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Jal Shakti Ministry releases DPRs for the revival of 13 rivers

Policy matters this fortnight

Swati Bansal

Posted on 24 Mar, 2022 09:13 AM

Centre releases DPRs to rejuvenate 13 rivers other than Ganga

River Mahanadi in Chhattisgarh (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

18,691 water bodies out of 9.45 lakh encroached upon: Jal Shakti Ministry

News this fortnight

Swati Bansal

Posted on 23 Mar, 2022 02:04 PM

Out of 9.45 lakh water bodies identified, 18,691 encroached upon, informs Jal Shakti Ministry

A Johad in Nanduwali Nadi region (Image source: Farhad Contractor via IWP Flickr Albums)

Eastern India highly vulnerable to climate change, says study

Study analyses the historical climate and projects, the temperature and rainfall of the four eastern states

Center for Study of Science Technology and Policy

Posted on 23 Mar, 2022 10:46 AM

Climate data gathering at the district level is essential for risk planning, developing coping strategies, and adaptation, especially considering that the impacts of climate variability, climate change, and extreme events are visible globally and in India.

Climate projections for the eastern states at the district level for the period 2021–2050 (the 2030s) indicate a warmer and wetter future (Image: Save the Children)

Celebrating the role of hill women in springshed development and governance

Recognizing women's accumulated knowledge and adaptive capacities in springshed management

Seema Ravandale

Posted on 21 Mar, 2022 06:34 PM

Hill women share a special intricate and culturally nurtured connection to forest and water, making them better stewards or owners of their resources.

Van Panchayat Samiti discussing the matters related to forest (Image: Varun Raja)

Tribals await effective implementation of policies

Water access in tribal areas of Gujarat: Status and recommendations

Meenakshi Singh

Posted on 21 Mar, 2022 04:49 PM

Gujarat is home to 604 lakh people of whom 89 lakh or 15% are Scheduled Tribes (Census of India, 2011). These tribal communities mainly reside in the eastern districts of the state bordering the tribal districts in southern Rajasthan, western Madhya Pradesh, and northern Maharashtra.

Participants discussing about PIM and Pani Samiti (Water Associations) with local community leaders on a field visit to Pingot Dam (Image: AKRSP)

Understanding disaster risks as a systemic construct

Disaster risk governance: Recipe to effective disaster risk management in times of COVID-19

Repaul Kanji

Gujarat Institute of Disaster Management

Posted on 20 Mar, 2022 09:56 AM

Against the backdrop of human-induced hazards and disaster risks, the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction (SFDRR) articulates the need for an improved understanding of disaster risk in all its dimensions of exposure, vulnerability, and hazard characteristics as well as the strengthening of disaster risk governance (UNDRR, 2015).

Countries are engaged in empowering communities to adapt to the new normal (Image: Pixabay)

Women at the frontline of climate change adaptation

Women make strides in mainstreaming climate adaptation approaches on the ground

Manisha Shah

Posted on 19 Mar, 2022 04:23 PM

Kalyani Dash, Soudamini Rout, and Gita Rani Satpathy are three women from Odisha w

Kalyani Dash works with 150 households in the village directly and trains them on chemical-free farming techniques, water secure crop production, efficient water use in agriculture for a sustainable farming future as well as kitchen and nutrition gardening. (Image: FES)

Delhi, sinking?

Rampant groundwater extraction in some areas of Delhi is leading to a dangerous fall in groundwater levels and increasing the risk of land subsidence, making the city prone to floods and water logging.

Posted on 18 Mar, 2022 10:28 AM

Delhi is facing the risk of land subsidence. And uncontrolled and illegal groundwater extraction is to blame!

What is land subsidence

The rapidly urbanisisng Delhi (Image Source: Lokantha at English Wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons)

Pharma antibiotics polluting Indian rivers, says Toxics Link study

The locations where antibiotic residues are detected are not necessarily in close proximity to major pharmaceutical industrial hubs

Toxics Link

Posted on 17 Mar, 2022 06:52 PM

A new study by Toxics Link, 'Menace of Antibiotic Pollution in Indian Rivers' has found that rivers are now prone to pollution from antibiotic residues.

Antibiotic residues in rivers can worsen the problem of antimicrobial resistance (Image: PxHere; CC-0)

Need for demand-side management: From the lens of participatory groundwater management

To successfully implement PGWM, there is a need to understand groundwater science from a community perspective.

Jaya Shukla

Posted on 16 Mar, 2022 07:27 AM

The word Kachch is derived from the Gujarati word ‘Kachha’, meaning tortoise, from which the drought-prone district of Kutch gets i

Arid Communities and Technologies (ACT) is a professional voluntary organization based at in the arid region of Kutch. One of its core areas of work is the implementation of innovative projects like community aquifer management. (Image: Vikalp Sangam)

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