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Maharashtra
Water: Governance challenges and suggested tools
Posted on 22 Feb, 2021 03:38 PMDahanu, an ecologically fragile area about 120 km from Mumbai, in Maharashtra’s Palghar district witnessed massive protests in 2019. Over 59 gram panchayats were opposing the land diversion to high-tech infrastructure projects.
![Dahanu, a green zone enjoyed special protection since 1991 (Image: nathview.blogspot.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/dahanu.jpg?itok=4li7I311)
Increasing water security for the urban underserved
Posted on 27 Nov, 2020 11:40 AMPiramal Sarvajal, the safe drinking water initiative of Piramal Foundation launched a tool named Composite Water Vulnerability Index (CWVI) at its recent webinar on ‘Sustainable water security for urban underserved’ hosted in association with Center for Water and Sanitation (CWAS) and Centre for Environmental Planning and Technology (CEPT).
![Piramal Sarvajal and Center for Water and Sanitation launch the Composite Water Vulnerability Index Tool (Image: Piramal Sarvajal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/Report%20on%20Drinking%20Water%20in%20Nagpur%20City%20Slums%20using%20the%20Composite%20Water%20.jpg?itok=HsD02Ral)
Request for Proposal- Integrated Baseline Study of Raintree Foundation’s ‘Sustainable Integrated Rural Development’ Program in Rural Maharashtra
Posted on 12 Oct, 2020 07:06 PMBackground
A rainbow recovery post-COVID
Posted on 08 Oct, 2020 12:27 PMThere is a disquieting hush across the world as the linkage between the planet’s health and human well-being became pronounced during the times of the pandemic. The deepening socio-economic and ecological crises caused by patterns of production and consumption are being increasingly recognised.
![The women of Deccan Development Society sanghams move towards more localized natural resource management (Image: Deccan Development Society, Facebook Page)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dds2.jpg?itok=D1qIwjw7)
No improvement in the water quality of the Ganga during lockdown: CPCB
Posted on 08 Oct, 2020 08:28 AMWater quality of Ganga river remained grim during lockdown: CPCB
![Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172025486_d2b794f518_c_0.jpg?itok=IQJl9yTE)
How forest-dwelling communities are braving the pandemic
Posted on 04 Oct, 2020 02:59 PMThe pandemic and lockdown measures have had a drastic impact on a large population of poor and marginalised communities, causing loss of livelihoods and employment, food insecurity and socio-economic distress. While vulnerabilities, atrocities and injustices faced by forest communities due to forest, conservation and economic policies have increased d
![The non timber forest products collection season, which is mainly in the months of April to June coincided exactly with the lockdown (Image: CIFOR, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women-harvesting-lemongrass.jpg?itok=etnfztGV)
Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan a low impact, high expenditure scheme: CAG
Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 01:29 PMJalyukt Shivar Abhiyan had a low impact in making Maharashtra drought free: CAG
![Deepening work in progress under the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (Source: Ravindra Pomane)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jys_6_0.jpg?itok=m5UgQuq4)
Farm ponds need pondering
Posted on 18 Sep, 2020 09:31 AMAgriculture and inefficient water use in India
![Farm ponds, often touted as magic wands to tackle water scarcity, have raised a number of concerns (Image Source: Ninad Sargar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farm_pond_ninad1.jpg?itok=B32JdR-H)
Nashik civic body frees Godavari using riverfront development funds
Posted on 08 Sep, 2020 03:57 PMA civic body frees a river instead of concretising it, for the first time
![Godavari river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200px-godavari_river_crossing.jpeg?itok=UAYWhJPm)
Next phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban to focus on water treatment
Posted on 25 Aug, 2020 08:26 PMSwachh Bharat Mission-Urban: Next phase to focus on water treatment and toilet waste disposal
![Next phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban to focus on water treatment (Image source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet1_2_0_1.jpg?itok=KVTx46sT)