Aarti Kelkar Khambete

SC urges Karnataka to share water with TN

Policy matters this week Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 9 months ago

Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)

Manual scavenging: The caste connection

The Balmiki caste has been marginalised for their association with manual scavenging. Swacch Bharat Mission needs to put an end to this evil to save a population from discrimination. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 9 months ago

A manual scavenger at work. (Source: Flickr Commons)

Forts of fortune: How the Marathas saved water

The hill forts of Maharashtra provide valuable lessons in water harvesting and conservation. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 9 months ago

One of the hill forts in Maharashtra. (Source: India Water Portal)

Water sharing: In China’s defence

Mutual trust and not the fear of an imaginary war is needed to improve the Sino-Indian relation over the sharing of Brahmaputra. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 9 months ago

The Brahmaputra river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

When Godavari spews venom

The presence of toxic heavy metal in Godavari calls for immediate action because of the health threat from the contaminated water. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 10 months ago

Godavari river at Jayakwadi dam, Aurangabad (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Manipulating water bodies: A recipe for disaster

The flagship scheme of Maharashtra’s water conservation department, Jalyukt Shivar, is worrying for its myopic vision and faulty implementation, say experts Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 10 months ago

Deepening work in progress on the Manjara river in Latur (Source: Ravindra Pomane)

Effect of environmental policies on reducing water pollution

A study finds the actions undertaken in the 1987 ruling in Mehta vs Union of India resulted in reduced pollution levels and infant mortality. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 10 months ago

Sunset at Garmukteshwar on the river Ganga (Source: India Water Portal)

Safe sanitation for women

Toilet security for women in India is less about the availability of toilets and more about addressing gender disparity. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 11 months ago

Women and toilets (Source: India Water Portal)

When coal goes unheard

This paper tries to understand the effect of coal mining in the northeast India and ways to control its impact on the environment Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 11 months ago

Coal mines in Meghalaya (Source: The Hindu)

Understanding farmer suicides in India

An analysis finds that the problem of farmer suicides is concentrated in a few states and not an all-India phenomenon Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 11 months ago

Farmers and the agricultural crisis (Source: India Water Portal)

Environmental disaster in the face of climate change

Marathwada is a classic example of environmental disaster due to climate change which can get worse in the absence of sincere and planned action. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 11 months ago

Farmers, stuck in the midst of a crisis (Source: India Water Portal)

Business interests and environmental crisis: A book review

While the environmental crisis threatens to impact the ecology and livelihoods in India, business interests take over sustainable solutions. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 years ago

Business profits and the environmental crisis (Source: India Water Portal)

Restructuring water governance for future

This paper argues that the recent restructuring of CWC and CGWB can be a good opportunity to introduce changes in the institutional structure for water governance in India Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 years ago

Water governance for future water security (Source: India Water Portal)

‘Bharat Mata’ weeps in dry Marathwada

Women reel under the dual onslaught of unprecedented drought and failed public policy in Marathwada. The government must wake up to this reality. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 years ago

Women wait for water in Latur (Source: Roshan Rathod)

Changing seasons and diarrhoeal diseases

This study in urban and rural areas of Vellore, Tamil Nadu found that seasonal fluctuations had an effect on water quality and diarrhoeal disease risk. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 years ago

Water quality, seasonality and diarrhoeal diseases (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Water management for climate resilient agriculture

Water management should be given number one priority in agricultural policy to prevent droughts, minimise risks due to droughts and build a climate-resilient agriculture. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 years ago

Agriculture and climate change (Source: India Water Portal)

Positive correlation between higher levels of education for women and toilet use

A study found that toilet use was higher in households that had a high standard of living, higher educational levels among women and that were located in urban areas. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 years 1 month ago

Toilet use in India (Source: Sourabh Phadke)

Copper and silver vessels are age-old bacteria killers

A study found that water stored in glass, plastic and ceramic containers, and coconut shells did not show a reduction in coliform bacteria. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 years 1 month ago

Household drinking water and coliforms (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Quenching thirst and poverty in cities--with sugarcane juice

Two cane juice sellers on the streets of Pune tell their stories. Why do they labour all day for Rs 500 on a good day, and what do they hope--for themselves and their children? Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 years 1 month ago

Mobile sugarcane crushing carts on the streets of Pune (Source: India Water Portal)

Low cost napkins: Are they a band aid in the absence of sanitation facilities?

Low-cost sanitary napkins can start a revolution, but only when factors like access to toilet, clean water, privacy for changing and sustainable disposal of used products is considered. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 9 years 1 month ago

Women, menstrual management and sanitation (Source: India Water Portal)