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April 18, 2024

Collaborative approaches to water governance in Indus, the Ganga and the Brahmaputra basin

As the demand for water from the Hindu Kush Himalaya region is expected to rise due to population growth, the impacts of temperature increases, and development requirements, researchers emphasise the urgent need to enhance scientific collaboration and rejuvenate existing treaties and governance structures.

Rivers of destiny (Image: Vikramjit Kakati/Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0 DEED)

February 20, 2024

Sewage will overtake agriculture as the biggest polluter of river sub basins in India

This study predicts that sewage will become the dominant source of nitrogen pollution in rivers due to urbanisation and insufficient wastewater treatment technologies and infrastructure in worse case scenario projections in countries such as India.

The polluted river Yamuna at Agra (Image Source: India Water Portal)

October 16, 2023

शोध : गंगा नदी की ही भाँति सरयू नदी में भी पाई गई जीवाणु भोजी बैक्टीरियोफेज की उपस्थिति

अब वह दिन दूर नहीं कि गंगाजल की तरह सरयू जल को भी बोतल में सुरक्षित किया जा सकेगा और वह खराब नहीं होगा।सरयू नदी में पाए जाने वाले जीवाणु एवं विषाणुओं पर अध्ययन हेतु विज्ञान एवं प्रौद्योगिकी मंत्रालय के विज्ञान एवं अभियांत्रिकी विभाग की आर्थिक सहायता प्राप्त की है। इनके निर्देशन में शोध छात्रों द्वारा अस्पताल में संक्रमण करने वाले जीवाणुओं की पहचान और उनकी एंटीबायोटिक प्रतिरोधी बनने पर अध्ययन किया जा रहा है।

October 8, 2023

India's rivers: From conservation movements to legal personhood

While the current push for legal personhood for rivers is facing obstacles and is stalled, it holds potential as a viable long-term strategy for the preservation of India's rivers

River quality deteriorates as demand for hydropower to support economic growth continues to expand. (Image: Yogendra Singh Negi, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0 DEED)

July 18, 2023

जलांगी नदी को पश्चिम बंगाल चुनाव में 58 वोट मिले

पश्चिमबंगाल पंचायत चुनाव-2023 में पर्यावरण एक बड़ा अहम मुद्दा बना। नदी और पर्यावरण राजनीतिक दलों के एजेंडे से कहीं अधिक आम लोगों के आकर्षण का केन्द्र बने।

June 17, 2023

सहस्त्रधारा-बाल्दी नदी के सभी कब्जे हटाए जाएं - एनजीटी

सहस्त्रधारा-बाल्दी नदी के किनारे के धनौला गांव में नदी पर अवैध निर्माण गतिविधियों के मुद्दे को सबसे पहले याचिकाकर्ता मीनाक्षी अरोड़ा ने उठाया था, जिनका इस साल 6 मार्च 2023 को निधन हो गया। उनके पति केसर सिंह अब सहस्त्रधारा-बाल्दी नदी मामले की पैरवी कर रहे हैं।

सहस्त्रधारा-बाल्दी नदी पर अतिक्रमण,फोटो सभागार:- केसर सिंह

Centre's revised guidelines for deep sea fishing upset fishermen

Policy matters this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 24 Dec, 2014 12:13 AM

Fishermen unhappy with Centre's revised guidelines for deep sea fishing

2014-drought in Maharashtra worse than the 2012 one

News this week

Swati Bansal

Posted on 23 Dec, 2014 11:58 PM

Maharashtra drought this year is worse than 2012 drought

Droughts in Maharashtra: Lack of management or vagaries of climate change?

None of our policies seem to be designed keeping in mind the farmer and his convenience, says Suneel Joshi, State Coordinator for Jal Biradari, in an interview with India Water Portal.

Aarti Kelkar -Khambete

Posted on 18 Dec, 2014 08:24 AM

Recent news has been flooded with reports of the severe drought situation in the Marathwada and Vidarbha regions of Maharashtra. Even more shocking are the reports of large-scale suicides by farmers due to crop losses.

Severe droughts (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Traditional fishing technologies: Will they survive the onslaught of development and mechanisation?

Age-old skills and techniques used by fisherfolk are under threat, and at the risk of being replaced by modern unsustainable technologies.

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Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 11:37 PM

Fisheries are an important sector providing employment to millions of people in India and contributing to the food security of the country. Marine, inland fisheries and aquaculture are the main components of the fisheries sector.

Fishing technologies used by the fisherfolk

Can we reverse the outcomes of climate change for India?

Heat extremes and groundwater scarcity are but two of the impacts of climate change affecting India. Technology, political will, and international cooperation are needed to reverse these impacts.

World Bank

Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 02:13 PM

The report title 'Turn down the heat: Climate extremes, regional impacts and the case for resilience' published by the World Bank, highlights the risks posed by climate

Droughts and climate change (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Budget 2015-16 likely to have huge cuts in social sector

Policy matters this fortnight

Aarti Kelkar - Khambete

Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 12:27 PM

Social sector likely to get less funds in Union Budget 2015-16

MNREGA workers building check dam in Gujarat

Hydropower projects aggravated the Uttarakhand disaster

News this fortnight

Aarti Kelkar - Khambete

Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 12:08 PM

Government admits that hydropower projects aggravated the Uttarakhand disaster

The Chalakudy river system wins

Latha Anantha was awarded the Bhagirath Prayas Samman for spearheading the campaign to save the Chalakudy river in Kerala, at the recently concluded India Rivers Week.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 15 Dec, 2014 06:32 PM

Latha Anantha of the Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshana Samiti (Chalakudy River Protection Forum) was awarded the Bhagirath Prayas Samman at the recently concluded India Rivers Week for her commendable work on safeguarding the integrity of the Chalakudy river in Kerala.

To link or not to link: A debate

An open debate on interlinking of rivers moderated by Ramaswamy Iyer with Himanshu Thakkar and Brij Gopal as panelists was held as a part of the India Rivers Week at New Delhi.

Amita Bhaduri

Posted on 15 Dec, 2014 02:48 PM

The essence of a river is its ebb and flow but won't taming of the fresh free-flowing rivers by building massive dams pose a threat to our rivers and the communities that live by them?

Simen - a 'surplus' river in Brahmaputra basin

What is a river?

Is it the water that flows in it or is it the fauna it sustains? What about the people on its banks? As the discussions at the India Rivers Week found out, it isn't that simple to define a river.

Sabita Kaushal

Posted on 15 Dec, 2014 01:56 PM

The magic that is a river, brings out a huge canvas of emotions even amongst the most hardened of us.

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