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P Sainath: The water crisis is not caused by drought

Magsaysay award winner & founder-editor of PARI, P Sainath analyses India's water scarcity, the agrarian crisis & farmer suicides, before asking: what can we do about it? priyad posted 6 years ago

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

Jolted by water shortage, Chitlapakkam RWA takes up roadside rainwater harvesting.

Chennai residents take matters into their hands in a novel initiative priyad posted 6 years ago

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

"Digging recharge wells is the only way Bengaluru won’t run out of water"

A million recharge wells for Bangalore priyad posted 6 years ago

Ramakrishna Bovi is a traditional well-digger in Bengaluru. Image credit: Citizen Matters

35 years on, government looks away as Bhopal neighbourhood continues to drink chemical-laden water

Bhopal Gas Leak: Long Term Impact priyad posted 6 years ago

Children at the Chingari Trust, Bhopal. Pic: Shuriah Niazi for Citizen Matters

All work and some play

Collective action games trigger conversations around the nature of the invisible and immeasurable common pool resource - groundwater. priyad posted 6 years ago

Villagers in Magradeh, Madhya Pradesh watching neighbouring farmers play a game. Image credit: Water Practitioners Network

Rural sanitation: A charter of demands

Research & experience over 20 years in rural Odisha shows that an effective rural sanitation model requires both financial assistance & an integrated water supply. priyad posted 6 years ago

Raibari Bewa standing near the toilet, bathroom unit and collecting water from the third tap in Dudukaguda village, in Thuamul Rampur block, Kalahandi district of Odisha. On the walls, details of Swachh Bharat Mission benefits availed by her in Odia | Picture courtesy: Ajaya Behera

Spending a summer building scalable water access in rural India

A young college graduate shares his experience working with Tata Trusts in Assam on water issues. priyad posted 6 years ago

Stream Network in Tezpur, Assam. Image credit: Rohit Sar

Springing back to life

CHIRAG in Uttarakhand works with communities to revive local springs to achieve water security. priyad posted 6 years ago

Image source: Water Practitioners Network

The many facets to the fluoride problem in Chikkaballapur, Karnataka

INREM Foundation and The Fluoride Network have worked in Chikkaballapur extensively, to battle the problem of fluoride contamination in groundwater. priyad posted 6 years 1 month ago

A can of 20 litres of RO filtered water costs around Rs. 20 in Chikballapur. Image credit: Karthik Seshan

Adequate water most important for plant diversity

Study shows how rainfall and temperature affect variety of plants in major bio-geographic zones of India priyad posted 6 years 1 month ago

Image used for representational purposes only. Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr

How can forecasting of extreme rainfall events be improved?

Greater precision in forecast of extreme events is critical. priyad posted 6 years 1 month ago

Villages under water which gushed in as Cyclone Aila struck south 24 Parganas. Image credit: Anil Gulati from IWP Flickr. Image used for representational purposes only.

Urbanization, changing cropping patterns contributing to temperature rise

Study shows land use changes responsible for higher temperatures priyad posted 6 years 1 month ago

Image credit: Sourabh Phadke from India Water Portal on Flickr

How millets can make India’s food basket climate-resilient

Study reveals millets can mitigate effects of climate change on rainfed agriculture, thus improving food security. priyad posted 6 years 1 month ago

Millets. Image source: Wikimedia Commons

Engage local communities to protect marine life: study

Study shows need for awareness, involvement of local stakeholders to protect marine life priyad posted 6 years 1 month ago

Gorgonians, one of the highly traded species, which is protected under WLPA (Photo : Vardhan Patankar)

Unravelling NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index: Veering to a pragmatic approach

An analysis of the effectiveness of the Composite Water Management Index as a policy-making tool priyad posted 6 years 2 months ago

Image for representational purposes only. Image credit: India Water Portal

High levels of arsenic found in groundwater in Uttar Pradesh

Study finds 2.34 crore people in rural UP exposed to high levels of arsenic in groundwater priyad posted 6 years 2 months ago

Arsenic concentration in groundwater of Uttar Pradesh shown by blue, green and red circles. Image courtesy: India Science Wire

Study throws new light on evolution of northern Indian Ocean

Samples from the Laxmi Basin uncover fascinatingly complex evolution of Indian Ocean priyad posted 6 years 2 months ago

Dr. Pandey in discussion with other members of the expedition. Image credit: India Science Wire

As India votes this month in the Lok Sabha Elections, WaterAid India takes a look at how water and sanitation are still top of mind for many female voters across the country. priyad posted 6 years 3 months ago

Image credit: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan

An integrated approach to water quality management

Chemical contamination of drinking water is a significant health concern in India, one we haven’t realised the magnitude of. Practitioners across sectors must come together to tackle this issue. priyad posted 6 years 5 months ago

Women and Water

On International Women's Day today, we take a look at the critical connects between gender and water. priyad posted 6 years 5 months ago