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August 16, 2024
Open drains drain health
A recent study finds that majority of the poor in India are likely to have open drains or no drainage systems to convey and treat their waste flows, threatening their health.
Open drains, harbingers of illhealth. Image for representation only (Image Source: SuSanA Secretariat via Wikimedia Commons)
August 10, 2024
Changing waterscapes trigger the spread of Zika in urban India 
While citizens need to play their part to prevent diseases such as Zika, municipal bodies/urban area authorities need to pull their socks up and set right the poor governance mechanisms that are slowly turning cities into hotbeds of diseases, filth and mismanagement.
The Aedes aegypti mosquito, the culprit for causing Zika (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
August 1, 2024
Weed wars: The hidden costs of herbicide use in rice
Recognising the limitations of relying solely on herbicides, a strategic shift towards preventive measures is crucial
Relying solely on chemicals to keep weeds at bay isn't sustainable and can harm the environment. (Image: Needpix)
June 12, 2024
The ripple effect of safe drinking water on health under Jal Jeevan Mission
Leveraging research to optimise water programs for improved health outcomes in India
Closing the tap on disease (Image: Marlon Felippe; CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)
April 30, 2024
India boils as heat soars!
As temperatures soar, what should India do to adapt to changing conditions to mitigate the adverse impacts of climate change?
Heat waves sweep across India (Image: Maxpixel, CC0 Public Domain)
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)
Children of a lesser God
Underprivileged children are the most affected by Assam’s annual floods. Their schools washed away and health affected, they also fall prey to nefarious activities.
Usha Dewani
Posted on 09 Aug, 2016 10:32 PM

In what is considered the worst flood in a decade, the flood in Assam this year has swept over 2,800 villages away and submerged more than two lakh hectares of crop. More than 26 lakh people have been affected in 28 out of 34 districts of the state.
Children take refuge in temporary shelters. (Photo source: Jhai Foundation)
Improvised septic tanks to deal with groundwater pollution
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 09:04 AM
Badly constructed, ill-maintained latrines contaminate Namakkal's groundwater
Sewage seeping into the ground from septic tanks has remained a serious concern in Tamil Nadu’s Namakkal district for a while.
Mines radiate disaster
Villagers of Jadugoda say radiation from uranium mines is impairing their children. It’s high time the government took measures against it so a generation is not left crippled.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 04 Aug, 2016 09:43 AM

The body of Guria Das looked like that of a three-year-old when she passed away at the age of 13. Guria was born in 1999 with a condition that constrained her growth. Her father, Chhatua Das recounts how Guria, unable to speak or move, communicated with him and his wife through gestures; a language that only the three of them could comprehend.
Guria was born deformed. Her father Chhatua blames the radiation from indiscriminate uranium mining and the tailings ponds for her death.
Riverbed off limits, farmers fume
With the sewage-fed vegetable cultivation on Yamuna riverbed banned, the farmers are worried about their livelihood.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 01 Aug, 2016 08:23 PM

Champa Devi has been working as a sharecropper on a two-acre farm at Nilothi village in west Delhi. Until a few years ago, the water she used for irrigation came from the Najafgarh drain that empties into the Yamuna river. This form of cultivation using waste water was a norm in the area till sometime ago.
Thousands of farmers like Champa Devi (in pic) who were growing edible crops or doing fodder cultivation on the riverbed and its floodplains took the brunt of the court’s decision.
Thanks to dirty water, Indian children stunted
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:39 PM

India has largest number of stunted children in the world: Study
Stunting in children highest in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
NGT questions UP on potable water to villages
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:30 PM

Provide potable water to villages: NGT asks UP government 
Polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)
State does a Nero while Kharun weeps
Despite the pitiable state of a polluted Kharun, the government is keen on developing the riverfront to attract tourists.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 18 Jul, 2016 09:30 AM

At sunrise, everything is luminous but not clear. 

― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
Kharun river at Mahadev Ghat, Raipur.
Safe sanitation for women
Toilet security for women in India is less about the availability of toilets and more about addressing gender disparity.
Kathleen O’Reilly
Posted on 05 Jul, 2016 10:08 PM

According to the recent figures by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF [
Women and toilets (Source: India Water Portal)
Upkeep of public toilets to be outsourced in North Delhi
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 02:22 PM
NDMC to outsource public toilet upkeep
 
Environmental disaster in the face of climate change
Marathwada is a classic example of environmental disaster due to climate change which can get worse in the absence of sincere and planned action.
Atul Deulgaonkar and Anjali Joshi
Posted on 08 Jun, 2016 12:30 PM

Marathwada has been witnessing severe drought over the last few years. This year has seen the worst with many farmer suicides reported [1].
Farmers, stuck in the midst of a crisis (Source: India Water Portal)
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