Swati Bansal

Stop farming on Yamuna floodplains by 2020: NGT to DDA

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 7 months ago

Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)

Telangana government, tribals oppose uranium mining in Nallamala forests

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 7 months ago

A view of the Nallamala Forests (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

100 wetlands identified for restoration in next five years

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 8 months ago

Deepor Beel, a wetland in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Thousands ignored while Sardar Sarovar dam fills to capacity

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 8 months ago

Sardar Sarovar Dam via Wikimedia Commons

India to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 8 months ago

India urgently needs to address increasing desertification. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Centre promises 43 to 55 litres water per person per day to 15 crore rural households by 2024

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 8 months ago

Image used for representational purposes only. Photo credit: Shree Padre, water journalist from India Water Portal on Flickr

Heavy rain and floods hit North India

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 8 months ago

Gori river in Uttarakhand in spate during 2013 floods (Source: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)

Government to spend Rs 3.5 trillion to provide potable water

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 8 months ago

Women filling water from a tap (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Floods claim 227 lives; Centre proposes river basin management bill to check floods

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 8 months ago

Rescue efforts underway during the floods in Chennai in 2015 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Government set to conserve India's springs

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 8 months ago

Many springs in the Himalayas have reduced discharge. (Source: India Water Portal)

Jal Shakti Abhiyan hits ground rolling as India ranks 13th most water-stressed country in the world

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 9 months ago

India ranked 13th in the list of most water-stressed country in the world (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Government undertakes 3D mapping of aquifers in all villages

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 9 months ago

Groundwater drops to alarming levels. Illustration credit: KN Balraj. Source: India Water Portal on Flickr

Lok Sabha passes inter-state river disputes bill

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 9 months ago

Cauvery river in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Himalayan states call for green bonus and a separate ministry

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 9 months ago

The Himalayas (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Global freshwater fish species under grave threat: IUCN

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 9 months ago

Freshwater fish species across the world under grave threat (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Dibang hydel project gets approval

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 9 months ago

People protesting Dibang Hydropower Project (Source: SANDRP)

Floods grip Assam and Bihar

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 9 months ago

People take a boat to cross the flood-ravaged Brahmaputra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Meghalaya draft water policy, Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill both get approval

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 9 months ago

Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been fighting over Cauvery water sharing for a long time (Source: Wikipedia Commons)

Budget allocation to Jal Shakti ministry reduced by 9.4 percent

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 10 months ago

Irrigation well in Randullabad, Maharashtra. Image credit: Manu Moudgil for India Water Portal

Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 10 months ago

Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

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