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May 18, 2024
Empowering women through socio-technical innovations
A case study of women-led climate resilient farming by Swayam Shikshan Prayog
Building the resilience of women farmers (Image: ICRISAT, Flcikr Commons)
April 25, 2024
The heat is on: Invisible, unprecedented, and screaming for new solutions
Understanding the impact of heat on our world
Rising temperatures, rising risks (Image: Kim Kestler, publicdomainpictures.net)
March 30, 2024
India needs gender responsive strategies to cope with climate change impacts
A recent study finds that climate change induced extreme weather events such as droughts can increase the vulnerability of women to Intimate Partner Violence (IPV).
Droughts affect women the most (Image Source: Gaurav Bhosale via Wikimedia Commons)
January 22, 2024
Baseflows contribute to river floods in Peninsular India
This study finds that baseflows have a stronger triggering effect on river floods in Peninsular India as compared to rainfall and soil moisture.
River floods and groundwater, the connection. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: India Water Portal)
July 14, 2023
Fourteen Indian states have better resilience to floods
These states are at the forefront of flood early warning systems
Previously drought-prone areas are now facing floods (Image: Needpix)
July 7, 2023
How to increase climate resilience in semi-arid farming systems
WOTR study throws important new findings
The study by WOTR and Wageningen University researchers emphasizes the need to prioritize adaptive capacities alongside agricultural productivity (Image: WallpaperFlare)
Beyond the death toll: The everyday violence of Assam’s floods
Mitul Baruah from Ashoka University narrates personal experiences of people affected by floods in Majuli, Assam.
Mitul Baruah
Posted on 19 Aug, 2019 12:53 PM

Floods are an annual phenomenon in Assam. They are as integral to the state as the Brahmaputra River is, and each monsoon, we are reminded that Assam exists (or is drowning). As I write this piece, Assam is slowly recovering from the first wave of flood this monsoon.
Floods in Majuli Assam (Image: Mitul Baruah)
Floods claim 227 lives; Centre proposes river basin management bill to check floods
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 14 Aug, 2019 01:37 PM

Southwest monsoon claims 227 lives
Rescue efforts underway during the floods in Chennai in 2015 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
P Sainath: The water crisis is not caused by drought
Magsaysay award winner & founder-editor of PARI, P Sainath analyses India's water scarcity, the agrarian crisis & farmer suicides, before asking: what can we do about it?
India Development Review
Posted on 13 Aug, 2019 11:47 AM

P Sainath has been documenting stories from rural India for over three decades now.
Picture: The semi-arid regions of the Moyar-Bhavani River basin in Tamil Nadu. Picture credit: Prathigna Poonacha, Tanvi Deshpande; Indian Institute for Human Settlements from India Water Portal on Flickr. Picture used for representational purposes only
Jal Shakti Abhiyan hits ground rolling as India ranks 13th most water-stressed country in the world
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Aug, 2019 01:29 AM

 Over 3.5 lakh water conservation measures taken up in a single month as nationwide Jal Shakti Abhiyan hits ground
India ranked 13th in the list of most water-stressed country in the world (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Government undertakes 3D mapping of aquifers in all villages
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 07 Aug, 2019 11:07 PM

Government to 3D map aquifers in all villages
Groundwater drops to alarming levels. Illustration credit: KN Balraj. Source: India Water Portal on Flickr
Is the Jalayukt Shivar Abhiyan just a quick fix to manage droughts?
A research paper argues that quick fix solutions to drought management will not work unless they are backed up by proper planning, implementation, monitoring and regulation of water use.
Neha Bhadbhade
Sarita Bhagat
KJ Joy
Abraham Samuel
Kiran Lohakare
Raju Adagale
Posted on 02 Aug, 2019 10:29 AM

Maharashtra is reeling under drought this year too, with the situation in Marathwada particularly bad.
Quick fix solutions to droughts will not work (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Global freshwater fish species under grave threat: IUCN
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Jul, 2019 05:01 PM

Alarming decline in global freshwater fish species: IUCN
Freshwater fish species across the world under grave threat (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Rajasthan's ancient yet ever-evolving water heritage
A book documents the enormous range of water harvesting systems still in use in Rajasthan.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 21 Jul, 2019 11:10 AM

The state of Rajasthan has an immense range of ancient and ingenious water harvesting systems, like the famous johads or step wells managed by communities in the arid Thar desert, which receives very low rainfall.
The design of Chand baodi (stepwell) in Abhaneri village, Rajasthan, was intended to conserve as much water as possible (Image: Unseen Horizons, Flickr Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)
Floods grip Assam and Bihar
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Jul, 2019 01:54 AM

Bihar and northeast India reel under floods
People take a boat to cross the flood-ravaged Brahmaputra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Meghalaya draft water policy, Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill both get approval
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Jul, 2019 10:34 PM

Meghalaya's draft water policy gets approval
Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been fighting over Cauvery water sharing for a long time (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
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