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Drinking water availability should be a top priority, concrete action should be taken against water wastage: NGT
Policy matters this week Posted on 23 Oct, 2019 10:35 AM

Drinking water availability should be a top priority: NGT

Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
River loses battle for survival against soft drinks
Policy matters this week Posted on 06 Mar, 2017 09:07 PM

Madras HC dismisses plea to stop supply of Tamirabarani water to Coca-Cola and Pepsi

Coca-Cola bottling plant. (Source: S. Subramanium via Hindu)
The search for a shelter
The sorry state of urban slums are testimony to poorly implemented policies for the rehabilitation of migrants. Posted on 01 Feb, 2017 08:46 PM

In the last few decades, India has seen an increasing number of people migrating from rural areas to urban cities in search of work and better living. These migrants often get employed in the informal sector as construction workers, vendors, domestic servants, etc. They also live in informal settlements, generally known as slums.

Residents struggle for a pot of drinking water at Bhuri Tekri, Indore.
Kerala declares its districts drought-hit
News this week Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 09:51 AM

All 14 districts in Kerala have been declared drought-hit

Parched land during drought in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
River transport projects on development track
News this week Posted on 10 Oct, 2016 10:36 AM

Government starts river transport project with eight waterways

River transport project work in progress. (Source: India Water Portal)
CPCB fails to tackle rising river pollution: Report
News this week Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 09:22 AM

In the last 26 years, polluted river stretches rise from 22 to over 300

Polluted Yamuna river in Agra
Brick kilns take the Ganga away from Patna
News this week Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 08:16 PM

596 brick kilns along Ganga's banks are pushing it away from Patna

Brink kiln in Doddaballapur
Patna HC wants Ganga's original course restored
Policy matters this week Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 10:56 PM

Restore Ganga's original course: Patna HC

River Ganga
Invitation to the release of 'Agony of Floods: Flood Induced Water Conflicts in India', Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India & Megh Pyne Abhiyan , Patna
The Forum has been engaged in documenting several kinds of water conflicts in India since 2004-05, and this publication is a compendium of case studies of flood induced water conflicts in India.
Posted on 18 Oct, 2013 12:01 PM

For details on the invite, please click here.

Megh Pyne Abhiyan
Applications invited for the post of ' State Coordinator-Water Quality Monitoring ', IPE Global, Patna
A leading international development sector consultancy firm that partners with development agencies to provide innovative solutions and support to address the global challenges of development.
Posted on 30 Sep, 2013 10:01 AM

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