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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)
CGWA mandates NOCs for tubewells in Punjab
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 06 Jun, 2017 07:29 AM

NOCs for running tubewells must for Punjab industries 
Tubewells in Punjab. (Source: IWP Flickr photo)
Sourcing water: When informal is the norm
Villages in peri-urban Hyderabad rely on various informal water sources for their daily needs.
Anshika John
Sumit Vij
Poulomi Banerjee
Sai Kiran
Posted on 05 Jun, 2017 11:02 AM

In the first hour of our field work in Malkaram--another village in peri-urban Hyderabad--for the project Ensuring Water Security in Metropolitan Hyderabad, one thing became very evident.
People depend on informal sources of water in peri-Urban Hyderabad. (Source: SaciWATERs)
Clean Kali: All eyes now on government
The water of East Kali is heavily polluted. It would hopefully change with the NGT taking notice of it.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 03 Jun, 2017 07:58 AM

Rampura, situated in Bulandshahr district in western Uttar Pradesh, is one of the 1,200 villages on the banks of the 300-km long East Kali, a tributary of the Ganges. The river is named after goddess Kali who, according to the Hindu mythology, is fierce and fights evil by ingesting it.
The polluted Kali river. (Image source: Neer Foundation)
Can we save our farmers?
The economic condition of farmers is getting progressively worse resulting in increasing number of farmer suicides. Here's a look at possible solutions.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 02 Jun, 2017 09:22 AM

The year 2009 was an exceptionally dry year for Maharashtra. There was an acute shortage of water. The farmlands went dry. The farmers, unable to pay their debts, were a worried lot. Lakshman Ambilkar of Kinni village in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra was one such farmer who could not take it anymore. He killed himself, leaving a young, distraught wife to fend for herself.
A devastated farmer Kalu Ram Nishad of Mohamara village. (Pic:India Water Portal)
Their will, their way
Pune citizens come together to save their water resources, show ways to use water sustainably.
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 27 May, 2017 05:34 PM

Pune has a story similar to many other cities in India that grew exponentially without much warning. The unplanned development hit the water resources badly, increasing the city’s dependence on groundwater. Now, the city experiences water scarcity every year, even when the monsoons have been plentiful.
Dr Vishram Rajhans and Mr Ravindra Sinha
Wastewater from tanneries makes farm soil toxic
Wastewater from tannery industries that reach agricultural lands ruin soil health and pollute groundwater, a study finds out.
Umashankar Mishra
Posted on 27 May, 2017 05:22 PM

The use of wastewater for irrigation in agricultural lands is a common practice across the globe. But a study by Indian researchers has found that it can also affect the quality of soil and groundwater, and consequently, human health. 
Shrinking wetlands leave J&K high and dry
Wetlands play a major role in the sustenance of lives and livelihoods in Kashmir. Urbanisation, however, spells doom for the "paradise on earth".
Safeena Wani
Posted on 25 May, 2017 11:33 AM

When torrential downpour submerged thousands of villages and claimed about 300 lives in Jammu & Kashmir in September 2014, loss of wetlands was cited as one of the reasons that aggravated the impact of the natural disaster.
A boatman carries vegetables produced from floating gardens. (Source 101Reporters)
Living on the edge
The increasing cases of tigers straying outside the reserves are leading to man-animal conflicts. A film tries to find solutions.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 23 May, 2017 01:03 PM

A tiger takes a stroll outside the reserve area, breeds on forest patches and looks out for waterholes, all under the curious eyes of visitors. This footage is from Tadoba, a popular tiger habitat in Chandrapur, Maharashtra that draws a lot of domestic and foreign tourists these days. The number of tigers in Tadoba is increasing.
Tiger in Corbett national park. (Source: Soumyajit Nandy, Flickr Commons)
NGT serious about Yamuna revitalisation project
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 May, 2017 11:22 AM

Rs 5000 fine on those dumping waste on Yamuna floodplains
Garbage piled up near the Yamuna river. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
UP rivers have poor quality water, reveals audit
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 May, 2017 10:17 AM

Audit reveals poor quality of water in UP rivers
Polythene bags and solid waste left behind the Ganga river in Allahabad. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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