Haryana

SYL crisis: Punjab demands payment for water
Policy matters this week Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 06:21 AM

Three states will have to pay for water: Punjab House

Yamuna river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
NGT raps Delhi government over air pollution
News this week Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:59 AM

Environment minister calls Delhi pollution 'emergency situation'

Delhi shrouded in smog. (Source: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy/Flickr)
Sutlej Yamuna Link canal row intensifies
Policy matters this week Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:44 AM

SC sets aside Punjab's order quashing water-sharing agreement with Haryana

Satluj river, Punjab (Source: Harpreet Riat/Wikimedia Commons)
Release 12,000 cusecs of water to TN: SC to Karnataka
Policy matter this week Posted on 19 Sep, 2016 09:20 AM

Cauvery river dispute: Karnataka to share less water, SC raps the two states over protests

Cauvery river in Karnataka (Source: AmyNorth via Wikipedia)
Saving the catchment area
The Somb-Thapana catchment is a stark contrast to the polluted Yamuna. Knowledge from the Thames and the local communities revived the water. Posted on 07 Sep, 2016 09:39 PM

River Yamuna, the largest tributary of river Ganga, is the most threatened river system in the country. It faces over abstraction of water and increasing pollution load (municipal and industrial) throughout its course.

Thapana stream in Mandoli village shows dense vegetation in riparian zone and fish flocking the stream.
Telangana, Maharashtra sign pact for Godavari projects
Policy matter this week Posted on 29 Aug, 2016 09:44 AM

Telangana, Maharashtra sign pact for irrigation projects across Godavari

A dam in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Assam, Bihar reel under severe flood
News this week Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:13 PM

One of the worst floods in Assam and Bihar

Flood in Bihar. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Haryana gets toilets, now to focus on usage
Ranked fourth in toilet coverage, the state starts stressing on behaviour change through incentives. Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:43 AM

Ramkaran Sharma built a new house three years back. From one room and kitchen on a terrace, his family graduated to three rooms, a bigger kitchen and a separate toilet and bathroom. Still, Ramkaran prefers to go out in the fields to relieve himself. “I like to take a long walk.

A toilet constructed is no guarantee that it will be put to use.
Groundwater revival comes a cropper
An NGO’s effort to recharge the groundwater in an area finds little success with water-guzzling crops that rule the market. Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 09:05 PM

Water crisis is a reality in most of India. After the summer of droughts come the monsoon floods. Take Maharashtra, for instance. If at one time it is desperately searching for drinking water, at another time, its capital, Mumbai is wading through knee-high water. How do we overcome these annual crises?

A villager shows the rainwater harvesting structure in Aravalli hills.
Kerala's lake islands sinking
News this week Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:17 PM

Small islands in southern Kerala lakes sinking

A lake in Kerala (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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