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Mumbai lost 71 percent of wetlands in last four decades: Report
Posted on 09 Feb, 2020 07:11 PMAmong 22 cities in India, Mumbai has lost the maximum number of wetlands: WISA
![The pink guests of Sewri wetland, Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/flamingoesi_0.jpg?itok=umHD8--Z)
Jal Jeevan Mission receives Rs 11,500 crore allocation in Budget 2020-21
Posted on 06 Feb, 2020 10:07 PMGovernment allocates Rs 11,500 crore to Jal Jeevan Mission for 2020-21
In the budget 2020-21, the Finance Ministry has allocated Rs 11,500 crore to the Jal Jeevan Mission for the year for 2020-21.
![Women filling water from a tap (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0063es_0_0.jpg?itok=rSNYhabd)
Managing commons: Need and challenges
Posted on 06 Feb, 2020 07:17 PMCommon pool resources, popularly known as “commons”, are those resources which are accessible to the whole community or village and to which no individual has exclusive ownership or property rights. Commons have two essential characteristics: non-excludability and high-subtractability.
![Plantation in Gomala (Image: Foundation for Ecological Security)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/plantation_in_gomala_1.jpg?itok=GlBcRaZ1)
What's there for water in the budget kitty?
Posted on 02 Feb, 2020 01:46 PMUnion Finance Minister Ms. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the decade's first union budget in the parliament on 1st February 2020. While presenting budget for 2020-2021, she started with the country’s vision for the decade in which she emphasised on water management and clean rivers as one of the 10 points of vision for the country.
![The budget allocation suggests that the predominant focus of the Ministry of Jal Shakti continues to be on water resources development rather than water resources governance or management (Image: Brian Gratwicke, Flickr Commons, CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kids-swim.jpg?itok=FnoAM3iP)
Monitoring guidelines for sand mining released
Posted on 29 Jan, 2020 11:39 PMGuidelines to monitor illegal sand mining released
For the first time, the Environment Ministry has released Enforcement and Monitoring Guidelines for Sand Mining 2020 to monitor and check illegal sand mining in the country.
![Illegal sand mining continues in the country unabated (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/18786183543_9c510fc748_o_1_0_0.jpg?itok=Gv8SCrvW)
Climatic shocks wreak havoc on the Mahanadi delta
Posted on 24 Jan, 2020 05:06 PMThe Mahanadi delta in Odisha is a composite delta fed by water, sediments and nutrients from a network of three major rivers: Mahanadi, Brahmani and Baitarini. The coastline of the delta is approximately 200 km long, extending from the Chilika lagoon in the south to the Dhamara river in the north.
![The people living in the Mahanadi delta are forced to cope with frequent disasters, but recent progress in warnings, evacuation and shelters seems to have reduced losses. Urban areas in the delta are expanding and there is rural to urban migration which can be expected to continue. These urban areas will have important implications for the future of the delta. (Image: Helmer, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/delta.jpg?itok=c0P4wLKa)
Increased river traffic threatens Gangetic dolphins
Posted on 22 Jan, 2020 08:57 PMGangetic dolphins under threat thanks to increased river traffic
![The Gangetic Dolphin (Source: Arati Kumar Rao)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gangetic_dolphin1_0_1.jpg?itok=4rKh9adf)
Cauvery riverfront development plan gets an approval
Posted on 22 Jan, 2020 08:41 PMCauvery riverfront development plan gets a nod
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_5.jpg?itok=27Nw1WTn)
A climate change wake-up call
Posted on 21 Jan, 2020 06:53 AMA new McKinsey Global Institute report, ‘Climate risk and response: Physical hazards and socioeconomic impacts’, suggests that many assumptions about the pote
![Heat-exposed work has produced about half of India’s GDP, and employs about 75 percent of the labor force. There will be a need to shift working hours for outdoor workers and undertake heat management efforts (Image: Ian D Keating, Flickr Commons, CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/heat.jpg?itok=aBbN-7hC)
The Karnataka State Water Policy 2019
Posted on 20 Jan, 2020 11:42 AMThe water crisis in Karnataka has not only led to severe agrarian distress in the eastern plains region but also created an acute shortage of domestic water, in both rural and urban areas. The 21st century has seen significant changes in demography, economy and agriculture, increasing the demand for water in the state.
![Groundwater depletion, a growing challenge (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/open_well_9.jpg?itok=Pi7mluEC)