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Dealing with droughts
There are many reasons why we see more droughts in India these days. Here is all the information that you need to know droughts better.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 13 Dec, 2018 04:20 PM

Droughts are one of the most feared natural calamities in India impacting food production, the economy as well as the morale of millions of farmers in a cou
Droughts are predicted to rise in India (Image Source: Gaurav Bhosale via Wikimedia Commons)
Saving Ganga: Just clean-up won’t do
River Ganga’s uninterrupted flow is as important as making the river pollution free if the Ganga rejuvenation drive has to show desired results.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 13 Dec, 2018 02:37 PM

Until a few decades ago, the Ganga flowed with gay abandon and descended with rapidity into the plains. Today the waters have withdrawn from its banks and downstream of the hydropower and irrigation projects that have hindered its flow, the Ganga is totally dry.
The Ganga at Haridwar in Uttarakhand. Downstream of this, the river flow has reduced due to increased abstraction. (Image courtesy: Manas Chakrabarty; Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA-4.0)
Training Program on Implemeting and Operationalizing Faecal Sludge Management by CASS, Bangalore
Learn to implement a business model, visit an existing FSTP and interact with contractors in a state of the art training program by internationally renowned resource persons.
Posted on 12 Dec, 2018 03:45 PM

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Only few nations working to fight climate change: COP24
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 11 Dec, 2018 02:38 PM

Most nations lack the political will to fight climate change: COP24
Man-made emissions is one of the reasons for extreme rainfall events in India. (Photo: IWP Flickr photos; photo for representation only)
NGT takes Karnataka to task over lake clean-up
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 11 Dec, 2018 02:01 PM

Put aside Rs 500 crore for lake clean-up: NGT to Karnataka government
Residential complexes around a lake in Bengaluru. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
A future without water?
Once abundant with water, Sikri village is fighting a losing battle to meet its water needs.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 11 Dec, 2018 01:17 PM

Sikri is a small village that lies 65 km north-west of Bharatpur on the Alwar road. The village used to depend on a traditional irrigation system that assured water throughout the year. A local saying related to the water availability at Sikri goes thus: Lakh daal le chittri, jay rahoongi Sikri (You may put lakhs of fetters to stop it, but the waters will still reach Sikri).
An off-taking canal that promoted flow irrigation. The system has become a relic of the past. There is a demand to revive this colonial irrigation system whose bund is over 17-km long and has 28 distributaries. (Image: India Water Portal)
Human activities reduce catchments’ climate resilience
A study finds that only over a third of human-dominated catchments in India are resilient to climate warming.
Neha Jain
Posted on 10 Dec, 2018 01:04 PM

The impact of global warming on the hydrological cycle should be of paramount concern to all because global warming affects rainfall patterns in various ways like triggering more extreme rainfall events. Unpredictable changes in runoff make it difficult to plan infrastructure to manage water resources such as dams.
River Krishna at Wai, Maharashtra (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Mekedatu project: CWC okays, TN objects
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 04 Dec, 2018 03:09 PM

CWC allows preparation of DPR while TN objects to the Mekedatu project on the Cauvery river
Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)
Farmers stand up for their rights
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 04 Dec, 2018 02:51 PM

Thousands of farmers march to Delhi against the looming agrarian crisis
A file photo shows Tamil Nadu farmers' protest in Delhi last year.(Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Training course on 'Data Analysis, Visualization and Interpretation' by Water and Livelihoods Foundation (WLF)
Water and Livelihoods Foundation (WLF) is organizing a training course on 'Data Analysis, Visualization and Interpretation' for NGOs working in water and related sectors from 18-20 Feb 2019.
Posted on 03 Dec, 2018 12:42 PM

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