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2nd Annual National Summit on Sustainable Water and Sanitation

The aim to summit is to expand access to safe water and quality sanitation to promote better hygiene.

Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 07:20 PM

About: The 2nd Edition National Sustainable Water & Sanitation Summit 2016 scheduled on the 1st & 2nd December 2016 in New Delhi, India will bring the collective intelligence of stakeholders and also the acumen of visionary speakers in an effort to catalyze collaboration between the public & private water utilities, te

Maha battle over water

The Mahanadi’s water is important for both the farmers and industries of Odisha and Chhattisgarh. Instead of squabbling over it, the states need to come up with a plan to use the water judiciously.

Makarand Purohit

Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 12:07 PM

It’s a battle that dates back to 1957. Two states of India--Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Odisha--have fought fiercely over the water of the Mahanadi they share. When Chhattisgarh was carved out of MP in 2000, it inherited both the Mahanadi and the conflict with Odisha over its water.

Saving inland fisherfolk

Inland fishermen are fast disappearing. With inshore fishing picking up pace in India, this community needs to be saved.

Makarand Purohit

Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 06:07 AM

In his late 30s, Nilesh Heda is a renowned expert on issues related to fishing communities and wetland ecology. While doing his PhD on fish diversity, he worked with the fishing communities in Vidarbha in Maharashtra.

Pest fest on paddy fields

Paddy in Assam saw severe pest attack this year causing large-scale crop damage. Coming soon after repeated floods, this has resulted in huge economic loss to the farmers and the exchequer.

Usha Dewani

Posted on 02 Nov, 2016 12:01 PM

It is that time of the year when the empty granaries wait for the maturing paddy to fill them. Kati Bihu or Kongali Bihu (Kongal means poor while Kati is the Assamese seventh month where farmers await their harvest) is the most placid of the three Bihus (Assamese agriculture festival) celebrated without much pomp or splendour.

Rice occupies 95 percent of the total food grain production in Assam. The state has about 2.5 million hectares area under rice cultivation with the crop occupying about two-third of the total cropped area in the state.

Photo Competition: Integrity in wastewater management

How does corruption and malpractice affect water and wastewater management? What does integrity in wastewater management mean? How can we visualize it?

Posted on 01 Nov, 2016 04:42 PM

Share your vision for the Water Integrity Network's (WIN) annual photo competition!

Yettinahole project clearance hits a roadblock

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 10:46 PM

Forest clearance to Yettinahole project gets challenged

River Nethravathi (Source: Parineeta Dandekar via SANDRP)

Rajasthan gets chilled water kiosk

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 10:09 PM

Country's first mobile chilled water kiosk in Rajasthan

Get your facts right, get them to act right

Compliance with environmental laws has been a matter between the company and the government. It is changing with a group of people urging communities to participate in the process.

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Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 05:37 PM

Hasdeo Arand illustrates all that is wrong with the coal mining industry today. This ancient and dense forest in Chattisgarh, inhabited by several tribes, was once famous for being an elephant corridor. Since 2013, the area has worn a different face.

People attend public hearing late into the night at New Anaya, Arunachal Pradesh.

Those invisible farm hands

Farm women are often overworked and have several health issues. With no claim on their land or decision-making power, this gender-based discrimination needs redressal at the policy level.

Aarti Kelkar-Khambete

Posted on 28 Oct, 2016 09:43 PM

Parvati, aged 40, is an agricultural labourer working on the outskirts of Pune. The sole breadwinner of her family, she has not been going for work for three days because of severe pain in the lower back. She asks me for some pills or ointments that could relieve her of her backache.