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Urban Water
Slum land rights: A necessity for success of PMAY
Posted on 07 Jul, 2022 01:37 PMInformal housing caters to over one-third of the population in our cities, who cannot afford formal housing. Cities are known as engines of economy and this economy consists of over 90 per cent informal sector workers. However, housing requirements for these people have never got utmost priority by governments, post-independence.
![Need for legal framework for land rights in small and medium cities of Gujarat under PMAY (Image: Homes in the City)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-07/pmay.jpg?itok=qSIazjBQ)
Water sustainability assessment of Gurugram
Posted on 06 Apr, 2022 04:44 PMThe urban population in India was estimated to be 34.5% in 2019, as per the World Bank. There has been an increase in urbanization by almost 4% in the last decade due to a greater number of people migrating from rural areas to cities in search of better job opportunities.
![The guidelines developed by Mahindra-TERI CoE can play a pivotal role in aiding townships to move on the path of becoming net water positive (Image: Eatcha, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-04/Eatcha.jpg?itok=zoSlkero)
Delhi, sinking?
Posted on 18 Mar, 2022 10:28 AMDelhi is facing the risk of land subsidence. And uncontrolled and illegal groundwater extraction is to blame!
What is land subsidence
![The rapidly urbanisisng Delhi (Image Source: Lokantha at English Wikipedia via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-03/Smog_in_the_skies_of_Delhi%2C_India.jpg?itok=UhNBzXaD)
Periurban waterscapes of Hyderabad
Posted on 02 Jan, 2022 10:34 PMHyderabad, envisioned as a high tech city, is growing rapidly. The city is gradually being transformed into high rise urban buildings that boast of uninterrupted supply of basic infrastructural services such as free or subsidised water supply, to attract private investments and generate further growth.
![Parched periurban areas cry for attention (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/Drinking%20water.jpg?itok=6QoXDEVe)
Counted, but not served?
Posted on 11 Dec, 2021 04:20 AMIndian cities are growing, and so is the demand for water in the cities. Large cities like Mumbai have focused on planning, designing, and constructing dams throughout history to meet their increasing water needs.
Indore is still very much water minus
Posted on 07 Dec, 2021 11:22 AMRecently, the city of Indore was declared the first water plus city in India under the Swachh Sarvekshan programme of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development for its ostensibly exemplary wastewater management (Hindustan Times, 2021).
![Water harvesters cleaning up water hyacinth from the rivers in Indore (Image: Rahul Banerjee)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/9.jpg?itok=ernwxBZs)
Government to revoke the three contentious farm laws
Posted on 24 Nov, 2021 02:51 PMPM Modi announces the repeal of three farm laws
![Three farm laws to be repealed (Image source: IWP Flickr Photos). Image for representation only](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-11/13247877973_3f68a3cb40_c.jpg?itok=QqyZK0UP)
Will Darjeeling’s thirst be quenched?
Posted on 17 Nov, 2021 02:08 PMIndia’s urban population is expected to grow around 800 million by 2050, which is predicted to create major challenges for urban water management.
![Darjeeling, in the grip of a water crisis (Image Source: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-11/Darjeeling.jpg?itok=7u4neS1N)
Govt comes up with regulations for RO manufacturers
Posted on 20 Oct, 2021 12:26 AMEnvironment ministry notifies regulations for RO manufacturers
![A domestic RO water purifier (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/49063955957_3cbbfeeb75_o.jpg?itok=lUl1SmqD)
Jal Jeevan Mission App and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh launched
Posted on 06 Oct, 2021 11:10 PMPM Modi launches the Jal Jeevan Mission app and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh
![An overhead tank in Tamil Nadu that supplies water to a village (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-10/tank.jpg?itok=n2Tm5o8H)