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Groundwater contamination adds to India's water woes
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 31 Jul, 2018 01:29 PM

India's water woes increase due to depleted and contaminated groundwater: Government
A well in Rajasthan. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
NGT anguished over pollution in Ganga, Yamuna rivers
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 31 Jul, 2018 12:56 PM

NGT slams NMCG and DJB over pollution in Ganga and Yamuna rivers
The Ganga river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
The mystery of the monsoon
While scientists try to understand this unique phenomenon, the moody and often mysterious monsoon continues to challenge us to explore its different facets.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 30 Jul, 2018 07:38 PM

Monsoon, the season of rains, has a unique place in the heart of the people of India. This passionate burst of showers has been extensively documented, observed and studied by travellers, poets, scientists, farmers and more.

Extremely vital for agriculture and survival in India, the monsoon continues to be a mystery. But why?
Monsoon remains a mystery even now. (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
How industries ruined Ratlam’s groundwater
Toxic industrial waste has polluted groundwater in Ratlam. Residents wait for action from authorities.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 25 Jul, 2018 04:53 PM

A resident of Bajankheda village in Ratlam district of Madhya Pradesh, Sitabai Tindor shows her pot full of water to us. A strange red, the water looks unusual. “We have been using this red water for domestic use for the last two decades. Industries in Ratlam has spoilt our land and water. The government has not provided us with any alternatives.
Women pump contaminated water from the hand pump at Bajankheda. (Source: India Water Portal)
How sand mining impacts ecosystem
A lucrative business, sand mining from rivers done illegally and unscientifically is found to affect riverine ecology.
Manu Moudgil
Posted on 24 Jul, 2018 11:29 AM

Sand is in high demand in the construction sector. By 2020, 1.4 billion tonnes of sand will be required in India. Sand mining is thus a lucrative business and fuels illegal extraction.
River sand is preferred for construction because it requires less processing. (Source: P Jeganathan/Wikimedia Commons)
Delay in 16 major irrigation projects, reports CAG
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Jul, 2018 11:04 AM

CAG pulls up water ministry for delay in 16 major irrigation projects
Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Mudflats erosion changes Gulf of Khambhat shoreline
Researchers find out that a total of about 28.66 sq km area of high tidal mudflats has got eroded within a span of just three-and-a-half years.
Dr Ravi Mishra
Posted on 19 Jul, 2018 12:38 PM

Tidal mudflats of Gulf of Khambhat on west coast constitute an important ecosystem on India’s coastline. Scientists have now found that these mudflats are experiencing severe erosion which is threatening the vital habitat. 
Erosion in high tidal mudflats. (Pic courtesy: ISW)
Chennai floods was man-made disaster: CAG
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Jul, 2018 12:06 PM

CAG blames TN government for Chennai floods in 2015
Chennai floods in 2015 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
National Waterway-1: Dolphin population declines
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Jul, 2018 10:31 AM

Decline in Dolphin population observed in India's only dolphin sanctuary
Gangetic Dolphin (Source: Arati Kumar Rao)
Submit Concept Notes for Breakthrough Solutions for Efficient Water Use in Agriculture
Hindustan Unilever Foundation invites concept notes for scalable solutions that can transform India’s water footprint in agriculture from a highly inefficient state to one of ‘more crop per drop’.
Posted on 16 Jul, 2018 03:01 PM

 
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