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Plundered rivers, vanishing ecosystems: Sandmining in India’s west

While sandmining is increasingly killing rivers in India, what is the state of rivers in western India?

River sand continues to be plundered for the construction industry (Source: P Jeganathan/Wikimedia Commons)

पानी रे पानी अभियान के अन्तर्गत पानी पंचायत

नदियों को सदानीरा बनाए बिना जल संकट खत्म नहीं होगा

Embracing planning for faecal sludge management: The tale of two towns

How to plan for and implement FSM related initiatives in small towns?

Project Nirmal demonstrates appropriate, low-cost, decentralized, inclusive and sustainable sanitation service delivery solutions for two small towns (Angul and Dhenkanal) in Odisha. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)

Mobile technology for non-profits

What are the factors that need to be considered when procuring mobile devices?

Nonprofits generally operate on a tight budget and the right technology solution can be of great help. (Image: Pixabay)

Study using geo-tagged bottles unravels plastic pollution

News this week

Plastic pollution by a river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

New packaged drinking water rules to apply from January 1, 2021

Policy matters this week

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

Connecting the dots: Reimagining water security at scale

Can digital technology aid in bringing samaj, bazaar and sarkar closer to solve water and livelihood issues? What do learnings from the ground show?

Connecting the dots (Image Source: www.kudumbshree.org, kudumbashree via Wikimedia Commons)

District development, data and diversity: Lessons and the way forward

Though we have highly sophisticated ways of depicting data nowadays, we have gone backwards on linking data with decision making.

The quality of the government data for schematic reporting has improved as compared to 20 years ago, that does not necessarily mean that planning has improved (Image: Pikist)

कोविड-19 किसानों की मुसीबत एवं सरकारी राहत

बिक्री और किमतों में कमी आने से खराब हो रही हैं सब्जी की फसलें

Not in the interest of women farmers!

The new farm related bills will spell doom for women workers who form the bulk of small and marginal sections of Indian agriculture, warns Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM).

Farm women, overworked and underpaid (Image Source: India Water Portal)

शोधकर्ताओं ने विकसित किया वाष्पीकरण मापने का बेहतर यंत्र

मिलिए कोयंबटूर के आर मणिकंदन से जिन्होंने बेस्ट वाटर वॉरियर का अवॉर्ड जीता है

कोयंबटूर के आर मणिकंदन जिन्होंने बेस्ट वाटर वॉरियर का अवॉर्ड जीता है

कभी विलुप्ति के कगार पर थी कोसी,आज दे रही है सैकड़ो लोगों को रोजगार

गांवों में पाइप से जलापूर्ति संरक्षण के प्रयासों को प्रभावित कर सकती है: विशेषज्ञ

Illegal sand mining led to 193 deaths in two years, says report

News this week

Sand mining on the banks of Tapti (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

NGT orders states to designate nodal agencies for restoring water bodies

Policy matters this week

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

Madhya Pradesh’s recurring droughts: Measuring, responding and reducing the vulnerabilities

Drought vulnerability in agriculture has been recognised as a key development issue in the state.

Rugged, rocky terrain of Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh (Image: Shweta Prajapati)

Sustainable mobility amid COVID-19 pandemic

There is a need to address the wider challenge of development pattern and infrastructure provision to deal with the issue of sustainable mobility.

Though during the COVID-19 lockdown, people’s interest for non-motorised transport has witnessed a rise, the lack of infrastructure such as separate cycle tracks etc. among other reasons is likely to adversely affect this. (Image: Needpix)

Reviving traditional tanks to control floods in Chennai

A study finds that desilting and reviving traditional tanks in Chennai can greatly help in mitigating the impacts of frequent floods in the city.

A small tank near Thalambedu in Kanchipuram (Image Source: India Water Portal)

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