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New packaged drinking water rules to apply from January 1, 2021
Posted on 09 Dec, 2020 12:43 PMRevised standards for packaged drinking water to apply from January 1st, 2021
![Filtration plants in a packaging water units (Image source: Tushar Trivedi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/packaged_water.jpg?itok=_FHenyb4)
Connecting the dots: Reimagining water security at scale
Posted on 09 Dec, 2020 12:17 PMWhile water sector actors from samaaj, sarkaar and bazaar have been working for decades on programmes that address water security issues in the country, making a sustainable impact at scale has continued to be a challenge.
![Connecting the dots (Image Source: www.kudumbshree.org, kudumbashree via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/Kudumbashree_NHG.jpg?itok=CxOqNYzH)
District development, data and diversity: Lessons and the way forward
Posted on 08 Dec, 2020 01:35 PMThe coronavirus pandemic poses a challenge for implementing developmental responses in the context of district, one of the most important administrative units in India. There has been a push towards development at the grassroots level through AtmaNirbhar Bharat, Vocal for Local, One District One Product and National Infrastructure Pipeline.
![The quality of the government data for schematic reporting has improved as compared to 20 years ago, that does not necessarily mean that planning has improved (Image: Pikist)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/data.jpg?itok=-yveNJ4s)
Not in the interest of women farmers!
Posted on 07 Dec, 2020 11:52 PMThree farm-related Bills were recently passed in the Parliament by the BJP led government at the Center, which have subsequently received presidential assent.
![Farm women, overworked and underpaid (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farm_women2.jpg?itok=FYXAb8hD)
Illegal sand mining led to 193 deaths in two years, says report
Posted on 02 Dec, 2020 12:00 PMIllegal sand mining operations lead to 193 deaths in two years
![Sand mining on the banks of Tapti (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/19393922090_db1cdb1f74_c.jpg?itok=q_bAk1bT)
NGT orders states to designate nodal agencies for restoring water bodies
Posted on 02 Dec, 2020 11:40 AMDesignate nodal agencies for restoration of water bodies: NGT to states
![Gharisar lake in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/8594657629_5cbe0b81d4_c.jpg?itok=Qpxazfc6)
Madhya Pradesh’s recurring droughts: Measuring, responding and reducing the vulnerabilities
Posted on 02 Dec, 2020 10:40 AMClimate change has been a popular buzzword for the last two decades in the international policy arena, stimulating multitude of ideas and a few action commitments at different levels of governments.
![Rugged, rocky terrain of Bundelkhand, Madhya Pradesh (Image: Shweta Prajapati)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/Photo1137.jpg?itok=eJqy8pOJ)
Sustainable mobility amid COVID-19 pandemic
Posted on 01 Dec, 2020 10:19 PMMost of the travel demand in the Indian cities is met by the non-motorized and public transport systems i.e. low carbon modes of transport. With the growing urbanization and income levels along with the degraded infrastructure to support the low carbon modes, the dependency on personal motorized vehicles will increase soon.
![Though during the COVID-19 lockdown, people’s interest for non-motorised transport has witnessed a rise, the lack of infrastructure such as separate cycle tracks etc. among other reasons is likely to adversely affect this. (Image: Needpix)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/cycle.jpg?itok=XRDw9ojp)
Reviving traditional tanks to control floods in Chennai
Posted on 01 Dec, 2020 04:11 PMClimate change is leading to rise in extreme events world over, and developing countries such as India have been experiencing not only higher death rates but also greater economic impacts due to natural hazards.
![A small tank near Thalambedu in Kanchipuram (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/Chennai%20tanks.jpg?itok=iyM9as64)
Patterns of social exclusion in watershed development in India
Posted on 27 Nov, 2020 11:13 PMHow have watershed development projects fared in India? Have they helped in better distribution of benefits among the poor and marginalised? Why is it important to talk about watershed development at this juncture?
This book by Dr Eshwer Kale dwells on these questions and explores issues around social exclusion among resource-poor people in watershed development projects.
![Watershed development: Towards equitable outcomes (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/Watershed.jpg?itok=81iVcBXh)