Andhra Pradesh

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Do decentralised community water treatment plants improve quality and access?
A study in Andhra Pradesh found that over time, the benefits of the Community Water Systems disappeared. More studies are needed before they can be touted as a proven solution to supplying safe water. Posted on 08 Nov, 2015 01:10 PM

Highly advanced community level drinking water treatment facilities are increasingly being contemplated as good quality water supply solutions in locations where water sources are unreliable, and not available inside or near households.

Safe drinking water, a scarce resource (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Mansarovar or Gaumukh: Which is the source of the Ganga?
News this week Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:11 PM

NIH scientists to probe if Mansarovar is the source of Ganga

Bhagirathi river at its source, Gaumukh (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
20 sq.km forest area to be diverted for “blue and green, environment-friendly capital city” Amaravati
Policy matters this week Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:00 PM

Centre to allow diversion of a whooping 20 sq.km. forest area for Andhra's new capital

An undisturbed forest (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Srinagar's Dal Lake shrinks by 36% in the last 37 years
News this week Posted on 26 Oct, 2015 09:43 PM

Study shows half of Srinagar's water bodies have disappeared in the past century

Dal Lake in Srinagar (Source: McKay Savage via Wikipedia)
Environment Ministry allowed to clear hydel projects in Uttarakhand, except in Alaknanda-Bhagirathi basins
Policy matters this week Posted on 20 Oct, 2015 07:10 PM

MoEFCC can approve hydel projects in Uttarakhand, except in Alaknanda-Bhagirathi river basins: SC

Bhagirathi river at its source, Gaumukh (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Implementing watershed development projects in Andhra Pradesh: Lessons learnt
Since 1994, govt. supported watershed development projects have undergone significant change resulting in innovative protocols and developments. What else is in store for them? Posted on 16 Oct, 2015 06:25 PM

Government supported watershed development projects in India underwent a paradigm shift in 1994 with the advent of guidelines for the Watershed Development Programme as well as a number of pathbreaking guidelines that introduced innovative protocols that placed a strong emphasis on community participation. Development fun

Watershed development, the need of the hour (Source: India Water Portal)
National Watershed Management Project gets a go ahead
Policy matters this week Posted on 13 Oct, 2015 01:50 PM

Cabinet approves the National Watershed Management Project, worth Rs.2,142 crore

Irrigated fields of Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
India submits its new climate plan to UNFCC
Policy matters this week Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 11:38 PM

India announces its new climate plan

Climate Change (Source: Sourabh Phadke on IWP Flickr Photo)
Godavari, Krishna rivers are interlinked
News this week Posted on 14 Sep, 2015 10:21 PM

Godavari, Krishna rivers interlinked

Prakasam Barrage across Krishna river (Source: Subhash Chandra via Wikipedia)
Sunderbans and Siachen glacier to become trans-boundary protected area
Policy matters this week Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 10:25 PM

Sunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area

Farm fields in the Sunderbans (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photo)
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