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September 5, 2024 The current state of play regarding sewage treatment standards in India
Clogged pipes: India's sewage treatment crisis (Image: Trey Ratcliff, Flickr Commons; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
September 2, 2024 Recommendations made by an expert committee, the NGT's subsequent orders, and a critical analysis of these developments
Drum screens at Bharwara sewage treatment plant (Image: India Water Portal)
August 30, 2024 This article traces the evolution of the legislative framework for water pollution in India and its implications for wastewater treatment standards in the country. 
Open drains in Alwar (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
August 22, 2024 The journey of sewage treatment standards and the challenge of treating India’s growing wastewater
Need to fix wastewater effluent standards (Image: Kristian Bjornard)
August 1, 2024 Recognising the limitations of relying solely on herbicides, a strategic shift towards preventive measures is crucial
Relying solely on chemicals to keep weeds at bay isn't sustainable and can harm the environment. (Image: Needpix)
June 12, 2024 Leveraging research to optimise water programs for improved health outcomes in India
Closing the tap on disease (Image: Marlon Felippe; CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
Maharashtra mandates drip irrigation for sugarcane
Policy matters this week Posted on 25 Jul, 2017 04:32 PM

Maharashtra cabinet decides on drip irrigation for sugarcane cultivation 

A sugarcane farm (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
SC strict over wetland preservation
Policy matters this week Posted on 18 Jul, 2017 01:02 PM

Supreme Court pulls Centre over preservation of wetlands

Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Urbanisation: Pushing farmers out of fields
Various push and pull factors of urbanisation are driving the farmers in peri-urban Hyderabad out of their fields. Posted on 17 Jul, 2017 02:46 PM

A dominant characteristic of a peri-urban site is its transition out of an agrarian economy due to industrialisation and urbanisation. This usually manifests in the form of agricultural land either left barren or sold for developmental activities and farmers and agricultural labourers looking for an alternative source of livelihood.

Agriculture is slowly vanishing from peri-urban areas. (Source: SaciWATERS)
Ganga and Yamuna not living human entities anymore
Policy matters this week Posted on 11 Jul, 2017 12:09 PM

SC stays order granting human status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers

Ganga river at Sangam, Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
What we should know about National Water Commission
Mihir Shah Committee report suggests restructuring CWC and CGWB and setting up an apex body for water management. Experts, while welcoming the idea, raise some concerns. Posted on 29 Jun, 2017 07:26 PM

The landmark report titled A 21st century institutional architecture for India's water reforms submitted by the expert committee chaired by Dr Mihir Shah on restructuring the

Restructuring water governance. (Source: India Water Portal)
Seed of doubt
While several studies confirm that GM crops can have serious impact on the safety of both humans and environment, the government is going ahead with GM mustard. Posted on 21 Jun, 2017 05:30 PM

Signs of mustard aphid, a key pest of the mustard crop appeared predictably in November last year in Dinesh’s farm. Drifting across the open green fields, it landed on the tender leaves of the mustard crop. “It sets in November during the flowering and pod bearing stage of the crop and lasts till January.

Opposition to GM mustard intensifies in India. (Image: Swadeshi Kheti)
Stringent punishment for polluting Ganga
Policy matters this week Posted on 13 Jun, 2017 09:49 AM

Strict punishments proposed for polluting Ganga river

Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Maharashtra farmers get farm loan waiver
News this week Posted on 13 Jun, 2017 09:18 AM

Maharashtra government announces farm loan waiver to genuine farmers

A farmer on his field. (Source: India Water Portal)
Clean Kali: All eyes now on government
The water of East Kali is heavily polluted. It would hopefully change with the NGT taking notice of it. Posted on 03 Jun, 2017 07:58 AM

Rampura, situated in Bulandshahr district in western Uttar Pradesh, is one of the 1,200 villages on the banks of the 300-km long East Kali, a tributary of the Ganges. The river is named after goddess Kali who, according to the Hindu mythology, is fierce and fights evil by ingesting it.

The polluted Kali river. (Image source: Neer Foundation)
Nainital lake drying up, human activities to blame
News this week Posted on 30 May, 2017 11:52 AM

Nainital lake is drying up, environmentalists concerned

A view of the Nainital lake. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
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