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In conversation with Rohini Nilekani: Water, societal platform thinking and COVID-19 response
We are in conversation with Ms. Rohini Nilekani, a committed philanthropist, author and social activist. She founded Arghyam almost two decades ago and has been a key ideator in the water sector.
Amrtha Kasturi Rangan
Manisha Shah
Posted on 06 May, 2020 03:28 PM

Listen to the interview here:
Rohini Nilekani, Chairperson, Arghyam
Transforming lives in the Covid-19 context: MGNREGS and its potential
India can use its flagship public employment program (MGNREGS) to transform lives of its underprivileged population in the Covid-19 context, and live up to its promise of a welfare state.
Karthik Seshan
Ayan Biswas
Posted on 05 May, 2020 04:11 PM

As India continues to unravel the actual scale of economic impacts in a world infested by the dangerous Covid-19 virus, lingering images of daily wage labourers and migrant workers attempting a near impossible walk home have been etched in public consciousness.
Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage. Gopalpura, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh, Flickr Commons)
Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon, under JJM
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 04 May, 2020 03:13 PM

Under JJM, Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon
Labourers building check dams under MGNREGA. (Image Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
IMD revises the onset and withdrawal dates for monsoon
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 04 May, 2020 02:51 PM

IMD revises monsoon calendar for the country
Image used for representational purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)
Covid-19: Oxfam India responding with relief in 14 states
Oxfam India along with its partners is striving to broaden its humanitarian relief response to fight coronavirus.
Oxfam India
Posted on 27 Apr, 2020 12:58 AM

In the last one week of starting its humanitarian relief response to fight coronavirus, Oxfam India along with its partners have provided dry ration to around 40,000 poor people, cooked meals served to nearly 40,000 migrant labourers, distributed 2660 safety kits to frontline workers and reached 4.5 million people through awareness initiatives in India.
Oxfam India is concerned about the impact Covid-19 could have on the most vulnerable communities (Image: Oxfam India)
FAQs: Faecal sludge and septage management
There is a need to adopt safe practices in collection, transport, treatment of septage and faecal waste, and appropriate options in disposal or safe reuse of treated black water.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 26 Apr, 2020 03:53 PM

This primer provides the basics related to most aspects of faecal sludge and septage management. Please click on a topic to view more detailed information.

What is faecal sludge and septage management?
Empty faecal sludge drying bed (Image: Lars Schoebitz)
Covid-19 and water security in India: Magnifying inequities in an unequal world
The "heal as one" narrative is a false one as the poorest are the most vulnerable to the disease.
Karthik Seshan
Posted on 25 Apr, 2020 01:44 PM

 
In the absence of piped water access, poor households will find it exceedingly difficult to practice regular handwashing (Image: UNICEF, Flickr Commons)
Global infections from water poised to rise with climate change
As climate change handshakes water contamination, we pass by very much uncertain times.
Sunderrajan Krishnan
Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 04:11 PM

Climate change triggered heat waves threaten water availability

Ninjallama rues as she remembers, " It was a terrible summer. The heat wave was killing. Three people died in my village. People with skeletal fluorosis suffered .. "

Water contamination, a growing concern (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Providing safe drinking water, in difficult times!
How does Piramal Sarvajal plan to deal with the water crisis in the country?
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 03:36 PM

Piramal Sarvajal, seeded by the Piramal Foundation in 2008, is a mission driven social enterprise which designs and deploys innovative solutions for creating affordable access to safe drinking water in underserved areas.
Safe drinking water, in difficult times (Image Source: PIramal Sarvajal)
Covid-19: Survey on hand washing
Take up this survey on hand washing being conducted by Sigma Foundation, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
Sigma Foundation
Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 02:30 PM

A hand washing survey is being conducted by SIGMA Foundation, a not for profit society, in response to the Covid-19 pandemic. The objective is to know about handwashing practices being followed across different sections of the society in India.
Kids washing hands in a school. Image for representation only. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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