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Urban Water
Impact of climate change on river basins in India
Posted on 21 May, 2020 07:29 PMIndia has many reasons to be concerned about climate change. Its large population depends upon climate-sensitive sectors such as agriculture and forestry for its livelihood.
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Call for Nominations: 8th Edition of FICCI Water Awards
Posted on 06 May, 2020 06:37 PMFor details, please click here.
In conversation with Rohini Nilekani: Water, societal platform thinking and COVID-19 response
Posted on 06 May, 2020 03:28 PMListen to the interview here:
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Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon, under JJM
Posted on 04 May, 2020 03:13 PMUnder JJM, Centre to ensure safe drinking water and scale up activities during monsoon
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Providing safe drinking water, in difficult times!
Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 03:36 PMPiramal Sarvajal, seeded by the Piramal Foundation in 2008, is a mission driven social enterprise which designs and deploys innovative solutions for creating affordable access to safe drinking water in underserved areas.
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Facing up to the water crisis
Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 11:58 AMThe conventional freshwater sources available in India are being currently overexploited, leading to widespread environmental degradation and depletion of freshwater resources especially groundwater. To sustain the needs of an increasing population and ecology, our consumption of water far exceeds the rate at which we are recharging water sources.
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WASH in the times of COVID-19
Posted on 17 Apr, 2020 10:08 PMMaharashtra has the highest COVID-19 cases in the country and the government is taking a slew of measures to flatten the curve. We speak to Mr.
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Lockdown to cause severe water stress in summers
Posted on 16 Apr, 2020 11:27 AMSummer of 2020 could suffer from severe water stress due to lockdown
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From policy to practice: Can National Water Policy 2020 bridge the gap?
Posted on 11 Apr, 2020 07:46 PMThe way water as a resource has been viewed in the policies of India has evolved significantly over the years. Reduction in per capita availability over the years (5177 to 1463 cubic metres between 1950-2015) has forced every new policy to change the way it has approached its management. It was considered an economic commodity in the second National Water Policy (NWP) drafted in 2002.
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