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Voluntary Citizen or Civil Society Sector
Beyond the death toll: The everyday violence of Assam’s floods
Posted on 19 Aug, 2019 12:53 PMFloods are an annual phenomenon in Assam. They are as integral to the state as the Brahmaputra River is, and each monsoon, we are reminded that Assam exists (or is drowning). As I write this piece, Assam is slowly recovering from the first wave of flood this monsoon.
![Floods in Majuli Assam (Image: Mitul Baruah)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/majuli_flood_photo_mitul_baruah_0.jpg?itok=0dbnWvKp)
P Sainath: The water crisis is not caused by drought
Posted on 13 Aug, 2019 11:47 AMP Sainath has been documenting stories from rural India for over three decades now.
![Picture: The semi-arid regions of the Moyar-Bhavani River basin in Tamil Nadu. Picture credit: Prathigna Poonacha, Tanvi Deshpande; Indian Institute for Human Settlements from India Water Portal on Flickr. Picture used for representational purposes only](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24357205781_759ee198e1_z.jpg?itok=Pc70ynmu)
Jolted by water shortage, Chitlapakkam RWA takes up roadside rainwater harvesting.
Posted on 07 Aug, 2019 05:54 PMChennai had a severely deficient monsoon in 2018 with 40% less rain than normal. Since then, the city has been bracing itself for a water crisis. But clearly not enough had been done and the severe water scarcity this summer has been a wake-up call for people, highlighting the urgency of finding ways to use their water resources better.
![Residents of Muthulakshmi Nagar in Chitlapakkam came together to inaugurate the pilot roadside rainwater harvesting project in their area. Pic : L Sundararaman for Citizen Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20190714_203024-678x381.jpg?itok=yVswGrLZ)
"Digging recharge wells is the only way Bengaluru won’t run out of water"
Posted on 07 Aug, 2019 02:29 PMVishwanath Srikantaiah, popularly known as the 'Rainman', has been in the news recently for his ambitious project to build one million recharge wells in Bengaluru. Given the dire situation we find ourselves in vis-à-vis water, the initiative could not have come at a better time.
![Ramakrishna Bovi is a traditional well-digger in Bengaluru. Image credit: Citizen Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/citizen-live-ramakrishna-bovi-678x381.png?itok=AEp4EdmO)
All work and some play
Posted on 02 Aug, 2019 12:11 PMIndia is, by far, the world’s largest groundwater economy. India’s annual withdrawal of fresh groundwater (253 Billion Cubic Metres in 2013) amounts to one fourth of the global total and is more than that of China and the US combined. Over 80% of water extracted is used in agriculture. The share of tubewells in net irrigated area rose from a mere 1% in 1960-61 to over 40% in 2013-14.
![Villagers in Magradeh, Madhya Pradesh watching neighbouring farmers play a game. Image credit: Water Practitioners Network](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/0b159c_a33b570c91a94a6f8c731c9d513524f8_mv2.png?itok=gxErJEEQ)
Is the Jalayukt Shivar Abhiyan just a quick fix to manage droughts?
Posted on 02 Aug, 2019 10:29 AMMaharashtra is reeling under drought this year too, with the situation in Marathwada particularly bad.
![Quick fix solutions to droughts will not work (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/droughts_a_2.jpg?itok=YWWZZ7If)
Spending a summer building scalable water access in rural India
Posted on 25 Jul, 2019 04:08 PMThis summer I had the incredible opportunity, to work with the Tata Trusts and their Tata Water Mission (TWM) initiative, exploring avenues to provide scalable water access to stakeholders in rural communities.
![Stream Network in Tezpur, Assam. Image credit: Rohit Sar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1_e0wzvn-0umfscqztkuosmq.jpeg?itok=Wvm1mp_X)
Springing back to life
Posted on 25 Jul, 2019 12:48 PMIn popular imagination, steeped in consumer culture, the hills are exotic and aesthetically sublime places to find solace away from busy urban life. This kind of imagination conveniently ignores and de-contextualizes the hills and the problems they face today. The Himalayas, often known as the Water Tower of Asia, are revered because many of the world's important rivers originate from them.
![Image source: Water Practitioners Network](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/0b159c_8c017bcfec9c421b9830502eafbd4979_mv2.png?itok=5FtAdI25)
Water Future Conference: Towards a Sustainable Future
Posted on 22 Jul, 2019 11:56 AMA Future Earth Conference
Opening new frontiers in water system diagnostics and innovative solutions to mitigate the 21st-century global water crisis
One-day pre-conference workshop: Introduction to Water Ethics
Posted on 19 Jul, 2019 06:12 PMOne-day Pre-conference Workshop
Introduction to Water Ethics
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