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Centre approves JJM funds to Odisha and Chhattisgarh for this financial year

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 7 months ago

Child drinks water from a tap (Image: Imal Hashemi/Taimani Films/World Bank, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Cyclone Nisarga hits Maharashtra coast, causes intense rains in western districts

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 7 months ago

In a cyclone in 2016, thousands of trees were uprooted (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

Packaged drinking water units' woes: A Covid -19 perspective

The sudden, prolonged and unplanned disruption in the operations of packaged drinkiging water units due to lockdown has left these units deal with a situation which they have never faced before. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 7 months ago

Filtration plants in a packaging water units (Image source: Tushar Trivedi)

India’s deepening water crisis - need for a response at scale

Capacity building and data should not be seen as one-time activities but as a foundation for impactful, sustainable, large scale programmes. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 7 months ago

Residents of a village built a farm-pond and repurposed it to suit their needs (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc in West Bengal

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 7 months ago

A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016 (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

5-star rating for garbage free-cities to Navi Mumbai, Rajkot, Indore

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 7 months ago

Clean road near Pardesipura, Indore. (Source: India Water Portal)

Be wise, water wise - Students get on a mission to combat water crisis

An initiative by the students of Oasis International School, Bengaluru, focuses on water conservation and management, while also developing universal values like empathy, gratitude, love and respect. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 7 months ago

Students of Oasis International School participate in an initiative to help combat water crisis in a village (Image Source: Oasis International School)

MGNREGA gets additional Rs. 40,000 crore funds

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 8 months ago

Rural employment scheme gets Rs 40,000 crore boost (Image source: IWP Flickr photos))

Covid-19 could push 260 million Indians into poverty: Research

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 8 months ago

Covid-19 could push 260 million Indians into poverty (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Collective action against Coronavirus

More than fifty organisations in Maharashtra have come together to tackle the coronavirus pandemic with a special focus on WASH, shelter, migration and social sector recovery Swati Bansal posted 1 year 8 months ago

Water levels in major reservoirs maximum in last 13 years: CWC

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 8 months ago

Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Jharkhand launches scheme to revive rural economy

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 8 months ago

In conversation with Rohini Nilekani: Water, societal platform thinking and COVID-19 response

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. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 8 months ago

Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon, under JJM

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 8 months ago

Labourers building check dams under MGNREGA. (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

IMD revises the onset and withdrawal dates for monsoon

News this week Swati Bansal posted 1 year 8 months ago

Image used for representational purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

Covid-19: Survey on hand washing

Take up this survey on hand washing being conducted by Sigma Foundation, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. Swati Bansal posted 1 year 8 months ago