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Call for paper for compendium on groundwater conflicts

ACWADAM and the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India (Forum) invite abstracts for an edited volume on ‘Groundwater Competition and Conflicts in India’.

Posted on 12 Jul, 2016 02:58 PM

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Ganga revival projects launched

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 09 Jul, 2016 10:36 PM

Centre launches 231 projects under Namami Gange

Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)

River conservationist is new environment minister

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 09 Jul, 2016 10:04 PM

Anil Madhav Dave appointed as new environment minister

Safe sanitation for women

Toilet security for women in India is less about the availability of toilets and more about addressing gender disparity.

Kathleen O’Reilly

Posted on 05 Jul, 2016 10:08 PM

According to the recent figures by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF [

Women and toilets (Source: India Water Portal)

Understanding sanitation

Building toilets alone does not solve India’s sanitation issues. A research paper says what more can be done.

Nafisa Barot

Murali Ramisetty

Depinder Kapur

Posted on 04 Jul, 2016 09:36 PM

It is a fact that constructing toilets alone cannot ensure total sanitation. The real challenge lies in getting people to use them. While treating fecal sludge and disposing it are largely urban concerns, modifying behaviour and motivating people to abandon open defecation are considered rural sanitation challenges.

The overall strategy of behaviour change must be open to and address barriers influenced by caste, gender and other local variables. (Source: India WASH Forum)

Ministries spar over hydel project

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 03 Jul, 2016 04:59 PM

Ministries reach no consensus over Uttarakhand hydel project

Downstream of ManeribhaliII Barrage at Uttarkashi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Water packaging units run without licence

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 03 Jul, 2016 12:07 AM

Most water packaging units operating without license: FSSAI

Mineral water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)

Pipara women realise pipe dream

Pipara village in the parched Bundelkhand region stands out for its uninterrupted water supply. The village has their women to thank for it.

Makarand Purohit

Posted on 01 Jul, 2016 12:03 PM

The cracks on the parched land of Bundelkhand are waiting for the monsoon to quench the thirst of its arid landscape. Despite the wide-spread drought here, Pipara, one of the villages in the region, stands apart as the only one that has not run completely dry.

Women fill water from one of the taps at Pipara.

Call for nominations- Bhagirath Prayaas Samman 2016

Bhagirath Prayaas Samman aims to recognise outstanding, sustained efforts of river warriors towards protection and conservation of rivers.

Posted on 29 Jun, 2016 06:25 PM

Bhagirath Prayaas Samman was constituted in 2014 as an award to recognise efforts and initiatives for river conservation, in the first India Rivers Week jointly organised by Peace Institute, INTACH, Toxics Link, SANDRP and WWF-India. In India, numerous awards are given for excellent initiatives around water conservation, ut none on rivers.