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No new construction to be taken up on the Ganga: Government

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 11:11 AM

Government decides not to allow new construction on the Ganga

Ganga river at Sangam in Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

First water atlas of the Himalayas launched during COP 21

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 10:21 AM

First water atlas of the Himalayas launched in Paris

View of the Himalayas from Dhulikhel, Nepal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

A thousand streams spring back

Sahastradhara near Dehradun is testimony to the fact that nature’s bounty is unlimited if man treads carefully.

Vishal Gupta

Posted on 15 Dec, 2015 12:58 PM

Govind Ram has seen the worst and best that man can do to nature.

A view of Sahastradhara region from the ropeway (Source: Dr Umesh Behari Mathur/ Flickr)

Industrial effluents dirty River Brahmani

Setting up industries along rivers may be financially rewarding but when untreated effluents drain into the river, the water quality deteriorates.

Akshaya K Bhadra

Baidhar Sahu and Swoyam P. Rout

Posted on 14 Dec, 2015 06:47 PM

Water is the most fundamental component of any natural resource, and the crisis of fresh water has posed a formidable challenge worldwide. Among the sources of drinking water rivers play an important role, and in the peninsular river system in India, the River Brahmani plays a pivotal role.

Effluents from industries & factories contaminate the water source (Source: Wikipedia)

Ultratech Cement mines limestone (and villagers) in Chhattisgarh

The people of Parswani were promised jobs, healthcare and water. Now, after signing an MOU, they just about get polluted water for irrigation purposes.

Makarand Purohit

Posted on 13 Dec, 2015 03:38 PM

Paraswani village in Balodabazar district, Chhattisgarh contains vast reserves of limestone, a sedimentary rock that is a primary ingredient in the cement manufacturing process. Since 1992, Ultratech Cement Ltd. (UTCL) followed by four other similar companies, have begun excavating this rock within a 30 km radius of the village.

A view of the Ulratech Cement factory from Paraswani

From toilet to tap: Is that the future of drinking water?

Singapore's done it, and so has Orange County USA. Even astronauts do it. Drink recycled wastewater, that is! So will it become a reality in India?

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 09 Dec, 2015 12:47 PM

An article in India Today three years ago was titled ‘Beware Delhi!

Yogendra Singh, an operator, explains how the 'Toilet to tap' plant functions

How will India's growing thirst for water impact regional relations?

India's growing water security requirements can threaten to test regional relations over the next ten years. Cooperation, not competition, is needed to maintain the stability of the region.

Daniel Rivière

Posted on 09 Dec, 2015 12:00 AM

As the demand for water is projected to increase globally, South Asia is becoming a hotspot where the economy and the population could be adversely impacted by poor water security due to growing household, agricultural and industrial needs, as well as increase in water-related disasters.

The threat of water security challenges faced by India