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December 29, 2020

Challenges to India’s urban water security and future growth patterns

Water resources in most Indian cities are overworked and overused, and not adequately replenished.

Cities in India are marked by unequal distribution of water, lack of access, outdated infrastructure and minimal enforcement of rainwater harvesting and other means of supply. (Image: Anish Roy, Pixabay)

November 8, 2020

Breaking down data silos in the water sector

The National Hydrology Project has created a national platform for water data and is working to enhance the technical capacities of agencies dealing with water resources management.

Breakthrough cloud computing facilities and remote sensing applications have helped showthe filling pattern of a water body (tank or reservoir) through freely available satellite imagery at an interval of five days. (Image: Maithan dam, Wikimedia Commons)

December 26, 2019

Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project

Policy matters this week

The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (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 4, 2019

In wake of climate change, prioritise and invest in water security and clean drinking water

To adapt well & build resilience, climate change strategies need to factor in efforts towards water security, writes Vanita Suneja, Regional Advocacy Manager (South Asia), WaterAid.

Image credit: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan

November 18, 2019

BWSSB’s workforce woefully inadequate, says Chairman Tushar Girinath

Bangalore's water utility is understaffed, under financed and unable to service the city's water needs.

States have no rights in granting forest clearance: Government

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 23 hours 47 minutes ago

Forest ministry solely in the hands of Centre: Environment Ministry

Forests help mainitain the ecological balance of Earth (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Telangana among states ensuring tap water supply to schools, anganwadis

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 month 1 week ago

Telangana joins a group of states which have ensured tap water supply to schools, anganwadis

Tap water in a rural school (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

India gets its first wetland conservation centre

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 month 3 weeks ago

Country’s first wetland conservation centre set up on World Wetland Day

Deepor beel, Assam (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Challenges to India’s urban water security and future growth patterns

Water resources in most Indian cities are overworked and overused, and not adequately replenished. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 months 2 weeks ago

Linkages between water security and socio-economic growth

NGT orders states to designate nodal agencies for restoring water bodies

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 months 2 weeks ago

Designate nodal agencies for restoration of water bodies: NGT to states

Gharisar lake in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Breaking down data silos in the water sector

The National Hydrology Project has created a national platform for water data and is working to enhance the technical capacities of agencies dealing with water resources management. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 months 1 week ago

In support of the Digital India Initiative, the National Hydrology Project (NHP) is translating the Ministry of Jal Shakti (MoJS), Government of India’s (GoI) vision to create a “one water, one data platform” for the country.

Data-driven ‘water and agriculture’ planning: The big picture

If data was better organized and available for download in more ‘user-friendly’ formats, its utilization would improve manifold. Amita Bhaduri posted 6 months ago

India is fortunate to have a rich tradition of public data collection and compilation.

The quality of our public data is highly variable, yet if analyses and interpretation are done keeping in mind some of the limitations, the datasets can be a precious resource at the meso and macro level. (Image: Pixabay)

Water wisdom of the Gonds of Garha Mandla

A peek into history shows how the Gonds of Garha Mandla managed their water needs with great ingenuity and wisdom by constructing and maintaining water tanks . Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 6 months 1 week ago

The Gond dynasties mainly flourished in the Central highlands of India. This region includes Sagar, Bhopal, and nearly half of Narmada valley, including the flanks of Vindhya and the Satpuda mountain ranges of southern Madhya Pradesh. The principal states of the Gonds were Garha-Mandla (1300 to 1789), Devgarh, Kherla and Chanda.

Kolatal, a traditional tank in Garha region of Jabalpur (Image Source: K. G. Vyas)

A reflection on multi-faceted droughts in Bundelkhand region

Alternatives have to be re-adapted to the understanding of droughts in the wake of climate change. Amita Bhaduri posted 9 months 2 weeks ago

Drought conditions are not new to Bundelkhand. The acute situation now is a convergence of three types of droughts – meteorological, agricultural and hydrological - cumulatively coinciding as witnessed in Nunagar village in Panna district, Madhya Pradesh. We saw hundreds of vessels queuing up at the panchayat well.

Child walks through the parched field for kilometers to fetch water in peak summer in village Banjari (Image: Reshma Sahoo)

Pumping groundwater to harnessing rainfall: A tale of two states

Saurashtra, and Vidarbha and Marathwada have similar climatic and aquifer characteristics. Why do the latter suffer from droughts when Saurashtra has been able to improve its groundwater levels? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 months 2 weeks ago

Groundwater depletion, a growing challenge for India