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June 9, 2024
Environmental tech startups: Powering a sustainable future
India’s funding jumped from $225 million in 2018 to $1.5 billion in 2023, marking a compounded annual growth rate of 140%
Green startups: Powering a sustainable future (Image: Needpix)
March 6, 2024
Women shaping India’s water security through social enterprises
A journey into a Geo-AI platform with Jagriti Dabas, Founder of Arms4AI
Jagriti Dabas's firm Arms4AI leverages deep technology and GEO-AI to automate satellite based image analysis (Image: Arms4AI)
September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
December 6, 2019
Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga
A report by the India Rivers Forum highlights the need to focus further than the main stem of the Ganga river.
Distant snow clad mountains, the smaller hills and the Ganga river (Image: Srimoyee Banerjee, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
December 2, 2019
Water stewardship approach to minimizing risks for businesses
Water stewardship is an approach predicated on the concept that water is a shared resource and so water risks are also shared risks that everyone in a catchment will face
Picture credit: Romit Sen
December 2, 2019
Wind energy development and policy in India
A study highlights the barriers to harnessing India's potential for wind energy.
Windmills in Karnataka, India. Picture credit: India Water Portal
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.
Towards mission, clean Ganga
River Ganga remains polluted in spite of numerous attempts by various governments to clean it up. Where are we going wrong?
Raghu Dayal
Posted on 25 Jul, 2016 08:50 AM

It is common knowledge that the river Ganga, considered sacred by millions of Hindus, is polluted.  It is so polluted that some stretches of the river are unfit even for bathing, particularly during the lean seasons.
Varanasi 'ghats' on the bank of Ganga river (Source: Wikipedia)
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu fight over Cauvery water sharing
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:04 AM

Karnataka and TN at cross roads over Mekedatu river project
Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)
Subarnarekha is dying. Who’s responsible?
The pitiful state of Subarnarekha stands testimony to the changing times. The river is being slowly killed by the greed of the rich and the apathy of the powerful.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 28 May, 2016 05:46 PM

It would not be an exaggeration to say Subarnarekha (Line of gold) is a film that left an indelible mark on Indian cinema. The film, by Ritwik Ghatak, is inspired by a river by the same name and narrates the reality around the river which flows through the present day Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
India’s steel city dumps its waste into Subarnarekha, the river of gold
SC orders shifting of IPL matches out of Maharashtra
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 May, 2016 02:49 PM

Shift IPL matches out of Maharashtra: SC
Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
Draft of new Wetland Rules 2016 is out
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:37 PM

Environmentalists unhappy with the draft of new Wetland Rules 2016
Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) - Rules, Regulations & Standards concerning water
A one-stop compilation of the Rules, Regulations & Standards related to all aspects of water
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 05 Apr, 2016 04:37 PM

This FAQ is a one-stop compilation of the Rules, Regulations & Standards related to all aspects of water. The most popular FAQs are listed below.

Click on a topic to view more detailed information.

Indian Standards (IS codes)

Which is the IS code of practice for installation of septic tanks?
Rules, Regulations & Standards
The Dying Springs of Chirimiri'
Blasting and drilling around Chirimiri's coal mines have taken a toll on the area's water resources and environment. The film presents the community's perspective on this issue.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 01 Apr, 2016 06:04 PM

Chirimiri Coalfield is a part of Central India Coalfields, located in Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.
Coal mining in Chirimiri
Environment Ministry completes re-categorisation of industries based on Pollution Index
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 07 Mar, 2016 09:59 PM

New categorisation of industries
CSEB power plant in Korba (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Karnataka first state to witness rabi crop loss
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:16 AM

Karanataka records failure of winter crops, seeks Rs 1,417 crore Central assistance 
Barren fields owing to poor rains (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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