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Delhi to take Haryana to court over Yamuna pollution

News this week

Seetha Gopalakrishnan

Posted on 13 Feb, 2018 12:50 PM

Delhi to take Haryana to court over increased ammonia levels in Yamuna

Frothing Yamuna (Picture courtesy: The Indian Express)

New policy to manage landfills in Delhi on the cards

Policy matters this week

Seetha Gopalakrishnan

Posted on 13 Feb, 2018 12:23 PM

Union environment ministry to come up with policy to manage landfill sites in Delhi

A mountain of refuse. (Picture courtesy: India Today)

Water issues: Take account of socio-cultural question

Prof. Frederic Landy, director, French Institute of Pondicherry speaks to India Water Portal on water and socio-environmental challenges.

Frédéric Landy

Posted on 13 Feb, 2018 08:30 AM

As part of Bonjour India 2017-2018, the four-months-long, ongoing Indo-French journey celebrating the Indo-French partnership, water-related issues are being highlighted through research, art and debates in cities like Jaipur, Bengaluru, New Delhi, Pondicherry and Kolkata.

A small canal in Chanaute, Birendranagar, Nepal. (Photo: Janak Poudel (CC BY 4.0 SA)

Vacancy for Practice Area Knowledge Manager for Water & Sanitation (WASH) at Dalberg, India

Posted on 11 Feb, 2018 02:37 PM

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Floating filth mars market on water

Kolkata’s floating market that opened to much fanfare paints a picture of neglect within days of its inauguration.

Gurvinder Singh

Posted on 08 Feb, 2018 02:49 PM

The beautiful city of Kolkata had another first to its credit when the much anticipated floating market was inaugurated on January 24 by the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.

A fruit stall at the market. (Pictures courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)

SuSanA India Chapter Meeting on 21st February 2018 / ISC Insight Series on ‘Tourism and Sanitation’ on 20th February 2018 / Training on SFD preparation on 19th February, in Goa, India

Registrations now open

Posted on 08 Feb, 2018 01:46 PM

SuSanA (Sustainable Sanitation Alliance) is an informal network of people and organisations who share a common vision on sustainable sanitation and who want to contribute to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, in particular SDG6.

What budget has for farm and rural sectors

There is a sharp rise in allocations for rural and agriculture sector in this budget.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 07 Feb, 2018 04:31 PM

This year’s budget was expected to be extensively farmer- and rural-sector oriented. And that is exactly what it turned out to be. The distress in the agrarian sector has intensified and its political implications were rife this year considering the Lok Sabha elections are scheduled next year.

The budget has a slew of initiatives to revive the farm sector. (Image: Azhar Feder, Wikimedia Commons-CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Let’s poka-yoke lives of STP operators

10 safety guidelines to ensure STP operators are safe while on duty.

Dr E. Muralidharan

Tharun Kumar

Posted on 07 Feb, 2018 11:30 AM

Poka-yoke* is a simple Japanese quality principle from the 60s--the use of any automatic device or method that makes it impossible for an error to occur. It is a simple idea. 'Simplicity' always wins!

Now, let's switch to STP operators and poka-yoke!