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Himachal govt to restrict commercial activities on Rohtang

Policy matters this week: Commercial activities on Rohtang to be restricted; SC orders Centre to set up National Regulator by April 30; Warning to Pollution Control Boards over pollution in Ganga.

Swati Bansal

Posted on 28 Apr, 2014 10:10 PM

No more commercial activities on Rohtang pass after May 6: HP govt

Rohtang pass (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Companies finally disclose their water-related risks

Will climate change cause greater water-related risks to companies? 29 Indian companies and hundreds of global companies find out.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 24 Apr, 2014 03:17 PM

Businesses increasingly face water risks in the context of climate change. According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), India will face changes in rainfall patterns, increase in frequency and severity of extreme weather events along with droughts and flood.

Industrial pollution, Image: Ganesh Dhamodkar

More power, but no water security to MP and Gujarat

News this week: Upcoming elections pose risk to water security of MP and Gujarat; No action taken by MoEF against illegal Garudeshwar dam in Gujarat; Karur's farmers to exercise NOTA.

Swati Bansal

Posted on 22 Apr, 2014 11:10 PM

More power, but no water security to MP and Gujarat, observes SANDRP

Sardar Sarovar Dam in Gujarat (Source: Wikimedia)

Goa-Karnataka dispute over Kalasa-Banduri project resolved

Policy matters this week: Tribunal resolves Goa-Karnataka dispute over water project; TN protests Karnataka's water scheme in Cauvery basin; Resolve Delhi-Haryana water dispute: HC to Centre.

Swati Bansal

Posted on 22 Apr, 2014 11:07 PM

Tribunal's order over Kalasa-Banduri Project brings respite to Goa and Karnataka

Mahadayi River in Goa (Source: Wikipedia)

Water woes of a different kind

Southwest Punjab negotiates deep waters as excess canal irrigation turns crop fields into fish farms.

Manu Moudgil

Posted on 19 Apr, 2014 01:03 AM

'Rabba Rabba Meeh Barsa, Saadi Kothi Daane Paa' (Make it rain God, so our homes remain filled with grains)”, is a popular song taught to children in Punjab. Not all of Punjab. In Southwest Punjab, farmers are praying for the monsoon to fail!

Gujarat among the most water-starved states in India:UN

News this week: Groundwater depletion makes Gujarat a water-starved state, says UN; Surat units all set to use recycled water; SANDRP urges Maharashtra CM to withdraw irrigation projects.

Swati Bansal

Posted on 15 Apr, 2014 09:10 PM

Gujarat among the most water-starved states in India: UN

Water scarcity in Gujarat (Source: WebGovernments)

Close 23 out of 24 hydel projects in Uttarakhand: SC committee

Policy matters this week: SC committee rejects 23 of 24 hydel projects in Uttarakhand; WB govt planning to amend Land Reform Act; HC orders Gujarat to properly implement the water project.

Swati Bansal

Posted on 15 Apr, 2014 09:09 PM

SC committee rejects 23 of 24 hydel projects in Uttarakhand

Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand (Source:Wikimedia)

AAP, BJP or Congress: Which party will end our water woes?

With only a few days left for the General Elections 2014, parties have come out with their manifestos, which features water predominantly. Which party has the best view and therefore the best chance?

Swati Bansal

Posted on 08 Apr, 2014 12:58 PM

Water had a big role to play last year due to weather-related events- first, the floods in Uttarakhand followed by three consecutive cyclones in South India and hailstorms in Maharashtra.

Water works: Keystone’s interventions in the Nilgiris

Keystone Foundation is best known for its work on issues of indigenous people in the Nilgiris. This article details its projects on water over the last two decades, from a water data perspective.

Balachander T

Posted on 07 Apr, 2014 12:50 PM

A village of nine families bounded by a river on one side and thick forests on the other, lived here in Kilcoupe, an Irula hamlet in the Nilgiris. The women went out into the forest in search of water, a risky activity, as there was quite a large chance that they would encounter either a gaur or an elephant, sometimes even a leopard.

A stream flowing through a settlement and farms.

Urban water supply maps

Our experiences of building a visual map of water supply to Chennai from available data sets on water quality and water related infrastructure by NEERI are noted in this article.

Nisha Thompson

Posted on 07 Apr, 2014 06:43 AM

Cleaning, analysis and contextualizing the available data

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