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Himalayan states call for green bonus and a separate ministry

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 31 Jul, 2019 05:35 PM

Himalayan states demand green bonus and separate ministry from Centre

The Himalayas (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Rural sanitation: A charter of demands

Research & experience over 20 years in rural Odisha shows that an effective rural sanitation model requires both financial assistance & an integrated water supply.

Liby Johnson

Gram Vikas

Posted on 31 Jul, 2019 02:08 PM

There are studies and field reports that have analysed the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) in terms of coverage and use of toilets in rural India.

Raibari Bewa standing near the toilet, bathroom unit and collecting water from the third tap in Dudukaguda village, in Thuamul Rampur block, Kalahandi district of Odisha. On the walls, details of Swachh Bharat Mission benefits availed by her in Odia | Picture courtesy: Ajaya Behera

Spending a summer building scalable water access in rural India

A young college graduate shares his experience working with Tata Trusts in Assam on water issues.

Rohit Sar

Posted on 25 Jul, 2019 04:08 PM

This summer I had the incredible opportunity, to work with the Tata Trusts and their Tata Water Mission (TWM) initiative, exploring avenues to provide scalable water access to stakeholders in rural communities.

Stream Network in Tezpur, Assam. Image credit: Rohit Sar

Springing back to life

CHIRAG in Uttarakhand works with communities to revive local springs to achieve water security.

Aditi Sajwan

Water Practitioners Network

Posted on 25 Jul, 2019 12:48 PM

In popular imagination, steeped in consumer culture, the hills are exotic and aesthetically sublime places to find solace away from busy urban life. This kind of imagination conveniently ignores and de-contextualizes the hills and the problems they face today. The Himalayas, often known as the Water Tower of Asia, are revered because many of the world's important rivers originate from them.

Image source: Water Practitioners Network

Global freshwater fish species under grave threat: IUCN

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 24 Jul, 2019 05:01 PM

Alarming decline in global freshwater fish species: IUCN

Freshwater fish species across the world under grave threat (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Dibang hydel project gets approval

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 24 Jul, 2019 04:27 PM

Cabinet approves Dibang hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh

People protesting Dibang Hydropower Project (Source: SANDRP)

Gender in hydropower development: A long way to go

A study finds that hydropower organisations in India continue to maintain a culture of hierarchy, follow masculine norms and are insensitive to the needs of women and the marginalised.

Gitta Shreshta

Deepa Joshi

Florian Clement

Posted on 22 Jul, 2019 04:44 PM

Large dams, back in the game?

Hirakud, India's oldest dam (Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

Rajasthan's ancient yet ever-evolving water heritage

A book documents the enormous range of water harvesting systems still in use in Rajasthan.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 21 Jul, 2019 11:10 AM

The state of Rajasthan has an immense range of ancient and ingenious water harvesting systems, like the famous johads or step wells managed by communities in the arid Thar desert, which receives very low rainfall.