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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
Policy matters this week
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.
Routine check done by the sewage treatment plant staff in Delawas, Jaipur. The plant is part of the ADB best practices projects list. (Image: Asian Development Bank, Flickr Commons)
Thursday, 21 November 2019 12:29
Jaipur’s wastewater conundrum
A report by NIUA brings to light the chinks in Jaipur's sewage system and suggests some solutions.
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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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Monday, 18 November 2019 14:49
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.
Photo credit: Sharada Prasad
Friday, 15 November 2019 12:07
When the sewers get blocked: sanitation labour in urban India
On World Toilet Day, we bring to light the labour of India’s sewer workers - those who do the unclean work that a Clean India relies on.
  • NWP 2020: How is India’s youth reimagining its water future?
    Water, for India, has profound impacts on the health and wellbeing of our citizens; perhaps more so, considering how intertwined it is with various facets of our life, be they social, economic, gender-based, political, or even religious. The evolution of the National Water Policy and the ensuing nat...
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  • Impact of the pandemic on the endemic
    While the pandemic Covid-19 has completely taken over the health infrastructure in the country and all eyes were on it, the annual havoc created by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), popularly known as Chamki Bukhar is already making news in districts of Bihar. There is a real fear that other infect...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 2 weeks 5 days agoread more
  • Agricultural crop substitution can bridge rural and urban water needs
    With 85 percent of water being utilized for agriculture in India, a gradual shift in agriculture towards water-intensive crops have exposed the country to an increased threat of water crisis. The erratic nature of monsoons adds to this exposure and calls for judicious use of water resources, especia...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 1 month 1 week agoread more
  • 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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  • Mumbai slums fight Covid-19
    Anand Jagtap, ex Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the winner of the Lingaraja Memorial Award and a PhD scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai has been associated with the Slum Sanitation Programme (SSP) undertaken by MCGM with support...
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  • Flushing away Covid-19, the Mumbai way!
    Slums, fast growing Covid-19 hotspots! Slums are fast emerging as Covid-19 hotspots in India, especially in Mumbai, in Maharashtra state, which has been showing the highest rise in Covid-19 cases. While 17 percent of urban households stay in slums in India, 42 percent of the households in Mumb...
    aarti kelkar kh...posted 1 month 3 weeks agoread more
  • 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...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 1 month 3 weeks agoread more
  • COVID-19 and water - A webinar series
    COVID-19  pandemic has created a new need for water, namely for continuous disinfection. Periodic hand washing and washing commonly used spaces is going to be part of our daily routine for some years to come. Water utilization will increase, about 3-10 litres per day per person and it will st...
    Swati Bansalposted 2 months 4 days agoread more
  • Call for Nominations: 8th Edition of FICCI Water Awards
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    Swati Bansalposted 2 months 1 week agoread more
  • In conversation with Rohini Nilekani: Water, societal platform thinking and COVID-19 response
    Listen to the interview here: Rohini talks about the water sector, the COVID-19 pandemic and her vision for the city of Bengaluru. Read some excerpts below.  “Water plays a critical role in public health in general and now as the first line of defense against the COVID-19 pandemic. It is ...
    Swati Bansalposted 2 months 1 week agoread more
  • 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...
    Swati Bansalposted 2 months 1 week agoread more
  • Providing safe drinking water, in difficult times!
    Piramal Sarvajal, seeded by the Piramal Foundation in 2008, is a mission driven social enterprise which designs and deploys innovative solutions for creating affordable access to safe drinking water in underserved areas. Sarvajal aims at developing technologies and business practices in the safe dri...
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  • Facing up to the water crisis
    The conventional freshwater sources available in India are being currently overexploited, leading to widespread environmental degradation and depletion of freshwater resources especially groundwater. To sustain the needs of an increasing population and ecology, our consumption of water far exce...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 2 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • WASH in the times of Covid-19
    Maharashtra has the highest COVID-19 cases in the country and the government is taking a slew of measures to flatten the curve. We speak to Mr. Yusuf Kabir, WASH specialist and emergency focal point for UNICEF Mumbai, who is at the forefront of the containment efforts to find out about their efforts...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 2 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • Lockdown to cause severe water stress in summers
    Summer of 2020 could suffer from severe water stress due to lockdown As most of the municipal and panchayat administration are justifiably involved in the fight against the COVID-19 pandemic, they are unable to focus on the water complaints that have started to pour in with the advent of summers. M...
    Swati Bansalposted 2 months 4 weeks agoread more
  • From policy to practice: Can National Water Policy 2020 bridge the gap?
    The way water as a resource has been viewed in the policies of India has evolved significantly over the years. Reduction in per capita availability over the years (5177 to 1463 cubic metres between 1950-2015) has forced every new policy to change the way it has approached its management. It was cons...
    Amita Bhaduriposted 3 months 3 days agoread more
  • Guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste are out
    CPCB releases guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), has released guidelines for handling, treatment and safe disposal of biomedical waste generated during treatment, diagnosis and quarantine of patients confirmed or suspected to have the novel co...
    Swati Bansalposted 3 months 1 week agoread more
  • A national action plan to ensure sustainable and responsible business on the anvil
    Centre to finalise National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights Union Ministry of Corporate Affairs is in the process of finalising the National Action Plan on Business and Human Rights (NAP), which has been public for over a year and is now under the final stages of extensive consultations wi...
    Swati Bansalposted 3 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • Clean water, a crucial weapon to combat COVID -19
    This month has been seeing a different kind of a scare world over, that of the deadly corona virus pandemic that has been spreading rapidly, infecting people and leading to a rising number of deaths in numerous countries. India too is in the line of fire with the total number of active COVID-2019 ca...
    aarti kelkar kh...posted 3 months 3 weeks agoread more
  • 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...
    Swati Bansalposted 4 months 4 days agoread more

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Mon, 2020-06-29 15:23
IYWN submits its recommendations to the NWP working committee in June 2020.

Water, for India, has profound impacts on the health and wellbeing of our citizens; perhaps more so, considering how intertwined it is with various facets of our life, be they social, economic, gender-based, political, or even religious. The evolution of the National Water Policy and the ensuing national debates/ critiques have reiterated how challenging it is to build a common policy with national consensus.

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Thu, 2020-06-25 15:08
Japanese Encephalitis and Acute Encephalitis Syndrome could spread in the shadow of the pandemic.

While the pandemic Covid-19 has completely taken over the health infrastructure in the country and all eyes were on it, the annual havoc created by Acute Encephalitis Syndrome (AES), popularly known as Chamki Bukhar is already making news in districts of Bihar. There is a real fear that other infectious diseases such as Japanese Encephalitis (JE) and AES may come roaring back in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar as the healthcare systems scramble to support outbreak response.

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
Posted Date : Mon, 2020-06-01 14:51
Rural and urban water crisis in India can be addressed through adaptive changes in current agricultural practices, as per a study in Maharashtra by the Indian School of Business.

With 85 percent of water being utilized for agriculture in India, a gradual shift in agriculture towards water-intensive crops have exposed the country to an increased threat of water crisis. The erratic nature of monsoons adds to this exposure and calls for judicious use of water resources, especially in the dry regions. Another factor contributing to this water stress is the rapid increase in urbanization. India’s urban population is expected to grow from 410 million in 2014 to 814 million in 2050 rendering urban water supply as a critical challenge.

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Posted By : Swati Bansal
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 : Tue, 2020-05-26 06:43
While sanitation in Mumbai slums presents unique challenges, MCGM joins hands with other sanitation warriors to fight Covid-19, with conviction!

Anand Jagtap, ex Officer on Special Duty (OSD) at the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai (MCGM), the winner of the Lingaraja Memorial Award and a PhD scholar at Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai has been associated with the Slum Sanitation Programme (SSP) undertaken by MCGM with support from the World Bank since 1997 to 2005. After 2005, MCGM is now implementing the same programme and Anand Jagtap has been a part of this programme right from its inception.

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Posted Date : Sat, 2020-05-23 11:55
While Mumbai slums have emerged as Covid-19 hotspots, Triratna Prerna Mandal (TPM) is moving ahead with conviction, to tackle the sanitation situation and ‘flush the virus’!

Slums, fast growing Covid-19 hotspots!

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Posted By : Amita Bhaduri
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 By : Swati Bansal
Posted Date : Sun, 2020-05-10 16:35

COVID-19  pandemic has created a new need for water, namely for continuous disinfection. Periodic hand washing and washing commonly used spaces is going to be part of our daily routine for some years to come. Water utilization will increase, about 3-10 litres per day per person and it will stress the already stressed water networks. Along with it, more detergents and disinfectants will add into our ecosystem, together making a long-term impact.

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Posted Date : Wed, 2020-05-06 18:37

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Posted Date : Wed, 2020-05-06 15:28
We are in conversation with Ms. Rohini Nilekani, a committed philanthropist, author and social activist. She founded Arghyam almost two decades ago and has been a key ideator in the water sector.

Listen to the interview here:

Rohini talks about the water sector, the COVID-19 pandemic and her vision for the city of Bengaluru. Read some excerpts below. 

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