Swati Bansal

Swati Bansal
Press release: National Sustainable Water & Sanitation Summit 2016
The focus of the summit was to create awareness about the existing water & sanitation issues in India, Governments’ future plan for Swachh Bharat Mission, national reforms on water & sanitation.
Posted on 20 Jan, 2016 12:52 AM

Day 1:

National Summit on Sustainable Water & Sanitation
Centre speeds up its Clean Ganga Mission
Policy matters this week
Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 11:36 AM

Centre to involve public, private firms for urban sewage treatment and Ganga clean up 

Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
11,000 acres lake land encroached in Bengaluru
News this week
Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 11:29 AM

Panel finds Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and private builders responsible for 11,000 acres of lake land encroachment

Rachenahalli Lake in Bengaluru (Source: Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar)
IMD to stop using the term 'drought'
News this week
Posted on 12 Jan, 2016 09:55 AM

IMD to replace the term 'drought' with 'deficient year'

Affected by drought (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
NITI Ayog allocates Rs 1000 crore for groundwater contaminated zones
Policy matters this week
Posted on 11 Jan, 2016 09:48 PM

Government to install community water purification plants in water toxic zones

A hand pump in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Nagpur Union launches world-wide campaign against much hyped water privatisation
New this week
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:32 AM

World-wide campaign against impacts of water privatisation

No 24x7 water supply for Nagpur
Centre provides relief fund to drought and flood-hit states
Policy matters this week
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:19 AM

Relief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal

Drought affected area in Karnataka (Source: Pushkarv via Wikipedia)
How did Indian rivers fare in 2015?
Namami Gange', big budgets, 'Yamuna Aarti', interlinking of rivers and many other plans were made by the government to better our rivers. Have they helped?
Posted on 30 Dec, 2015 12:33 PM

Government allocated Rs 4,173 crore for Water Resources and of this, Namami Gange received Rs 2,037 crore.

Ganga at Gadmukteshwar (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
No new construction to be taken up on the Ganga: Government
Policy matters this week
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 11:11 AM

Government decides not to allow new construction on the Ganga

Ganga river at Sangam in Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
First water atlas of the Himalayas launched during COP 21
News this week
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 10:21 AM

First water atlas of the Himalayas launched in Paris

View of the Himalayas from Dhulikhel, Nepal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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