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September 2, 2024
NGT’s uniform standards: A controversial approach to sewage management
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)
September 2, 2024
The promise and pitfalls of India’s BioE3 Policy
The strategic objectives and challenges of India's BioE3 Policy
The transition to a bio-based economy could affect various stakeholders (Image: GetArchive; CC0 1.0)
August 2, 2024
Wayanad landslide tragedy: Balancing nature and development
There is a need for a multi-faceted approach to disaster management, combining advanced monitoring, early warning systems, community preparedness, and sustainable land use practices to mitigate future risks.
Aftermath of a 2022 landslide on Nedumpoil ghat road (Image: Vinayaraj, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)
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)
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)
Changing climate, changing lives - A film on the impact of climate change on agriculture in Dhulikhel, Nepal
This video echoes the voices of people experiencing the brunt of climate change in the Nepal Himalayas.
Usha Dewani
Posted on 09 Mar, 2013 12:38 PM

The story of climate change has been hijacked by snow and ice.
Need for an ecologically sound agricultural system - A video interview with Ardhendu S Chatterjee
Usha Dewani interviews Ardhendu S Chatterjee, Development Research Communication and Services Centre (DRCSC), Kolkata.
Usha Dewani
Posted on 07 Mar, 2013 05:22 PM

Indian agriculture has changed. From earlier a lifestyle to now livelihood, our farming has journeyed through revolutions. Food production increased but so did the problems of depleting soil fertility and rising debt. The green is fading and an evolution is now sought.
The state of environmental migration in 2011
A report on Bangladeshi migration to India in the context of 2001 floods, by the Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI).
Institute for Sustainable Development and International Relations (IDDRI)
Posted on 07 Mar, 2013 05:15 PM

Environmental degradation & climate change have induced human mobility by creating environmental migrants.
#SparkTheRise Twitter conference on ‘Water sustainability - A key to our future’, by Mahindra and Ashoka India
Mahindra Rise and Ashoka India jointly organised a three-hour global Tweetchat on the topic on Thursday March 7 2013. Priya Desai reports.
Priya Desai
Posted on 07 Mar, 2013 11:03 AM

Mahindra Rise Ashoka India
"A village awaits doomsday" - Stories of displaced people who lose their home, hearth and land to "progress": A book by Jaideep Hardikar
This book strings together stories of people forced to part with their lands to make way for progress and development.
Jaideep Hardikar
Posted on 06 Mar, 2013 06:44 PM


A village awaits doomsday
Water, water, everywhere, not a drop to drink - Bringing accountability is the first step towards conservation & sustainability
There is a need to bring in accountability in Municipal Corporations of the country and individuals must be sensitized over the issue.
S CHandra
Posted on 05 Mar, 2013 12:57 PM

Author: S. Chandra
An evaluative study on the informal water distribution system in Kaula Bandar slum in Mumbai- A paper in BioMed Central Public Health Journal
The paper evaluates an informal water distribution system in Kaula Bandar(KB), slum in Mumbai.
Anita Patil Deshmukh
David E Bloom
Jennifer O’Brien
Kiran Sawant
Ramnath Subbaraman
Shrutika Shitole
Tejal Shitole
Posted on 03 Mar, 2013 07:22 PM

As a result of rapid urbanisation, majority of migrated population is forced to settle in places which are not legally recognised by state authorities. These areas thus lack in basic services like water supply and sewerage. Consequently, the slum dwellers often resort to illegal methods to avail these services.
Water privatization: Learning from India and international experiences, Citizen’s Front for Water Democracy and Focus on the Global South, New Delhi, March 19, 2013
Posted on 01 Mar, 2013 02:34 PM

Venue

Indian Social Institute,
10, Institutional area,
Lodhi Road (Behind Sai Baba Temple)
New Delhi

Organizers
Catch Every Drop: The Water Warrior contest
Your city needs YOU to become a Water Warrior (of taps, not guns!) with a clear mission brief to save every drop from going to waste.
India Water Portal
Posted on 27 Feb, 2013 06:08 PM

Imagine there's no water
It isn't hard to do
Nothing to cook or clean with
And no flushing too!
Imagine all the people
Living life in vain
Review of the Draft Rajasthan Lake Authority Bill 2013
This a broad review of the draft The Rajasthan Lake Development Authority Bill, 2013.
Mansee Bal
Posted on 27 Feb, 2013 01:12 PM

The draft Bill can be requested from the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Government of Rajasthan. The draft Bill through discussion at the state assembly may be amended into an ‘Act’. Following is broad review of the draft Bill. For detail review by the author, you may ask the author at: mansee@edc.org.in.
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