Aarti Kelkar Khambete

An angry river and a succumbing population

Flooding in the Northern Kosi catchment of Bihar is increasing and embankments are making it worse, increasing the risks for marginalised communities. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years ago

Silt deposition at Kosi embankment at Navbhata near SaharsaBihar, India, in the Kosi River Basin (Image Source: CC BY 3.0 via Wikipedia)

Seeing the ‘unseen’: a spotlight on lesser known inhabitants of freshwater ecosystems

Freshwater biologists Sameer Padhye and Avinash Vanjare talk about smaller and lesser known animals that live in freshwater ecosystems and the importance of studying them. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years ago

Freshwater ecosystems, under threat (Image Source: Biologia Life Science LLP)

Solar energy changes the lives of rural women in Rajasthan

News this fortnight Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years ago

Women from rural Rajasthan. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: Christopher Michel via Wikimedia Commons)

There’s a rare catfish in your well

Citizen science helps in identifying rare catfish in Kerala’s aquifers. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years ago

Image Source: By Rajeev Raghavan, Remya L. Sundar, C.P. Arjun, Ralf Britz, Neelesh Dahanukar - Evolution in the dark: Unexpected genetic diversity and morphological stasis in the blind, aquifer-dwelling catfish Horaglanis, CC BY 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=128832101. Link to image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Horaglanis#/media/File:Horaglanis_populi_live.jpg

Adaptation and mitigation for monsoon extremes in the Indo Gangetic Plains

Warming will not only lead to a decline, but also trigger monsoon extremes in the Indo Gangetic Plains. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years ago

A woman wades through knee-deep water with her belongings. (Picture courtesy - 101Reporters) (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Panaji sets an example for other cities in waste management

News this fortnight Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years ago

Segregation of solid waste at source is important. Image for representation purposes only (Image Source: IWP flickr photos)

Turning waste to wealth sustainably

While profusely growing water hyacinth contines to be a menace to water bodies worldwide and in India, attempts to put this weed to sustainable use and improve rural livelihoods is showing promising results. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 1 month ago

Water hyacinth, invaders in disguise (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Science to beyond science - to govern groundwater sustainably

Modelling or divining are two different methods used by scientists and farmers to trace groundwater availability in Tamil Nadu and can play an important role in sustainable management and governance of groundwater in the state. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 1 month ago

Groundwater practices in Tamil Nadu (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Residents of Boojh village, Rajasthan come together to revive their pasturelands

News this fortnight Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 1 month ago

Cattle eat grass in Rajasthan (Image Source: Raju Jangid via Wikimedia Commons)

The fast drying Cauvery delta, at a tipping point

Groundwater depletion from shallow and deep aquifers due to overextraction and seawater intrusion are rapidly drying up freshwater resources in the Cauvery delta. Large-scale groundwater recharge campaigns to raise awareness and aid the recovery of water levels are urgently needed. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 1 month ago

Cauvery river at Karnataka (Image Source: Ashwin Kumar via Wikimedia Commons)

Forests, water fountains of the skies

Forests greatly help in maintaining the water balance of nature by storing water during monsoons and making this water available during dry seasons. India urgently needs to save its forests to prevent droughts and the adverse effects of climate induced global warming. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 1 month ago

Forests and soil moisture can act as buffers to store water during dry spells (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Madhya Pradesh's villages lead the way in climate smart agriculture

News this fortnight Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 1 month ago

Lush green farms in Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: Rajarshi MItra via Wikimedia Commons)

Tall and deep clouds will trigger intense spells of rain in India

This study finds that rainfall over the west coast of India is becoming more convective and creating sharp and intense rain spells over a short period of time. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 2 months ago

The changing monsoon in India (Image Source: India Water Portal)

Building the water quality ecosystem for safe drinking water

Dr Sunderrajan Krishnan, Executive Director of INREM Foundation shares his perspectives on making water quality knowledge accessible to people on the ground. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 2 months ago

Flipchart as a teaching aid (Image Source: INREM Foundation)

Some data is more equal than others: the power of the double click

Access to reliable, verifiable and consent enabled data in the water sector is crucial to connect the dots and derive meaningful inferences from it to use it for public good. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 2 months ago

Water data, till the last drop (Image Source: José Manuel Suárez from Spain via Wikimedia Commons)

Digital technologies, for locally led water governance

Can digital technologies aid in better decision making and management, governance and distribution of water equitably, transparently and sustainably at the local level? Experiences reveal that technology can often act as double edged sword. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 2 years 2 months ago