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May 6, 2024
Floating forward: An entrepreneur's tryst for 'clean-water' bodies
In our quest to spotlight dedicated entrepreneurs in the water sector, we bring you the inspiring story of Priyanshu Kamath, an IIT Bombay alumnus, who pivoted from a lucrative corporate career to tackle one of India's most intricate water quality challenges, that of pollution of its urban water bodies.
Innovative solutions to clean urban water bodies, Floating islands (Photo Credit: Priyanshu Kamath)
April 28, 2024
चंपावत की श्यामला ताल झील सूखने लगी है
जानिए क्या कारण है कि चंपावत जिले की एकमात्र झील श्यामलाताल आज अपने अस्तित्व को तलाश रही है और तकरीबन 7 मीटर गहरी झील में अब सिर्फ एक से डेढ़ मीटर पानी रह गया है।
चंपावत की श्यामलाताल झील, प्रतीकात्मक
October 28, 2023
The fast disappearing urban wetlands of Delhi
While Delhi NCR is undergoing rapid urbanisation, what is the state of the wetlands in the region? A study finds out.
Okhla Bird Sanctuary, Noida (Image Source: Awankanch via Wikimedia Commons)
September 21, 2023
Empowered by the PESA Act, a Mahila Sangh relentlessly works to reclaim governance
PESA Act unleashed: The Mahila Sangh's ongoing governance transformation
Women from the Mahila Gram Sangh (Image: FES)
July 5, 2023
Namakkal district of Tamil Nadu sets an example by becoming water secure
News this fortnight
Being water secure. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: India Water Portal Flickr photos)
May 17, 2023
Bhuj citizens seek restoration of Hamirsar and other water bodies
Given Hamirsar's significance, the Jal Shakti Ministry had designated it as one of India's 75 water heritage monuments
Need to resuscitate the traditional water system and expand its catchment (Image: Raman Patel, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0)
Videos
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India gets its first wetland conservation centre
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Feb, 2021 11:35 AM

Country’s first wetland conservation centre set up on World Wetland Day
Deepor beel, Assam (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Disaster strikes Uttarakhand, yet again
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 17 Feb, 2021 11:28 AM

Uttarakhand glacier disaster: Death toll rises to 58 as rescue operation continues
Flash Floods in Chamoli, Uttarakhand (Image Source: India.com)
Professor Brij Gopal, a tireless advocate of India’s rivers!
Professor Brij Gopal, a tireless advocate of India’s rivers passed away in Delhi last week. We, at the India Water Portal are extremely saddened by this news.
India Water Portal team
Posted on 03 Feb, 2021 03:06 PM

We best remember Professor Brij Gopal as someone who was very frank in his criticism of river and wetland policies. He strongly voiced the need for conserving river ecology and conceptualised the river regulation zone to offer legal protection to river floodplains from activities that could threaten the health of rivers.
River Ken in Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: Shivamd2d via Wikimedia Commons)
Bengaluru lakes, in crisis!
Urban wetlands are increasingly under threat in cities such as Bengaluru! Community participation and better planning, management and monitoring of urban spaces is the need of the hour!
Katja Brinkmann
Ellen Hoffmann
Andreas Buerkert
Posted on 01 Feb, 2021 12:40 PM

What are wetlands

Wetland is a place where water covers the soil or is near the soil surface for varying periods of time during the year. Wetlands include a wide variety of habitats ranging from lakes, marshes, swamps, estuaries, tidal flats, river flood plains, mangroves and even rice fields.
Ulsoor lake, Bengaluru (Image Source: Subhashish Panigrahi via Wikimedia Commons)
Online event on World Wetland Day by Wetlands International South Asia
Wetlands International South Asia will be organising a virtual event to mark the occasion of World Wetlands Day 2021.
Posted on 18 Jan, 2021 03:22 PM WWD 2021 Flyer

About World Wetland Day: 
The unsung women fishers of Wular lake
Fisherwomen’s experiences and perspectives about their livelihoods based on the Wular lake.
Atufa Regu
P S Ananthan
Posted on 02 Jan, 2021 08:20 PM

Nestled in the north Kashmir region is Wular lake, India’s largest freshwater lake or wetland.
The survival of many fisher households living nearby is entirely dependent on Wular lake. (Image: Manju Rawat)
Study using geo-tagged bottles unravels plastic pollution
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 09 Dec, 2020 04:53 PM

Plastic pollution can travel thousands of kilometres in just a few months, finds new study using geo-tagged bottles
Plastic pollution by a river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
World Toilet Day 2020: Safe fecal disposal key to sustainable sanitation
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 Nov, 2020 11:57 AM

UN emphasises the need for safe faecal disposal this WTD2020
Fecal sludge management key to safe sanitation (Source: CS Sharada Prasad)
India now has 41 Ramsar sites, with two more wetlands added to the list
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 Nov, 2020 06:21 AM

Two more wetlands added to Ramsar sites
Lonar Sarovar lake Maharastra (Source: Wikipedia Commons)
No improvement in the water quality of the Ganga during lockdown: CPCB
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Oct, 2020 08:28 AM

Water quality of Ganga river remained grim during lockdown: CPCB
Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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