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Government set to conserve India's springs
Policy matters this week Posted on 14 Aug, 2019 08:32 AM

Government rolls out plan to revive springs across the country

Many springs in the Himalayas have reduced discharge. (Source: India Water Portal)
P Sainath: The water crisis is not caused by drought
Magsaysay award winner & founder-editor of PARI, P Sainath analyses India's water scarcity, the agrarian crisis & farmer suicides, before asking: what can we do about it? Posted on 13 Aug, 2019 11:47 AM

P Sainath has been documenting stories from rural India for over three decades now.

Picture: The semi-arid regions of the Moyar-Bhavani River basin in Tamil Nadu. Picture credit: Prathigna Poonacha, Tanvi Deshpande; Indian Institute for Human Settlements from India Water Portal on Flickr. Picture used for representational purposes only
Government undertakes 3D mapping of aquifers in all villages
Policy matters this week Posted on 07 Aug, 2019 11:07 PM

Government to 3D map aquifers in all villages

Groundwater drops to alarming levels. Illustration credit: KN Balraj. Source: India Water Portal on Flickr
"Digging recharge wells is the only way Bengaluru won’t run out of water"
A million recharge wells for Bangalore Posted on 07 Aug, 2019 02:29 PM

Vishwanath Srikantaiah, popularly known as the 'Rainman', has been in the news recently for his ambitious project to build one million recharge wells in Bengaluru. Given the dire situation we find ourselves in vis-à-vis water, the initiative could not have come at a better time.

Ramakrishna Bovi is a traditional well-digger in Bengaluru. Image credit: Citizen Matters
Lok Sabha passes inter-state river disputes bill
Policy matters this week Posted on 06 Aug, 2019 02:45 PM

Lok Sabha passes Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill, 2019  

Cauvery river in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Fertiliser sector’s bleak record on water use in India
A recent report by CSE rates fertilizer plants on how green the sector is. Posted on 06 Aug, 2019 02:09 PM

Centre for Science and Environment (CSE), a New Delhi based non-profit has rated the country’s fertilizer sector on several parameters, in a first of its kind study. The rating, done over an 18-month-long process, covered 28 of the 32 functional fertilizer units in the country.

There is need to improve the environmental performance of the fertiliser sector through multi-directional initiatives (Image: MaDailyGist)
Himalayan states call for green bonus and a separate ministry
News this week Posted on 31 Jul, 2019 05:35 PM

Himalayan states demand green bonus and separate ministry from Centre

The Himalayas (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Gender in hydropower development: A long way to go
A study finds that hydropower organisations in India continue to maintain a culture of hierarchy, follow masculine norms and are insensitive to the needs of women and the marginalised. Posted on 22 Jul, 2019 04:44 PM

Large dams, back in the game?

Hirakud, India's oldest dam (Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr)
One-day pre-conference workshop: Introduction to Water Ethics
Posted on 19 Jul, 2019 06:12 PM

One-day Pre-conference Workshop

Introduction to Water Ethics

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