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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 13, 2024
Decommissioning of open wells: Is all well in the villages?
The rising trend of abandoning open wells for borewells in Chikkaballapur and Annamayya districts, and the potential negative consequences of this shift.
Borewell proliferation may dry up open wells (Image: FES)
May 12, 2024
Atal Bhujal Yojana: Bridging ambition with reality
Rethinking community engagement in the Atal Bhujal Yojana
Towards sustainable groundwater management (Image: IWMI)
December 12, 2023
Insights from Atal Bhujal Yojana in Rajasthan
Learnings from India's Participatory Groundwater Management Programme
Launched in 2019, Atal Bhujal Yojana aims to mainstream community participation and inter-ministerial convergence in groundwater management. (Image: Picryl)
April 11, 2023
The fast drying Cauvery delta, at a tipping point
Groundwater depletion from shallow and deep aquifers due to overextraction and seawater intrusion are rapidly drying up freshwater resources in the Cauvery delta. Large-scale groundwater recharge campaigns to raise awareness and aid the recovery of water levels are urgently needed.
Cauvery river at Karnataka (Image Source: Ashwin Kumar via Wikimedia Commons)
December 25, 2022
An index for impact monitoring of water infrastructure
A study develops a prototype method by employing the remote sensing-based ecological index
rigorous post-implementation monitoring and impact assessment of assets is needed (Image: UN Women)
Assam launches ambitious water scheme to train over two lakh students as 'Jal Doots'
Policy matters this fortnight
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 01 Jun, 2023 02:35 PM

Assam undertakes an ambitious water scheme to educate more than two lakh youngsters as Jal Doots
Assam intends to reach intends to reach 100% coverage of FHTCs shortly (Image: Wallpaper Flare; Creative Commons)
The fast drying Cauvery delta, at a tipping point
Groundwater depletion from shallow and deep aquifers due to overextraction and seawater intrusion are rapidly drying up freshwater resources in the Cauvery delta. Large-scale groundwater recharge campaigns to raise awareness and aid the recovery of water levels are urgently needed.
Girish Prayag
Yangxiao Zhou
Veena Srinivasan
Tibor Stigter
Andres Verzijl
Posted on 11 Apr, 2023 11:31 PM

Deltas around the world are under threat. Recent research shows that around 85 percent of the deltas of the world are shrinking. 

What are deltas
Cauvery river at Karnataka (Image Source: Ashwin Kumar via Wikimedia Commons)
An index for impact monitoring of water infrastructure
A study develops a prototype method by employing the remote sensing-based ecological index
Shivanand Nalgire
Pennan Chinnasamy
Posted on 25 Dec, 2022 06:52 PM

Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is currently the largest funded rural development program in India to ensure rural livelihood by providing employment through different activities.
rigorous post-implementation monitoring and impact assessment of assets is needed (Image: UN Women)
Assessing Udaipur’s groundwater reserves
A study using geospatial techniques suggests the need to regulate groundwater abstraction for long-term sustainability of groundwater use
Megha Sharma
Gowhar Meraj
Shruti Kanga
Sudhanshu
Majid Farooq
Suraj Kumar Singh
Netrananda Sahu
Pankaj Kumar
Posted on 29 Oct, 2022 03:21 PM

Population increase has placed ever-increasing demands on the available groundwater resources, particularly for intensive agricultural activities.
here are various methodologies involved in evaluating groundwater reserves. (Image: Needpix)
Groundwater prospective zones in Bundelkhand
Integrating geographical information systems and remote sensing for delineation of groundwater potential zones in Bundelkhand region
Pitam Singh
Priyamvada Singh
Mukesh Kumar
Posted on 22 Oct, 2022 08:07 PM

In the Bundelkhand craton region, groundwater is the primary source of drinking water. Due to low rainfall, agriculture mainly depends on the goundwater supply, which comes through bore wells. Most of the time, the region faces a water crisis during the summer season as the wells and tube wells go dry.
Numerous studies have been performed worldwide in which remote sensing data is used to delineate the groundwater potential zones (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
Greening of barren lands – the local way
The Chauka system of Rajasthan can not only provide a sustainable way to manage water resources in water stressed regions, but also support livelihoods through development of pastures.
Basant Yadav
Nitesh Patidar
Anupma Sharma
Niranjan Panigrahi
Rakesh K. Sharma
V. Loganathan
Gopal Krishan
Jaswant Singh
Suraj Kumar
Alison Parker
Posted on 11 Jul, 2022 01:04 PM

Groundwater, the lifeline of India

Over 55 percent of India’s population relies on groundwater for irrigation, water for cattle, domestic consumption, and industrial use making India the world’s greatest groundwater extractor, surpassing the USA and China combined.
Can greening of barren lands happen? (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr photos)
Napo Jal Bachao Kal campaign - the pre-monsoon groundwater monitoring 2022 exercise commences
Before the monsoon sets in, 1000s of Indians in rural communities head out to measure the wells in their villages
Foundation for Ecological Security (FES)
Posted on 12 May, 2022 09:22 AM

Starting May 15, 2022 Mamatha from Andhra Pradesh, and Rameshwar from Maharashtra, equipped with a mobile phone and a measuring tape, will be joining several others heading to their fields and neighbouring villages to measure wells.
Women use an open source groundwater monitoring tool that enables collection of water level data of wells and its collation on a web platform for easy access by all. (Image: FES)
Coal mining in Hasdeo forests gets a go ahead; protestors continue to resist
Policy matters this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 10 May, 2022 07:34 AM

Chhattisgarh government allows coal mining in Hasdeo forests
Work in progress in a coal mine in India (Image source: IWP Flickr Album). Image for representation only
Making the invisible, visible
The water stewardship initiative by WOTR that developed a tool to visualise aquifers has not only helped farmers understand groundwater as a shared resource, but also led to a behavioural change among water users and helped implement groundwater laws and policies.
Eshwer Kale
Marcella D'Souza; Sarita Chemburkar
Posted on 26 Apr, 2022 11:10 PM

Excessive dependence and unregulated use of groundwater is draining India dry with 84 percent of groundwater being used for irrigation and 90 percent for drinking in rural areas.
Groundwater, a fast disappearing resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Delhi, sinking?
Rampant groundwater extraction in some areas of Delhi is leading to a dangerous fall in groundwater levels and increasing the risk of land subsidence, making the city prone to floods and water logging.
Shagun Garg
Mahdi Motagh
J. Indu
Vamshi Karanam
Posted on 18 Mar, 2022 10:28 AM

Delhi is facing the risk of land subsidence. And uncontrolled and illegal groundwater extraction is to blame!

What is land subsidence
The rapidly urbanisisng Delhi (Image Source: Lokantha at English Wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons)
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