Uttar Pradesh

Rift over Indus Water Treaty continues
Policy this week Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:45 PM

Conflict between India and Pakistan over Indus Water Treaty continues

Indus river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Traditional ways to water security
Reviving traditional water bodies, and not environmentally-unsustainable mega projects which are expensive, is the most viable solution to deal with water scarcity in parched lands like Bundelkhand. Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:15 PM

Although droughts are not new in India, we are seeing more of it of late.

A traditional pond in the fort city of Charkhari, Bundelkhand. (Source: India Water Portal)
Tiger authority to monitor Ken-Betwa river link
Policy matters this week Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 12:36 PM

Constitute a committee to monitor Ken-Betwa river link, suggests NTCA

Ken-Betwa river link shown on a map. (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)
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)
Funds sanctioned for irrigation projects
Policy matters this week Posted on 24 Oct, 2016 07:00 AM

NABARD sanctions loan to NWDA for irrigation projects

Irrigation canal from the Bhima dam. (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)
Selling packaged water above MRP punishable offence
News this week Posted on 17 Oct, 2016 09:02 AM

Jail term for selling packaged water above MRP: Government

Mineral water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)
Water not for profit
Water privatisation has a history of failure in India. Why are we still engaging private operators to manage our waters? Posted on 16 Oct, 2016 08:58 PM

In August 2016, the Karnataka government gave Abu Dhabi-based businessman B.R. Shetty permission to privatise the iconic Jog Falls to make it a perennial waterfall and to develop it into a tourism hotspot.

NMC employees union and residents of Nagpur protest water privatisation.
River transport projects on development track
News this week Posted on 10 Oct, 2016 10:36 AM

Government starts river transport project with eight waterways

River transport project work in progress. (Source: India Water Portal)
Karnataka not to release water to TN
Policy matters this week Posted on 03 Oct, 2016 02:13 PM

No water to TN till a special state legislature session takes a call: Karnataka 

Cauvery river. (Source: India Water Portal)
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)
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