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Half of India's interstate rivers plagued by pollution and poor water quality
While the Central Pollution Control Board's recent study highlights the problems with rivers today, it does not have clear cut recommendations or actions to resolve them. Posted on 23 Aug, 2015 03:42 PM

According to a recent study by the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB), almost half of India's

The Krishna river, Wai, Maharashtra
Mithi: Recounting a river’s apathetic journey
July witnesses the highest rainfall due to the monsoon but with it comes the risk of flooding, especially in slum clusters in one of India's most populated cities--Mumbai. Posted on 22 Aug, 2015 05:45 PM

For Kaleshwari Yadav, a resident of Morarji Nagar slums in Mumbai, rain is not her biggest worry; it is the lack of it. Residing adjacent to the Mithi (meaning sweet in Hindi) river, she says when it doesn’t rain, the stagnated river becomes a breeding ground of deadly mosquito vectors of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.

Household waste entering Mithi  in the slums of Bhim Nagar
Training programme on 'Water Conflicts in India'
The training programme aims to foster and strengthen a community of people working in the water sector and who need to engage with legal issues.
Posted on 18 Aug, 2015 04:27 PM

The Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India (Forum to be brief), the National Law Universi

Colourful fabrics lead to murky waters
The textile printing cluster at Sanganer near Jaipur presents a Catch-22 situation on the right to pollution free water versus the right to livelihoods. Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:55 PM

Amanishah nallah flowing through Sanganer, a town located 15 kms from Jaipur, is getting murkier by the day as the the textile hand printing industry in the area is getting more prosperous.

Bleaching, dyeing and printing of cottons causes water pollution at Sanganer
Delhi’s Bhalaswa landfill contaminates groundwater
The landfill, which was supposed to be shut down in 2010 once the trash reached a height of 22m still remains functional at a height of 41m, polluting groundwater and areas around it. Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:51 PM

With more than 8360 tons of trash created daily in Delhi, the city has three trash pile sites at Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla. In these sites technically known as landfills, garbage is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying lands.

Pushpa has been leading the struggle of Bhalaswa residents to clean water
Agriculture Ministry renamed by Prime Minister Modi
Policy matters this week Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:59 PM

This I-Day new name given to the Agriculture Ministry and the Swachh Vidyalaya mission accomplished 

Agriculture fields in Uttarakhand (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Study reveals reduction in water flow of the Ganga in the Himalayan catchment areas
News this week Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:52 PM

Ganga catchment area has lost over 1500 billion cusecs of water flow: Study

Ganga at Gadmukteshwar  (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Roundtable Conference will includes a book launch of 'Is it really clean? Creating a WASH Index'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PM

About the conference

Roundtable Conference and Book Launch
Creaking cities, vanishing ecosystems
An ecosystems-approach based on an understanding of the importance and contribution of ecosystem services is needed if both urban and peri-urban areas are to be developed sustainably and inclusively. Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:43 PM

Ecosystems are complex functioning units that include living as well as non living entities and build on interdependent relationships among these living resources, surrounding habitats and reside

Ecosystems and their role in climate change resilience
No tunnel for the Luhri hydel project in Himachal
Policy matter this week Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 12:07 PM

Villagers win as SJVNL drops its tunnel plan for Luhri hydel project 

Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)
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