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NCR water bodies disappearing due to urbanisation: Study
News this week Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 08:42 PM

Study says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years

Barapullah drain in Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Alien fish enters Telangana waters
News this week Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 01:45 PM

Alien fish spotted in Telangana waters after Krishna-Godavari interlinking

Prakasam Barrage across Krishna river (Source: Subhash Chandra via Wikipedia)
Panel to manage northeastern waters formed
Policy matters this week Posted on 10 Oct, 2017 02:19 PM

Committee formed for the management of water resources in the Northeast

A water body in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Wetland Rules 2017 gets notified
Policy matters this week Posted on 03 Oct, 2017 08:01 AM

Centre notifies new wetland rules 

Deepor beel, Assam (Source : IWP Flickr Photos)
Delhi's groundwater overexploited: NGT
Policy matters this week Posted on 27 Sep, 2017 11:56 AM

NGT concerned about overexploited status of Delhi's groundwater

A shallow groundwater site. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Ganapati idol immersion continues despite ban
News this week Posted on 30 Aug, 2017 05:28 AM

Despite ban, immersion of Ganpati idols made of PoP continue in Bengaluru lakes

Ganesh Visarjan (Source: Wikimedia commons via Chetan Gole)
Power at play in water business
While informal water market plays an important role in meeting the water needs of peri-urban Hyderabad, its power dynamics with the authorities determine its efficiency. Posted on 03 Jul, 2017 05:49 AM

The informal water market plays a crucial role in meeting the drinking and domestic water security of peri-urban communities. The increasing reliance on private informal water vendors in all our study villages speaks of their significance.

Green nod to Odisha's coal washery project cancelled
Policy matters this week Posted on 20 Jun, 2017 11:10 AM

Government cancels green nod to Odisha's coal washery project

Coal mines in Jharsuguda. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Policy contradictions and water woes
Privatisation of common property resources like water compromises basic human rights. Posted on 13 Jun, 2017 05:51 PM

The serious implications of privatisation of natural resources like water, which is often brought under the overarching umbrella of market reforms, often evade us.

People take water from a common water point. (Source: SaciWATERs)
Stringent punishment for polluting Ganga
Policy matters this week Posted on 13 Jun, 2017 09:49 AM

Strict punishments proposed for polluting Ganga river

Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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