Swati Bansal

Testing of drinking water gets easy for users

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 1 month ago

Farmer taking water from a hand pump (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Telangana among states ensuring tap water supply to schools, anganwadis

News this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 1 month ago

Tap water in a rural school (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

Revival of Ganga wetlands gets government's attention

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 1 month ago

Receding Ganga river at Sangam (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

India gets its first wetland conservation centre

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 2 months ago

Deepor beel, Assam (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Disaster strikes Uttarakhand, yet again

News this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 2 months ago

Flash Floods in Chamoli, Uttarakhand (Image Source: India.com)

How does a rainbow form?

Here is a short video that explains the formation of a rainbow, the order of its colors, and where and how the rainbow appears. Swati Bansal posted 3 years 2 months ago

Why doesn't water has its own color?

Here is a short video explaining why water has no color and why the color of seawater appears blue. Swati Bansal posted 3 years 2 months ago

Ganga's cure lies in people's will for a change

Healing the Ganga can start in your kitchen, says Bidisha Banerjee, whose new book explores the faith and the science that define the river, and what it will take to save it. Swati Bansal posted 3 years 3 months ago

Ganga river at Bithoor (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

2020: Crammed in disasters, yet filled with hope

Last year was shrouded with a myriad of disasters but all was not bad. There were many success stories and great efforts in the water sector that maintained our hopes for a better tomorrow. Swati Bansal posted 3 years 3 months ago

All was not negative for 2020 in the water sector as many states and districts gained credit for themselves (Image Source: IWP Flickr Album)

Over 97 million Indians were currently being exposed to extreme floods: Report

News this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 4 months ago

75 percent districts in India are hotspots of extreme climate events (Source: IWP Flickr photos))

Submit report on the need for clearance of National Waterway-1: NGT to MoEF

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 4 months ago

Motor-driven ferries at Varanasi (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Study using geo-tagged bottles unravels plastic pollution

News this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 4 months ago

Plastic pollution by a river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

New packaged drinking water rules to apply from January 1, 2021

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 4 months ago

Filtration plants in a packaging water units (Image source: Tushar Trivedi)

Illegal sand mining led to 193 deaths in two years, says report

News this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 4 months ago

Sand mining on the banks of Tapti (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

NGT orders states to designate nodal agencies for restoring water bodies

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 4 months ago

Gharisar lake in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

World Toilet Day 2020: Safe fecal disposal key to sustainable sanitation

News this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 5 months ago

Fecal sludge management key to safe sanitation (Source: CS Sharada Prasad)

Let's talk sanitation! Kakkaman is here, this WTD2020

“If you don’t manage your shit, it will come back to your plate”. Have you ever wondered about this? In the absence of proper sanitation this could very well become the reality!
Swati Bansal posted 3 years 5 months ago

India now has 41 Ramsar sites, with two more wetlands added to the list

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 3 years 5 months ago

Lonar Sarovar lake Maharastra (Source: Wikipedia Commons)

30 Indian cities to face rise in water risks by 2050

News this month Swati Bansal posted 3 years 5 months ago

Indian cities set to face acute water shortage (Image source: IWP Flickr Photos)

CGWB gets stricter against misuse or wastage of groundwater

Policy matters this month Swati Bansal posted 3 years 5 months ago

Misuse or wastage of groundwater to attract hefty fine (Image source: IWP Flickr Photos)