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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)
New book - "Governance of Water"
GOVERNANCE OF WATER: Institutional Alternatives and Political Economy
Vishwa Ballabh
Posted on 23 Feb, 2008 07:45 PM

National Consultation Meet on developing a Citizens Report on water and sanitation in New Delhi
National Consultation: Citizens Report on Water and Sanitation
Depinder Kapur
WaterAid
Posted on 18 Feb, 2008 10:29 AM

A National Consultation Meet was organized by WaterAid towards developing a Citizens Report on Water and Sanitation in India was held on the 12th January 2008 at New Delhi.
Vijayawada Municipality : Subsidising individual piped water connections to the urban poor
Vijayawada Municipality : Subsidising individual piped water connections to the urban poor
IWP
Posted on 16 Feb, 2008 11:47 PM

In Vijaywada a determined effort has been made by the municipality to subsidize individual connection charge for the poor and break this entry barrier which prevents them from accessing piped water. An explanation of the details of the project. Should this be the approach for ensuring water for all?
Issues about the bottled water industry
Issues about the bottled water industry
Binayak Das
Posted on 15 Feb, 2008 09:52 AM

Bottled water as daily drinking water Thirty five years after Bisleri launched India's first bottled water, urban India is filled with numerous bottled water brands, some known, and some unknown. There are more then 250 brands and 2000 plus bottling plants across the country. The market for packaged drinking water is around Rs 10 billion and is growing at the rate of 40 percent per annum.
On the hidden cost of "free" water
David Foster is passionate about piped water supply to everyone including the poor.
David Foster
Posted on 09 Feb, 2008 07:36 PM

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According to David Foster, it is the cost of 'free' water :

Arkavathy Janadesh Yatra: A walk alongside the river in Bangalore
Arkavathy Janadesh Yatra: A walk alongside the river in Bangalore
IWP
Posted on 09 Feb, 2008 12:44 AM

Some video clippings of the Arkavathy Janadesh Yatra, a river walk along the entire length of the Arkavathy river outside Bangalore, to draw attention to this dying river.
NDMA guidelines for urban flood disaster management: Early warning systems installed in Mumbai
NDMA guidelines for urban flood disaster management: Early warning systems installed in Mumbai
Dr. Kapil Gupta
Posted on 04 Feb, 2008 04:06 AM

Two press releases on the work being done by the National Disaster Management Authority regarding early warning systems for flooding, guidelines for management of urban flooding and more : http://www.pibmumbai.gov.in/scripts/detail.asp?releaseId=E2008PR58

Gastro-enteritis rears its head due to contaminated water in Bangalore
S.Vishwanath on the recent incidence of gastro-enteritis due to possibly sewage contaminated water in Bangalore
S.Vishwanath
Posted on 30 Jan, 2008 01:46 AM

There is a spurt of gastro-enteritis in the city today. Residents think that it is the contaminated mains supply from the BWSSB that is the source of the gastroenteritis. The Bangalore water supply and Sewerage Board thinks it is water bought by residents from the private water tankers that is the cause but then seems to change its mind.
Call for volunteers to help with building a photo repository
Posted on 22 Jan, 2008 10:36 PM

Its an obviously useful thing for India Water Portal to have a photo repository with a free-use-with-acknowledgement license of some sort. But we have not had the opportunity to think through all the details on this. What is the best way to create this (Google Picasa, Flickr or some other tool) ? What are the details of the copyright that we would use. How would users upload their photos ?
"Bagmati Calling" : Dharna by villagers demanding rehabilitation
"Bagmati Calling" : Dharna by villagers demanding rehabilitation
Dinesh Kumar Mishra
Barh Mukti Abhiyan
Posted on 16 Jan, 2008 08:58 AM

The Bagmati Calling : I am reporting from the south bank of the Bagmati near Benipur in Muzaffarpur district of Bihar.
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