Swati Bansal

Next phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban to focus on water treatment

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 1 month ago

With no food on their plate, people seek government help

Incessant rains and floods continue to batter Bihar killing people and livestock, while putting more lives at risk as people continue to wait for government help. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 1 month ago

Flood water enters Chanchalia village. (Image source: Umesh Kumar Ray)

Groundwater extraction: NGT gets strict with commercial entities

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 1 month ago

NGT gets strict with commercial entities (Source: IWP Flickr album)

Monsoon experiences a countrywide deficit of 10 percent in July

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 1 month ago

July experiences rain deficit of 10 percent (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Bihar floods: 'Living on 2.5 Kg flattened rice’

Only 4,18,490 of the 56.53 lakh people have been evacuated from the floods so far, and people are forced to survive on meagre rations provided by the government. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 1 month ago

Locals engaged in repair of broken embankment in Darbhanga (Source: Umesh Kumar Ray)

"Everything’s devastated, and no one is listening to us!"

Surrounded by flood waters, and taking shelter at rooftops with a limited supply of food and drinking water, people of Bihar wait for the floods to end. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 1 month ago

Floodwater enters Satjoda village of Chapra (Source: Umesh Kumar Ray)

Floods in Bihar: Pregnant woman reaches hospital in a tube boat

Amid the rising floods and absence of government help, locals help a pregnant woman reach the hospital using a makeshift boat. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 1 month ago

Pregnant woman goes to hospital in flood in a jugaad boat (Source: Umesh K Ray)

Affected by floods, locals resort to chowkis for safety

"People living inside the Kosi embankment get little or no government help that is why we have been doing this jugaad for years during the flood season". Swati Bansal posted 1 year 1 month ago

Children taking water from a submerged handpump (Image source: Prabhat Khabar)

Bihar and northeast India reel under floods, Assam worst hit

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

People take a boat to cross the flood-ravaged Brahmaputra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Green court slams centre over groundwater withdrawal in dry areas

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

A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Nearly three lakh people across eight districts affected by floods in Bihar

Floods in Bihar create havoc with 2.88 lakh people being affected. 9,845 people have been evacuated from the region and sent to relief camps. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Life submerged within the embankment area (Source: India Water Portal Hindi)

Floods in Bihar: State submerged in flood waters

Locals take refuge on the embankments as flood waters enter the new areas in the state and government is yet to provide help. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Village under threat from erosion in Kishanganj (Source: India Water Portal Hindi)

Kamla, Kosi and Bagmati rivers in rage, disrupt life

Incessant rains in Terai region of Bihar and Nepal causes floods in North Bihar as many rivers rise above the danger mark. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Locals provide aid to people hit by floods in Bihar

Floods in Bihar: Government prepares to shift people to safer places

As flood situation hits the state, the government is working towards taking people to safer places and preparing itself for the rescue efforts. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Children drinking milk at a flood relief centre in Bihar (Source: Bhartiya Jan Utthan Parishad)

Bringing springs to life: Ensuring water security for Baigas in Madhya Pradesh

To ensure year-round availability of drinking water for the Baigas, an initiative bring back springs to life in the region through community participation. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Children wash hands at a stand post installed in a Primary school at Kapoti Village in Karanjiya, Dhindori, Madhya Pradesh, India (Source: WaterAid India)

Drone to help monitor embankments and save people trapped in floods

This year, along with working at the grass root level to deal with floods, the Bihar government is also focussing on the full use of state-of-the-art technologies. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Completed flood protection in Naruar, Bihar (Image Source: Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Twitter handle)

Environmentalists voice concerns against the draft EIA notification 2020

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

Work in progress in coal mines in Jharsuguda (Image source: IWP Flickr album)

Flood batters Assam, over 16 lakh people hit

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Assam plaued by the annual flood menace (Image Source: Akash Basumatari)

Floods in Bihar: Helping government fight embankment breach

As fear of flood looms over Bihar, the state government has launched the campaign #HelloWRD for people to reach out to them if they observe any embankment breach or crack in their area. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 2 months ago

Ways in which the government can be informed about the embankment breach in your area (Image source: Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Twitter handle)

UP tops in providing employment under MGNREGS

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 3 months ago

MGNREGS helps to reduce rural distress in times of Covid-19 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)