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July 28, 2024
Tap into the numbers: Budget insights on WASH
The budget allocation for the Department of Drinking Water and Sanitation reflects a steady upward trajectory, underscoring the importance of scaling financial commitments to meet the growing demands of the WASH sector.
Child drinking water from handpump in Guna, Madhya Pradesh (Image: Anil Gulati, India Water Portal Flickr)
June 30, 2024
How Burhanpur became India's first Har Ghar Jal District
SHGs empower women, ensure sustainability: A model for water tax collection in Burhanpur
Rural water security (Image: Shawn, Save the Children USA; CC BY-NC-SA 2.0)
June 12, 2024
The ripple effect of safe drinking water on health under Jal Jeevan Mission
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)
March 25, 2024
Managing our domestic water demand
Best practices and tips to reduce water consumption from Bangalore.
Saving every drop counts (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
January 7, 2024
Evolution of state's role in rural drinking water governance in India
Need to nudge state governments to evolve a detailed roadmap (planning, implementation and operations related strategies)—immediate, medium and long-term—for ensuring drinking water security.
Demand-responsive approach became the mainstay of the project with the initiation of sectoral reforms (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
December 19, 2023
Employment potential of India's Jal Jeevan Mission
This IIM Bangalore study highlights the spillover effects of public investments in rural water supply systems in the form of employment generation.
The employment structure under Jal Jeevan Mission encompasses both direct and indirect employment during construction and O&M phases. (Image: Wallpaperflare)
Seven reasons why Bengaluru can still run out of water
Citizen Matters looks at what the city should do to manage its water better.
Nagesh Aras
Posted on 05 Apr, 2018 03:20 PM

A recent BBC report projected that Bengaluru will run out of water soon.
Image courtesy bwssb.org
TN approaches SC over Cauvery Management Board
Policy matters this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 03 Apr, 2018 11:35 AM

Tamil Nadu seeks contempt action against the Centre for not constituting the Cauvery Management Board
Cauvery Management Board yet to be constituted by the Centre. (Picture courtesy: NDTV)
Rivers around holy cities teem with faecal coliform
News this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 03 Apr, 2018 11:22 AM

Faecal coliform contamination found to be significantly higher in rivers around holy sites
Ganga in Varanasi (Photo courtesy: Wikipedia)
Is your bottled water safe to drink?
A study finds that lack of coordination, poor stakeholder involvement, inadequate training and poor infrastructure hinder the enforcement of bottled water quality standards in India.
Aviram Sharma
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 01:50 PM

It is a fairly common practice among people to buy bottled drinking water while travelling in India with the hope that it will minimise the risk of getting ill due to contaminated water. But is this water safe to drink?
Many illegal bottled water manufacturers exist in the market. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Fluorosis detection: A step towards providing clean water
FKAN’s work on preparing an action plan for the fluoride-affected Remuna block in Balasore shows how proactive policy work can help highlight the issue.
Fluoride Knowledge and Action Network
Posted on 26 Mar, 2018 05:21 AM

Rabindra Kumar Jena, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Balasore, Odisha knew that something was wrong with the health of people in a part of his constituency but he could not put his finger to it. By sheer chance, in 2015, he got to know that this seemed to be related to excessive fluoride in water, which caused a disease called skeletal fluorosis.
People became crippled in Balasore due to skeletal fluorosis. Image: FKAN
No water for irrigation from Sardar Sarovar dam
News this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 12:20 PM

Farmers anxious as government stops water supply from the Sardar Sarovar dam for irrigation
Sardar Sarovar canal (Picture courtesy: Wikimedia commons)
Plastic ban in place, Maharashtra to encourage recycling
Policy matters this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 20 Mar, 2018 11:49 AM

Maharashtra makes it mandatory for dairies and milk retailers to repurchase poly packs for recycling 
Ban on plastics to be implemented in phases in Maharashtra. (Picture courtesy: Indian Express)
CPCB: Delhi's groundwater most exploited
News this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 13 Mar, 2018 11:38 AM

Delhi's groundwater most ‘over exploited’ after Punjab and Rajasthan
Extraction of groundwater far exceeds recharge in many places. (Picture courtesy: The Hindu)
Karnataka to stop industries from using fresh river water
Policy matters this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 13 Mar, 2018 11:19 AM

Karnataka to formulate plan to prohibit industries from drawing fresh river water
Karnataka plans to regulate fresh water use by industries. (Picture courtesy: India Spend)
Arsenic-affected village gets water after two decades
Kaudikasa village’s two decades of struggle with arsenic contamination in drinking water ends with a new government scheme.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 12 Mar, 2018 05:41 AM

Kaudikasa is a small village with a population of just 350 people in the Ambagad Chowki block of the Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh. Despite its small size, Kaudikasa village has been in the news for all the wrong reasons. Severe health problems have been reported from the village, thanks to acute arsenic contamination in its groundwater.
Yuvraj Singh, a former sarpanch of Kaudikasa near the tube well reported to have the highest level of arsenic contamination.
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