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A farmer uses a hosepipe to irrigate crops at her farm in Nilgiris mountains, Tamil Nadu (Image: Hamish John Appleby for IWMI, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
Friday, 13 December 2019 9:12
Trading in virtual water
A study highlights the need to scale down the export of rice, maize, buffalo meat and other items to conserve groundwater in India.
Flooding in Mumbai during the monsoons (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Friday, 6 December 2019 16:23
India’s tryst with climate change
Dr. Aradhana Yaduvanshi, a hydro meteorologist at WOTR, talks to us about what current research on global warming shows, and possible adaptation and coping mechanisms.
India will see more droughts in the future. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Wednesday, 4 December 2019 14:53
Looking back into history to understand droughts
The 2015­-2018 drought, the longest, but less severe of droughts experienced by India raises alarm on the negative effects of future droughts on water security in the country.
Windmills in Karnataka, India. Picture credit: India Water Portal
Monday, 2 December 2019 12:55
Wind energy development and policy in India
A study highlights the barriers to harnessing India's potential for wind energy.
A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Wednesday, 13 November 2019 10:45
Cyclone Bulbul devastates West Bengal and Odisha
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Aerial view of Chennai during floods 2015 (Image: Veethika, Wikimedia Commons, CC-SA 4.0 International)
Wednesday, 6 November 2019 12:28
300 million people will be vulnerable to annual coastline flooding by 2050
The number of people vulnerable to floods triggered by climate change by 2050 is triple that of previous estimates, according to a new study.
  • India to have more rains, floods and warm days in the coming century: Report
    India's first climate change assessment report warns of heavy rains, more floods and warmers days According to the report titled 'Climate change assessment over Indian region', the country will experience warmer days and nights along with frequent heavy rainfall spells causing floods till the end o...
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  • Priorities for the Revised National Water Policy
    The Department of Water Resources, under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has constituted a drafting committee on 5 November 2019 to revise the existing National Water Policy (NWP). Dr. Mihir Shah, a renowned water expert and a former member of the Planning Commission is chairing the committee. The commi...
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  • Northeast fights Covid-19
    While Covid-19 has left many countries including India in the line of fire, the situation in India is now getting particularly alarming with the number of people infected by Covid-19 rising at a rapid pace. While cases continue to rise in some of the major Indian cities, the situation in Northeast a...
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  • Cyclone Nisarga hits Maharashtra coast, causes intense rains in western districts
    Making a landfall in Raigad district, cyclone Nisarga wanes but causes heavy rains in western Maharashtra Anticipated to be a major cyclonic storm, after the one that affected Mumbai in 1948, Cyclone Nisarga caused heavy rains in the city which led to water-logging in some areas. The cyclone made a...
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  • Cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc in West Bengal
    Cyclone Amphan causes widespread destruction in West Bengal The strongest cyclone since 1982, Cyclone Amphan has caused severe destruction in southern districts of West Bengal, Kolkata and Sunderbans. Making a landfall with a wind intensity of 165-175 kilometres per hour, gusting up to 185 kmph, th...
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  • Impact of climate change on river basins in India
    India has many reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population depends upon climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture and forestry for its livelihood. By the mid-century, annual average river runoff and water availability are projected to increase by 10-40% at high latitudes a...
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  • Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon, under JJM
    Under JJM, Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon The Centre has advised states to use 25 percent of annual allocation, termed as flexi-funds, under Jal Jeevan Mission (JJM) for implementing measures including chemical treatment of water so as to ensure safe dri...
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  • IMD revises the onset and withdrawal dates for monsoon
    IMD revises monsoon calendar for the country Based on its extensive analysis of recent data, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) has revised the onset and withdrawal dates for the southwest monsoon over 11 states covering 63 cities. This implies that the monsoon onset and withdrawal dates ove...
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  • COVID-19 lockdown: Health of Ganga and Yamuna rivers improves
    Lockdown impact: Health of water bodies improves According to the experts, the health of the Ganga river along with its tributaries, Yamuna and Hindon, has improved significantly since the enforcement of the nationwide lockdown that has led to reduction in dumping of industrial waste into it. Th...
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  • Virtual water and water footprint
    Climate change and water scarcity in India The world is today facing an unprecedented water crisis, both in access and availability. Cape Town in South Africa reached ‘day zero’ water status in 2018. India, according to the NITI Aayog, is facing the worst water crisis in its history, with an es...
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  • What does 'monthly mean' in water data mean?
    In the rainfall data, what exactly does the term 'monthly mean' mean? Is it an average rainfall divided by total number of rainy days in that month or total number of days in that month?
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  • Groundwater in 30 districts in Delhi-NCR contaminated, reveals 2019 data
    30 districts in Delhi-NCR had contaminated groundwater in 2019: Water Minister As per the data presented by the Jal Shakti Minister Gajendra Singh Shekhawat in the Rajya Sabha, at least 30 districts in the National Capital Region, which includes parts of Haryana, Rajasthan and Uttar Pradesh apart f...
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  • Parasite – the film and India’s disaster management
    Parasite, the South Korean movie released in 2019 has gained attention worldwide especially after its historical win at the Oscars 2020. The film takes on two different worlds co-existing in a country but set apart by class and wealth. The introduction of the Kim family living in a semi-basement in ...
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  • Unravelling Kuttanad’s drinking water paradox
    Surrounded by vast expanses of water, the Kuttanad region in Alleppey district, Kerala faces severe drinking water scarcity due to infrastructure failure and civic body inaction. This picture-perfect expanse that lies at the heart of the backwaters experiences “frequent floods, waterlogging, conta...
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  • Mumbai lost 71 percent of wetlands in last four decades: Report
    Among 22 cities in India, Mumbai has lost the maximum number of wetlands: WISA According to a study by non-government organisation Wetlands International South Asia (WISA), India has lost nearly one-third of its natural wetlands to urbanisation, agricultural expansion and pollution over the last fo...
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  • Ramsar tag granted to ten more wetlands
    10 more wetlands in the country are now Ramsar sites Ten more wetland sites in the country have received the tag of international importance under the Ramsar Convention — an intergovernmental global treaty to preserve ecological character of selected wetlands across the globe. The ten sites inclu...
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  • The Karnataka State Water Policy 2019
    The water crisis in Karnataka has not only led to severe agrarian distress in the eastern plains region but also created an acute shortage of domestic water, in both rural and urban areas. The 21st century has seen significant changes in demography, economy and agriculture, increasing the demand for...
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  • Weather dataset from 2002 to 2015 for Maharashtra
    I need temperature and rainfall datasets for Maharashtra with different districts. This is required for crop yield prediction for my project work. Please help me.
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  • Rainfall and temperature data
    I want to work on climate variability (Monthly Rainfall and Temperature) of Andhra Pradesh using last 30 years monthly data, so please tell me the procedure to get the "gridded monthly data" from IMD.
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  • Aerosols and droughts: Is there a connection?
    Droughts are becoming common in India India has a long history of droughts. There were 26 major droughts from 1870 to 2018, when the All India Summer Monsoon Rainfall (AISMR) was found to be lesser than the mean rainfall for the country. Even the most recent drought was disastrous for India, affect...
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Posted Date : Thu, 2020-06-25 07:28
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India's first climate change assessment report warns of heavy rains, more floods and warmers days

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Posted Date : Fri, 2020-06-12 14:55
There is need to evolve a National Water Policy that establishes a framework and pathway to sustainable, efficient and equitable management of surface and groundwater resources.

The Department of Water Resources, under the Ministry of Jal Shakti, has constituted a drafting committee on 5 November 2019 to revise the existing National Water Policy (NWP). Dr. Mihir Shah, a renowned water expert and a former member of the Planning Commission is chairing the committee. The committee has 10 principal members and it is expected that the committee produces a report within six months of its formation.

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Posted Date : Tue, 2020-06-09 23:34
While Northeast appears to be better off than the rest of India in the number of Covid cases, how are migrants from the North East coping?

While Covid-19 has left many countries including India in the line of fire, the situation in India is now getting particularly alarming with the number of people infected by Covid-19 rising at a rapid pace. While cases continue to rise in some of the major Indian cities, the situation in Northeast appears to be relatively better as compared to other states although cases appear to be rising. 

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Posted Date : Fri, 2020-06-05 13:03
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Making a landfall in Raigad district, cyclone Nisarga wanes but causes heavy rains in western Maharashtra

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Posted Date : Wed, 2020-05-27 08:33
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Cyclone Amphan causes widespread destruction in West Bengal

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Posted Date : Thu, 2020-05-21 19:29
Climate change impact, adaptation and vulnerability assessment no longer a speculative, academic endeavor.

India has many reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population depends upon climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture and forestry for its livelihood.

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Posted Date : Mon, 2020-05-04 15:13
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Under JJM, Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon

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Posted Date : Mon, 2020-05-04 14:51
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IMD revises monsoon calendar for the country

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Posted Date : Wed, 2020-04-08 13:05
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Lockdown impact: Health of water bodies improves

According to the experts, the health of the Ganga river along with its tributaries, Yamuna and Hindon, has improved significantly since the enforcement of the nationwide lockdown that has led to reduction in dumping of industrial waste into it.

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Posted Date : Sun, 2020-03-22 22:32
How much water do we consume directly and indirectly?

Climate change and water scarcity in India

The world is today facing an unprecedented water crisis, both in access and availability. Cape Town in South Africa reached ‘day zero’ water status in 2018. India, according to the NITI Aayog, is facing the worst water crisis in its history, with an estimated 600 million people having to deal with high to extreme water scarcity.

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