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July 2, 2024

From scarcity to sharing: How farmers are managing groundwater in Rayalaseema

Community governance for groundwater management

Jasmine on the fields as part of the groundwater collectivisation agreement at Kummara Vandla Palli village, Sri Satya Sai District. (Images: WASSAN/Swaran)

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)

May 22, 2024

Mainstreaming gender in participatory irrigation management: Why does empowerment matter?

Bridging the gender divide in Participatory Irrigation Management

Woman member of water user association is giving fish feed to a community pond in West Midnapore in West Bengal (Image: Tanmoy Bhaduri/IWMI)

May 19, 2024

How do your everyday choices impact the world's resources?

The surprising connection between Wikipedia, beaches, and your water bottle.

A top down image of a lush green forest in a sacred grove in Meghalaya (Image created by: Sreechand Tavva)

April 18, 2024

Collaborative approaches to water governance in Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra basin

As the demand for water from the Hindu Kush Himalaya region is expected to rise due to population growth, the impacts of temperature increases, and development requirements, researchers emphasise the urgent need to enhance scientific collaboration and rejuvenate existing treaties and governance structures.

Rivers of destiny (Image: Vikramjit Kakati/Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)

February 14, 2024

Sustainable water management to enhance rural livelihoods

The event underlined the need to create a skilled workforce with multi-skilling abilities, embodying the concept of a one-stop-shop and service, particularly relevant for the organised sector.

The release of the reports prepared under the Jal Kaushal Project, led by the JustJobs Network and funded by Arghyam (Image: Arghyam)

Poachers turned protectors fight for their survival

Locals who protect the migratory birds that come to Chilka lake in Odisha struggle to make a living as the lake has shrunk, thereby shrinking their revenues from fishing.

Basudev Mahapatra

Posted on 23 Nov, 2014 01:46 PM

Nature and wildlife can be better conserved if local communities are duly educated and motivated. Nearly 70 km south of Bhubaneswar, the Mangalajodi village on the edge of Chilka lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, is a testimony to that argument.

Gujarat's data on toilets and drinking water facilities in schools unreliable: CAG

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 17 Nov, 2014 09:51 PM

Gujarat's data on toilets and drinking water facilities in schools need investigation: CAG

SC rebukes Central and State Pollution Control Boards over Ganga pollution

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:40 AM

Pollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC

Odisha becomes Centre's focus state for small hydel projects

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:26 AM

Centre chooses Odisha as a focus state for small hydel projects

Invitation to the 'Training Programme on Urban and Industrial Wastewater Treatment', Centre for Science and Environment, New Delhi

The objective of this programme is to build capacity and create awareness to understand wastewater treatment process, technologies and affordable treatment options.

Posted on 01 Nov, 2014 03:11 PM

Get more information on the training programme.

Know more about Centre for Science and Environment.

Training- Urban & Industrial Wastewater Treatment

Assam Government issued notice over dumping of waste in Deepor Beel

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 28 Oct, 2014 03:09 PM

NGT takes notice of waste dumping in Assam's Deepor Beel

Dumping ground on the banks of Deepor Beel

Fingers crossed as Nilofar approaches Gujarat

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 28 Oct, 2014 01:14 PM

Cyclone Nilofar makes its way towards Gujarat

The past is not a foreign country...we still do the same things for water here

Communities in semi-arid, desert-like Kutch, Gujarat, have managed to create their own water security plans with a little help from local organisations. Even the State is taking notice now!

Amrtha Kasturi Rangan

Posted on 26 Oct, 2014 11:03 AM

Raujibhai came to Dholavira with the excavation team of the Archeological Society of India when he was 19 years old.

Application invited to the 'Training Workshop on Participatory Groundwater Management', People's Science Institute, Dehradoon

The aim of the programme is to promote integration of geohydrology and mainstream watershed management to enhance equity and quality in groundwater use in Himalayan states.

Posted on 26 Oct, 2014 12:04 AM

About the workshop: