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July 2, 2024
From scarcity to sharing: How farmers are managing groundwater in Rayalaseema
Community governance for groundwater management
Jasmine on the fields as part of the groundwater collectivisation agreement at Kummara Vandla Palli village, Sri Satya Sai District. (Images: WASSAN/Swaran)
June 13, 2024
Decommissioning of open wells: Is all well in the villages?
The rising trend of abandoning open wells for borewells in Chikkaballapur and Annamayya districts, and the potential negative consequences of this shift.
Borewell proliferation may dry up open wells (Image: FES)
May 19, 2024
How do your everyday choices impact the world's resources?
The surprising connection between Wikipedia, beaches, and your water bottle.
A top down image of a lush green forest in a sacred grove in Meghalaya (Image created by: Sreechand Tavva)
May 15, 2024
बेहिसाब भूजल दोहन भूकंप के खतरे को विनाशकारी बना देगा
बेहिसाब भूजल दोहन भूकंप के खतरे को विनाशकारी बना देगा। हाल फिलहाल के दो अध्ययन हमारे लिए खतरे का संकेत दे रहे हैं। एक अध्ययन पूर्वी हिमालयी क्षेत्र में भूकंप के आवृत्ति और तीब्रता बढ़ने की बात कर रहा है। तो दूसरा भूजल का अत्यधिक दोहन से दिल्ली-NCR क्षेत्र के कुछ भाग भविष्य में धंसने की संभावना की बात कर रहा है। दोनों अध्ययनों को जोड़ कर अगर पढ़ा जाए तस्वीर का एक नया पहलू सामने आता है।
भूजल का अत्यधिक दोहन
May 12, 2024
Atal Bhujal Yojana: Bridging ambition with reality
Rethinking community engagement in the Atal Bhujal Yojana
Towards sustainable groundwater management (Image: IWMI)
May 8, 2024
Ecosystem-based approach to water management: Key to Karnataka’s water future
What is the ecosystem based approach to water management? How can it help in solving the water woes of states in the Deccan Plateau?
An ecosystem based approach to water management (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Report on the "National level workshop on appropriate toilet technologies", organised by Gramalaya, Arghyam and UNICEF at Trichy, Tamil Nadu, between 9-11 May 2012
This article by Aarti Kelkar - Khambete describes the proceedings of a workshop organised by Gramalaya, Arghyam and UNICEF that focused on appropriate and low cost toilet technologies
Aarti Kelkar - Khambete
Posted on 02 Sep, 2012 07:00 PM

Current evidence has shown that a large population of people in India practice open defecation and do not use toilets even when available.
Evaluation of NREGA wells in Jharkhand - A study of the construction of wells and the resultant creation of income-generating assets published in the Economic and Political Weekly
In this paper, authors present the results of an informal evaluation of the economic impact of wells constructed through NREGA in Ranchi district, Jharkhand.
Aashish Gupta
Ankita Aggarwal
Ankit Kumar
Posted on 02 Sep, 2012 08:04 AM

NREGA is widely criticized to be a program that creates 'empty' work for the sole purpose of employment, and does not extend itself to developing assets. This criticism is often made without supporting data, as there has been little research on asset creation through NREGA.
Water scarcity in Delhi – Soaring demand or mismanagement – Panel discussion organized by Toxics Link and IIC, Delhi, August 7, 2012
Amita Bhaduri reports on a lively debate organized by Toxics Link and India International Centre (IIC), New Delhi on the topic of water scarcity in Delhi
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 31 Aug, 2012 12:28 PM

The panelists included Himanshu Thakkar (South Asia Network on Dams, Rivers and People), Manu Bhatnagar (Head, Natural Heritage Division, INTACH) and A K Bajaj (Former Chairman, Central Water Commission) while Satish, Toxics Link moderated the discussion. A short film by TERI - “Water ignites life and hope” was also shown.
"Living with floods" – A film by Sanjay Barnela and Samreen Farooqui, about Nav Jagriti's work with farmers in flood-affected Saran district in North Bihar
This award-winning documentary takes a look at the serious situation created by the North Bihar region's rivers bursting their banks almost every year
Sanjay Barnela
Samreen Farooqui
Posted on 29 Aug, 2012 08:20 PM

"Crop failure resulting from failed monsoon drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra" - Roundup of the week's news (20-26 August 2012)
The roundup this week informs of crop failures due to failed monsoons in Saurashtra, water table crisis in Noida, aquifer mapping initiative by World Bank and river restoration effort by the UK
Rina Mukherji
Posted on 28 Aug, 2012 11:57 AM

Near complete crop-failure drives farmers to suicide in Saurashtra, Gujarat
River diversion schemes versus waste water recycling for Bangalore city - An article in Current Science
The author of this paper argues that it is pertinent to look at the water problem from a river basin perspective to manage the water crisis of Bangalore city
J Harsha
Posted on 26 Aug, 2012 12:02 AM

This article published in the journal Current Science has been written in response to the earlier article published in Current Science that highlights the acute water scarcity t
Resource availability for water supply to Bangalore City, Karnataka - An article published in the journal Current Science
This article highlights the acute water scarcity that Bangalore has been facing over the years and examines the availability of resources in terms of climatic conditions, rainfall and water resources
G V Hegde
K C Subhash Chandra
Posted on 25 Aug, 2012 03:05 PM

BangaloreThis article published in the journal Current Science highlights the acute water scarcity that the city of Bangalore has been facing ove
Interstate water dispute and federalism - Governance of interstate river water in India - A paper published in the journal Civil and Environmental Research
This paper examines the methods and policies used before independence to tackle the problem of interstate river water disputes
Haris Jamil
Praveen Kumar
Ritabrata Roy
Safdar Ismail
Posted on 23 Aug, 2012 11:25 AM

This paper published in the journal Civil and Environmental Research examines the methods and policies used before independence to tackle the problem of interstate river water dispute.
"Study finds Ganga-Bhagirathi delta slowly disappearing into the sea" - Roundup of the week's news (13-19 August 2012)
The roundup this week includes reports on disappearing of the Ganga Bhagirathi delta, law against overdrawing of power, closure of power plant in Odisha, shrinking of a lake in Kerala
Rina Mukherji
Posted on 21 Aug, 2012 05:44 PM

Study finds Ganga-Bhagirathi delta slowly disappearing into the sea

A study by noted geographer Prof Kalyan Rudra and funded jointly by the state and central governments has found that the world’s largest delta-the Ganga-Bhagirathi delta- is slowly disappearing into the sea.
In pursuit of energy efficiency in India’s agriculture - A working paper on fighting free power in India
While about 70% of Indian electricity is carbon-based, a quarter of the nation’s consumption goes into extraction of groundwater for irrigation
Ashwini K Swain & Olivier Charnoz
Posted on 20 Aug, 2012 11:17 AM

This working paper published in Agence Française de Développement (AFD) informs that while about 70% of Indian electricity is carbon-based, a quarter of the nation’s consumption goes into agriculture, to extract groundwater

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