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Groundwater
Efforts towards skilling local communities in water management
Posted on 23 Mar, 2021 12:14 PMSamerth has been working since 2000 on providing safe water to the marginalised communities in the remote areas of Rapar and Bhachau blocks of Kutch district in Gujarat.
Enhancing water security through responsible tourism
Posted on 18 Mar, 2021 01:24 PMManisha Shah, Arghyam, Bangalore highlights the issues related to water scarcity and quality in the tourist destinations in India and shares the work of the ForWater collaborative.
Meandering waterways: the interconnectedness of people’s action on water availability
Posted on 09 Mar, 2021 01:21 PM“Everything is connected”. I watched a docuseries named “Connected: the hidden science of everything” where a journalist named Latif Nasser investigates how we and the universe are connected. After watching this docuseries, I thought about it and tried gathering pieces of evidence regarding this connectivity around me over the past one year.
Study detects high levels of arsenic in cooked rice in Bihar
Posted on 03 Mar, 2021 08:01 AMExtensive evidence of elevated arsenic in the food chain, mainly rice, wheat and vegetables exists.
Managing groundwater demand: the way forward
Posted on 02 Mar, 2021 07:25 AMGroundwater reserves are depleting at rapid rates in India, which is one of the world’s largest consumer of groundwater with it providing 60 percent of the irrigation needs of the country.
Digital tool to monitor groundwater
Posted on 28 Feb, 2021 09:41 AMAccording to a 2006 report by the Inter-Agency Task Force, titled ‘Gender, Water and Sanitation’, women’s participation in water governance projects is important for their success. Given the gendered division of labour in our society, it is not hard to see why.
Baravas - Unique water harvesting structures of Maharashtra
Posted on 24 Feb, 2021 10:56 PMTraditional groundwater storage structures such as cisterns, stepwells, tanks, and wells in India are well known and had cultural, religious, social, and utilitarian significance in olden times.
MARVI: Securing groundwater supplies through engaging village communities
Posted on 23 Feb, 2021 06:02 PMGroundwater levels across India have been falling rapidly, affecting the livelihood and wellbeing of village communities. Top-down approaches to groundwater management have not worked.
Disaster strikes Uttarakhand, yet again
Posted on 17 Feb, 2021 11:28 AMUttarakhand glacier disaster: Death toll rises to 58 as rescue operation continues
2020: Crammed in disasters, yet filled with hope
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 04:30 PMThe year 2020 came with numerous disasters, not just COVID-19, a pandemic that brought the planet to a standstill, but many other natural calamities. During the year, the country suffered from cyclones, extreme rainfall, floods and locust attacks.