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Land-related conflicts in India are on the rise despite some of the most progressive legislations to protect people’s rights over land and forest.

To many in the water sector, K. J. Joy needs no introduction. An activist at heart, Joy is known for his untiring rights based work in mobilising communities in rural Maharashtra, and for his research work on water and water related conflicts including inter-state riparian water conflicts.

Loktak, the largest freshwater lake in North East India is also known as the ‘floating lake’ for the numerous phumdis or masses of vegetation it supports. The phumdis float around on the lake’s surface due to decay from the bottom.

Under Jal Jeevan Mission, state to bear half the cost and local bodies to decide water charges

Last week saw protests of a different kind in Mumbai. Activists and citizens from all walks of life came together to protest the cutting of trees in Aarey Milk Colony, one of the few surviving green lungs of the fast growing and polluted city of Mumbai.

SC comes to the rescue of Aarey trees in Mumbai

Goa government, farmers against MoEF for proposing re-designation of the state’s low lying lands

The execution of India’s institutional framework for preventing and solving conflicts over river water is still evolving. A new thinking on federalism in the field of water management to meet local aspirations and national ambition is needed.

It’s ironic that detergents, which are meant for cleaning, flow into water bodies and pollute them with chemicals.

National rural sanitation strategy launched to sustain open defecation-free (ODF) status