Swati Bansal

Combating water crisis needs people's participation: PM Modi

News this week Swati Bansal posted 5 years 11 months ago

A rainwater harvesting set up in a school in Chickmangalur district (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Government launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan to tackle water crisis

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 5 years 11 months ago

Jal Shakti Abhiyan launched to battle water crisis (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

High Court takes note of acute water crisis in Chennai

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years ago

Chennai reels under acute water crisis (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

Slow monsoon causes countrywide rainfall deficit of 44 percent

In the news this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years ago

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

Twenty-six states under threat of desertification

News this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years ago

Increasing desertification, a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Piped water to all rural households by 2024: Government

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years ago

Ten thousand litres overhead tank to supply piped water (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Ensure adequate water to Delhi: HC to Haryana

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years ago

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

UNICEF lauds SBM for reducing groundwater contamination

News this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years ago

SBM reduced groundwater contamination in many villages. (Source: IWP via Flickr photos)

Jal Shakti ministry formed to tackle water woes

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years ago

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

India witnesses second driest pre-monsoon spell in 65 years

News this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years ago

India witnesses the second driest pre-monsoon spell (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Ganga's faecal coliform level high at inter-state boundaries

News this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

The Ganga river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Anti-drought works unsatisfactory: Govt

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Drought advisory issued to western and southern states

Policy matter this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

Centre issues drought advisory to six states (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Pre-monsoon rainfall deficient: IMD

News this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

Pre-monsoon rainfall deficient this year. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Cyclone Fani ravages Odisha's ecological hotspots

News this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

After a cyclonic storm (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

Groundwater depletion: NGT raps green ministry on inaction

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

Groundwater depletion adds to water woes. (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

Namami Gange: Only 10 out of 100 sewage projects done

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

Polythene bags and solid waste left behind as water recedes in the Ganga river. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, 35 dead

News this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

MGNREGA fails to help drought-hit states

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Water level falls in India's major river basins: CWC

News this week Swati Bansal posted 6 years 1 month ago

Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

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