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Internship Opportunity with the Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India
The Forum is seeking interns to conduct research on water related issues, particularly, where there are conflicts, or potential for conflicts or devising solutions to resolve them.
Posted on 03 Apr, 2016 06:51 AM

About the internship: The internship period will me minimum of 2 months and depending on the nature of work and interest of candidates, the internship will either be paid or unpaid.
The Dying Springs of Chirimiri'
Blasting and drilling around Chirimiri's coal mines have taken a toll on the area's water resources and environment. The film presents the community's perspective on this issue.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 01 Apr, 2016 06:04 PM

Chirimiri Coalfield is a part of Central India Coalfields, located in Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.
Coal mining in Chirimiri
4 crore native tree species to be planted along the stretch of the Ganga
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 11:24 AM

Centre releases DPR on forestry intervention for Ganga river
Ganga river near Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Urban India flushes toilet waste—directly or indirectly—into its water bodies
While the Swachh Bharat Mission focuses on eliminating open defecation in urban India by constructing toilets, it does not include the construction of additional sewage/ septage treatment facilities.
Geetika Anand
Vishnu MJ
Posted on 28 Mar, 2016 05:29 PM

Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban), one of the flagship programmes of the current NDA government, focuses on eliminating open defecation in urban India by constructing individual household, community and public toilets.
Mumbai's Oshiwara river severely polluted with waste (Source: Wikipedia)
Electricity bill tax component often greater than total water bill!
Why are water bills in India so low when compared to electricity bills? Shouldn't water be awarded an economic value, keeping in mind it's growing scarcity?
Pawan Kumar Sachdeva
Posted on 28 Mar, 2016 11:24 AM

Water is more useful in terms of survival than diamonds. So why then does the latter, which is mostly for ornamental purposes, command a higher price in the market? This contradiction is termed the diamond-water paradox or the paradox of value.

Water must be priced based on its value (Source:India Water Portal)
Is safe drinking water for all an elusive goal for rural India?
The slipbacks in rural drinking water coverage have to do with poor acceptance of reforms to encourage community participation, and the traditional approach of funding targets for asset creation.
Deepak Sanan
Posted on 25 Mar, 2016 09:14 PM

The goal of securing universal access to safe drinking water continues to be elusive for India inspite of the impressive strides made in the current years.
A hand pump in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
The Yamuna, a song, and a dance
The AoL has claimed that its cultural extravaganza brought attention to the Yamuna rather than destroy it. But there is a difference between cleaning a river and restoring floodplains.
Rekha Raghunathan
Posted on 23 Mar, 2016 09:13 PM

The World Culture Festival (WCF) organised by the Art of Living Foundation (AoL) has been in the news ever since Manoj Misra, an environmental activist and convenor of Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan, filed a petition with the National Green Tribunal (NGT) in December 2015.
Front view of the giant stage under construction as of February 20, 2016 (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)
Maharashra issues water advisory for Holi
News and policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 22 Mar, 2016 06:05 PM

Reservoir levels dip, Maharashtra urges people to celebrate dry holi
Holi being celebrated (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Courting catastrophe: Unplanned urbanisation and flooding
Urban floods and pervasive environmental pollution are living testimonies of unplanned and hurried urbanisation. With cities already stretched to their limits, how much more can they endure?
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 21 Mar, 2016 08:40 AM

South India's rivers are rain-fed unlike those in the North, which are glacier-fed due to the contrasting topography and climate. Unlike the Himalayan system, many of India’s peninsular rivers dry up during the hotter half of the year, leaving lips and fields equally parched.
Houses constructed on the fringes of the Ambattur eri in Chennai
Think livelihoods, not only jobs
Parineeta Dandekar of SANDRP speaks to India Water Portal about how healthy rivers--and not dams--are the best employment guarantees around.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 19 Mar, 2016 04:33 PM

The theme for the 2016 UN World Water Day is 'Water and Jobs'. What is your opinion of the chosen theme?
Two men fish from a small rowboat on the placid Ramganga near Harewali
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