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November 6, 2022
Protecting children from climate change impact not child's play
In 2020, 559 million children were affected by four to five heatwaves a year; numbers could increase four-fold by 2050, as per a report by UNICEF
Heat-related mortality is four times higher among children under 1 year of age than in persons aged 1–44 years (Image: Taqver, Wikimedia Commons)
October 22, 2022
Employment guarantee during Covid-19
Role of MGNREGA in the year after the 2020 lockdown: Survey findings from Bihar, Karnataka, Maharashtra, and Madhya Pradesh
MGNREGA provided income support or security to vulnerable households during the pandemic (Image: UN Women)
October 14, 2022
Lack of data professionals in the impact sector
Arthan organizes a fireside chat to highlight the need for more data talent for social impact
There is a need to integrate data science into the existing education system (Image: Mohamed Mahmoud Hassan, Public Domain Pictures)
September 9, 2022
Creating jobs while managing air quality
Highlights from a new report released by iFOREST
An old coal-fired power plant has been dumping vast quantities of ash out in the open for many years. (Image: Lundrim Aliu/ World Bank; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)
July 14, 2022
Ichamati: River of poetry is dying a slow death
The river is faced with the dual problem of flood plain encroachment and growing levels of water pollution
Illegal transverse check dams (Badhals) built on Ichamati near a village in Basirhat (Image: Prithviraj Nath @ TheWaterChronicles)
July 10, 2022
Slow onset climate-induced disasters leaving migrants at greater risk of human trafficking
People in India fleeing disasters like drought more likely to have experienced trafficking or modern slavery than those fleeing floods or cyclones
The country's climate change assessment suggests things are only going to get worse (Image: Saurav Karmakar, India Water Portal Flickr)
Groundwater as Commons demonstrated in Mahbubnagar, Telangana
Farmers agreed to pool their groundwater to create a water sharing network. Result? Crops were saved, irrigated area was doubled, and grain production increased by 240%!
Amita Bhaduri
Bakka Reddy
Posted on 08 Jul, 2015 05:37 PM

By the year 2000, farmers in Mahbubnagar, Telangana could see how risky their investments on groundwater had become. The area barely received 600 mm of annual rainfall, and just 15 percent of its area was under irrigation.
Collectivising groundwater for protecting rainfed crop; Source: WASSAN
Do not allow dam projects affecting environmental flows of rivers: Water Ministry to CWC
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 07 Jul, 2015 10:33 PM

Water Ministry restricts permission to dam projects hindering e-flow of rivers
Ganga river at Kaudiyala
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Why use a refrigerator to store water when you can use a clay pot?
Decreasing demand in India for earthen pots to store drinking water has affected thousands of potters' livelihoods. The film 'Vanishing Potters' provides a closer look.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 04 Jul, 2015 10:06 PM

What's not to like about clay pots? "They cool water naturally due to the tiny air pores present in them, are affordable, save energy and are eco-friendly when compared to refrigerators", says Gautam Bandhopadhaya, a water expert in Chhattisgarh.
A potter making a clay pot in Jevra Sirsa village in Durg district
Stained teeth, weak bones and untimely death -- all caused by contaminated water
Tale of Tapatjuri' is the story of a nondescript village in Nagaon district of Assam gripped by fluorosis -- to a degree that could scare many.
Nilutpal Das
Posted on 02 Jul, 2015 01:48 PM

"When I wake up in the morning, I feel like a normal person, but when I get up, I realize that I cannot walk properly. I feel like running but I cannot", laments Md. Manik Uddin. This isn't unique to just Manik. Many others of Tapatjuri village in Nagaon, Assam feel the same.
Children at Tapatjuri affected by skeletal fluorosis
Do more toilets mean a 'Swachh Bharat'? These 6 graphs tell it all.
How many toilets have been built? Which state leads the pack? Which type of toilet is most popular? All of this and more in our visual analysis of Census 'toilet' data.
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 01 Jul, 2015 10:35 PM

Every 10 years, the government gears up to capture colossal amounts of data through its Census.
What does the increase in toilet numbers really mean?
Who's to blame for Shimla's water shortage?
It isn't just the tourists or its hilly terrain but a 140-year-old leaking water distribution system set up by the British in 1875 which is leading to heavy losses and contamination.
Manu Moudgil
Posted on 30 Jun, 2015 09:03 AM

Most tourists visiting Shimla won’t know that they are walking on a water tank when they wait to get their pictures taken or go horse riding on Ridge road but they will know that the city faces water shortage -- their hotel bathrooms have messages asking them to use water judiciously. 
The Ridge houses Shimla's first underground water tank
80% of India's surface water is polluted
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 29 Jun, 2015 08:55 PM

Domestic sewerage responsible for 75-80% of water pollution in the country

Yamuna river in Agra
World running out of groundwater: NASA
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:15 PM

Humans are consuming groundwater rapidly: NASA
A dried up well
Himachal fails to construct 109 micro hydel projects due to lack of funds
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:10 PM

Construction of 109 Kuhl projects proposed in Himachal, still on papers
Kuhls, the irrigation channels in Himachal Pradesh
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