Swati Bansal

Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project

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Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)

NGT orders 100 percent treatment of sewage entering rivers

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Polythene bags and solid waste left behind as water recedes in the Ganga river. (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 5 months ago

An irrigation well at Randullabad, Maharashtra (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

40 percent of rural households in India lack access to drinking water

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 5 months ago

Women in Bametara district of Chattisgarh line up to collect water. Photo credit: Makarand Purohit for India Water Portal

Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 5 months ago

manual_scavengers

Free septic tank cleaning in Delhi; CM attempts to reduce sewer deaths

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 5 months ago

Image credit: Sharada Prasad

NGT pushes to ban RO purifiers for water with TDS below 500 mg/l

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 5 months ago

A domestic RO water purifier

Cyclone Bulbul devastates West Bengal and Odisha

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

MoRD asks states to focus on water conservation and harvesting in MGNREGA to help achieve Jal Jeevan Mission targets

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 6 months ago

Image source: The Indian Express

How Delhi's air pollution emergency links back to water

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 6 months ago

Delhi-NCR shrouded under toxic haze (Source: India Water Portal)

Arrival of northeast monsoon & retreat of southwest monsoon coincides this year; Salt lake and several metro cities shrinking at alarming pace

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 6 months ago

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

Drinking water availability should be a top priority, concrete action should be taken against water wastage: NGT

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 6 months ago

Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Pune groundwater extraction doubles in last decade; Uranium found in Telengana groundwater; Lower Subansiri project gets a boost

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Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh (Source: Kakul Baruah via Wikimedia Commons)

Jal Jeevan Mission: States to bear half the cost, local bodies to decide water charges

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 6 months ago

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

SC stops further cutting of trees at Aarey; Idol immersion in Ganges to attract fine of Rs. 50,000; Household appliances to be rated on water consumption efficiency

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 6 months ago

Ganesh Visarjan (Source: Wikimedia Commons via Chetan Gole)

Goa fights to protect its khazans; Coonoor cleans its river; Punjab gov scrambles to clean Kali Bein River before Gurupurab

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 6 months ago

Aerial view of a Khazan in the Zuari river, Goa.

Centre all set to sustain country's ODF status

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

A toilet constructed under Swachh Bharat Mission (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Monsoon withdrawal delayed; more extreme weather events the new trend

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

Water levels in major reservoirs rise to 85 percent of overall capacity: CWC

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

Manual scavenging is inhumane: SC

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

Despite the ban, manual scavenging continues. (Image courtesy: The Hindu)

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