Amita Bhaduri
300 million people will be vulnerable to annual coastline flooding by 2050
Posted on 06 Nov, 2019 12:28 PMA new research study by Climate Central, a US-based non-profit research group has projected that 300 million people could face annual coastal flooding triggered by climate change by 2050.
![Aerial view of Chennai during floods 2015 (Image: Veethika, Wikimedia Commons, CC-SA 4.0 International)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aerial_view_of_chennai_during_floods.jpg?itok=uOj9j2Dh)
Unregulated e-waste hotspots operating in Delhi with no safeguards
Posted on 28 Oct, 2019 02:11 PMA study by Toxics Link, a Delhi-based environmental research and advocacy non-profit identified 15 e-waste processing hotspots in Delhi operating with impunity without safeguards. These hotspots house over 5,000 illegal e-waste processing units directly and indirectly employing over 50,000 people.
![Most of the operations in these units were found to be manual and rudimentary (Image: Toxics Link)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/e-waste2.jpg?itok=mzVF1ivY)
Towards a new horizontal water federalism
Posted on 09 Oct, 2019 08:04 PMThe execution of India’s institutional framework for preventing and solving conflicts over river water is still evolving. A new thinking on federalism in the field of water management to meet local aspirations and national ambition is needed.
![Odisha and Chhattisgarh have locked horns over the distribution of waters of the Mahanadi river at Hirakud dam (Image: Makarand Purohit, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mahanadi_0.jpg?itok=M4wrDxqS)
Deadly chemicals from detergents end up in rivers
Posted on 06 Oct, 2019 10:18 AMIt’s ironic that detergents, which are meant for cleaning, flow into water bodies and pollute them with chemicals.
![Nonylphenol, a toxic chemical found in detergents is known to enter the water bodies and even the food chain, where it bio-accumulates and can pose serious environmental and health risks (Image: Toxics Link)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/detergent2.jpg?itok=cB9mwM3N)
River as a cultural mosaic
Posted on 02 Oct, 2019 10:41 AM"River conversations are critical to re-evaluate histories, reconnect civilisations, cultures and peoples, ideas and regions and open streams of thought for a future with exciting possibilities," says Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Associate Professor and Vice Dean, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication who has conceptualized a new series of quarterly river conversations.
![Yamuna near Taj Mahal (Image: Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna_6.jpg?itok=sCZ_ivE3)
Solving the energy conundrum
Posted on 30 Sep, 2019 08:10 PMAccess to electricity is a key metric in development. In rural areas, getting on to the grid is a major step forward, improving literacy rates, agricultural productivity and overall household income. However, providing access to power derived from traditional sources like coal, diesel and hydropower, are proving unsustainable in the short and long term.
![There has to be a policy shift for decentralised off grid or distributed generation catering to small communities. (Image: MAJLIS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vagsingh_solar.jpg?itok=gJHXrT_b)
Return of the pearl millet
Posted on 28 Sep, 2019 01:46 PMPandutalav, a small quiet village nestled in the dry teak forests in the tribal pocket in Dewas boasts an authentic rural way of life. This little dot on the map is known for its attempts to introduce indigenous varieties of crops, in particular pearl millet these days.
![This variety of bajra has extended whiskers on its seeds when on the plant. This prevented the birds from eating it. Growing bajra in Pandutalav became possible only when Majlis could lay its hands on this variety. (Image: Majlis)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bajra.jpg?itok=pntS2Nlu)
India’s deepening water crisis
Posted on 25 Sep, 2019 02:50 PMThe last few months have seen much debate and discussion on the fast approaching Day Zero, with claims that taps in 21 major Indian cities will dry up.
![water crisis india](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vinoth-chandar-cc_by_2.jpg?itok=tBiFFvXg)
Gujarat tops NITI Aayog’s water index for second time
Posted on 09 Sep, 2019 08:53 AMNITI Aayog, the Government of India’s policy think tank, recently released the second edition of the Composite Water Management Index to enable effective water management in Indian states. It warns that the country will lose 6% of its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) by 2050 because of a water crisis.
![With water outages, shortages and availability, one sees these pots in every home, village, by the rainbow-hued hundred in shops, and even in precarious bundles balanced on the bikes of travelling wallah pot-sale vendors in Chennai. (Image: McKay Savage, CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_pots_lined_up_for_filling_chennai.jpg?itok=vutW2WAO)
Fertiliser sector’s bleak record on water use in India
Posted on 06 Aug, 2019 02:09 PMCentre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi based non-profit has rated the country’s fertilizer sector on several parameters, in a first of its kind study. The rating, done over an 18-month-long process, covered 28 of the 32 functional fertilizer units in the country.
![There is need to improve the environmental performance of the fertiliser sector through multi-directional initiatives (Image: MaDailyGist)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fertiliser-plant_web_3.jpg?itok=nc1eXBHD)