50

A consolidated reply of experiences and examples shared by various members of the Solution Exchange Water Community

Compiled by Pankaj Kumar S., Resource Person and Ramya Gopalan, Research Associate, 30 December 2006

From B. M. Kandpal, SIMAR, District Chamoli, Uttaranchal

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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 12:53
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Wildlife clearance granted to Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed train corridor

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Posted Date : Thu, 2019-01-17 10:11
A river is a body of flowing sediment as much as one of flowing water. Here’s all you want to know about sediment in action in rivers.

What are sediments? Why do rivers carry sediment? Where does it all go? What happens to the sediment along the way? Have human actions modified the way a river works or carries sediment? How can sediments in rivers and reservoirs be managed? Here is all the information that you need to know about sediment and its management better.

What are sediments?

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Posted Date : Tue, 2019-01-15 10:20
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Devise time-bound plan to address water contamination: Parliamentary committee

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Fri, 2019-01-11 17:45
Nothing represents India's environmental problems as well as The Ganga river. Polluted to the hilt and sucked dry by dams, the Ganga suffers as the government pays lip service to its clean-up.

"An eternal life free of sins" is the promise that comes attached with the magnificent occasion of Kumbh Mela. The 2019 Ardh Kumbh that takes place once in six years is just around the corner. Starting January 15, crores of people from around the world will take a dip in the Triveni Sangam—the confluence of the Ganga and the Yamuna. A lot of water will be required as devotees gather to bathe in the sacred river to wash their sins away. The waters for this will come from the Tehri dam in Uttarakhand. Tehri has been filled to the brim for Ardh Kumbh.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2018-12-26 15:08
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Himachal, Kerala, TN front-runners in NITI Aayog index on development goals

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Posted Date : Sat, 2018-12-15 17:54
The film Green Gold on Fire provides insights into the impacts of forest fire on communities and environment in Jammu and Kashmir.

Jammu and Kashmir is the only state in India where forest fires are reported almost every season. As per Indian state of forest report 2017, India saw a 46 percent increase in the number of forest fires in the last 16 years. Forest fires not only affect the flora and fauna of the region but they also pollute the environment and lead to climate change by increasing greenhouse gases.

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Thu, 2018-12-13 14:37
River Ganga’s uninterrupted flow is as important as making the river pollution free if the Ganga rejuvenation drive has to show desired results.

Until a few decades ago, the Ganga flowed with gay abandon and descended with rapidity into the plains. Today the waters have withdrawn from its banks and downstream of the hydropower and irrigation projects that have hindered its flow, the Ganga is totally dry.

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Posted Date : Thu, 2018-12-13 12:25
There are many reasons why we see more droughts in India these days. Here is all the information that you need to know droughts better.

Droughts are one of the most feared natural calamities in India impacting food production, the economy as well as the morale of millions of farmers in a country where

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