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Mainstreaming India’s water and climate concerns: Reflections before COP-21
Posted on 28 Nov, 2015 12:07 PM“Climate Change has taken on political dimensions, that’s odd because I don’t see people choosing sides over E=mc2 or other fundamental facts of science!” - Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist
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New CGWA guidelines mandate NOC for industries to extract groundwater
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 05:45 PMIndustries can extract groundwater only after obtaining a NOC: CGWA
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Be careful while bathing if you're in these six districts of UP!
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 11:30 AMUP's rivers and groundwater are loaded with harmful effluents: CPCB
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Tackling water salinity in Mewat, Haryana
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 11:16 AMWhat is the exact problem as regards groundwater salinity, fluoride and water scarcity in Mewat, Haryana? Is the area underlain with saline groundwater aquifers? What is the status of surface water in the area? Can it not reduce dependence on groundwater?
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India needs to radically overhaul its water institutions
Posted on 23 Nov, 2015 09:53 PMThere was a recent report in the Times of India on how Singapore, listed among the 20 smallest countries in the world, made water management and conservation efforts over the years. What lessons can India, a mammoth country draw from this small but densely populated country?
![India's water sector: Endemic corruption and public apathy (Source: K N Balraj, IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/damscorruption.jpg?itok=36Bl2i_M)
Sunny balconies and hanging gardens in Goa
Posted on 22 Nov, 2015 09:59 PMIt was a sultry Sunday afternoon in Goa, the time traditionally reserved for heavy lunches followed by long siestas but the small crowd gathered at Arjuntree One in Margao defied the stereotype.
![Karan and Yogita at a workshop on organic container kitchen gardening](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/karan_and_yogita_lead.jpg?itok=YGpRD0d7)
Monsoon 2015: Chinks in Chennai's infrastructure exposed
Posted on 19 Nov, 2015 09:34 PMChennai has historically been a water-starved region, but never rain-starved as it receives much of its annual quota during the northeast or ‘retreating’ monsoon between October and December. But this November was like no other.
![Flooded streets in Chennai](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/01in_thjvn_chennai_2605191g_0.jpg?itok=Wo1MsMvW)
Why do people choose to defecate in the open than use toilets in rural coastal Odisha?
Posted on 19 Nov, 2015 04:45 PMOf the one billion defecating in the open globally 66% live in India, of which 92% live in rural areas. Despite concerted government efforts for the last three decades to promote sanitation, India continues to lag behind in terms of access to basic sanitation facilities.
![Sociocultural factors affecting toilet use (Source: Sourabh Phadke)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilets_6.jpg?itok=u4bz7tnY)
Saaf Mathe Ka Samaaj: A treasure of essays on life and water
Posted on 19 Nov, 2015 01:04 PM‘Saaf Mathe Ka Samaaj’ is a compilation of 23 essays on people, land, air and water, on issues and concerns that plague them, and the deep and direct connect between society and the environment they live in. Anupam Mishra is a simple, down to earth man and a true Gandhian.
![Saaf mathe ka samaaj': Essays by Anupam Mishra (Source: Anupam Mishra)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3_1.png?itok=fLi3PHo7)
Intern / Part-time Research Assistant for documenting case studies on water enterprises
Posted on 18 Nov, 2015 05:30 PMS3IDF is part of a national team (commissioned by the IWMI Tata water mission) conducting a landscape study on “Water Enterprises” in rural India addressing the issue of potable water. S3IDF’s focus geographies in this study are Kolar District and Chittoor District.
Position: Intern / Research Assistant