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September 1, 2021
Study calls for securing water sustainability in Chennai
Best practices for holistic urban water management in Chennai Metropolitan Area
These bright plastic jugs are ubiquitous in Chennai and Tamil Nadu. (Image: McKay Savage, Flickr Commons; CC BY 2.0)
December 26, 2019
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Policy matters this week
The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
December 11, 2019
Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project
News this week
Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)
December 6, 2019
Holistic approach needed to clean the Ganga
A report by the India Rivers Forum highlights the need to focus further than the main stem of the Ganga river.
Distant snow clad mountains, the smaller hills and the Ganga river (Image: Srimoyee Banerjee, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)
December 4, 2019
In wake of climate change, prioritise and invest in water security and clean drinking water
To adapt well & build resilience, climate change strategies need to factor in efforts towards water security, writes Vanita Suneja, Regional Advocacy Manager (South Asia), WaterAid.
Image credit: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan
December 2, 2019
Wind energy development and policy in India
A study highlights the barriers to harnessing India's potential for wind energy.
Windmills in Karnataka, India. Picture credit: India Water Portal
Tribals in Jharkhand plan for water security
To let people make their own decisions and to understand that the best solution doesn't always work are two big lessons that have come from meetings with Jharkhand's tribals.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Ayan Biswas
Posted on 14 Oct, 2014 03:15 PM

"Clean water", emphasized the woman. "'Close to the house. Whenever it is needed", she added. She was speaking at a village meeting organised to determine what was needed to make the village water secure. The discussions had begun with an attempt to define water security.
A planning meeting in Bhawani Chowki
Sleight of hand in the Sabarmati
The Sabarmati is being widely touted as a revived river but is the Sabarmati project truly a 'restoration' project or is it just a way to enable real estate developers to earn big money?
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 12:26 AM

'Sabarmati ke Sant, tune kar diya kamaal'. Oh Saint of Sabarmati, you have done wonders' goes the popular song. Today, it is the Sabarmati herself who is supposed to be the subject of  a miracle.
A view of the concrete-bound Sabarmati
Gujarat allocates 3 MLD of Narmada water to upcoming Coca Cola plant
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 21 Sep, 2014 10:27 PM

Gujarat Government allocates Narmada water to Coca Cola plant at Sanand
Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium)
3 major decisions to revive the Ganga within 3 years
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 Aug, 2014 10:27 PM

Government identifies 11 states along Ganga for sewer link
Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh
A bridge on the river Kosi
To reduce the cost of building a bridge on the Kosi, the Bihar govt. set aside the recommendations of its committee. The decision may not have saved money, but the shortcut has destroyed 57 villages.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 03 Aug, 2014 03:05 PM

It is difficult to make small talk with a woman who has lost her all.
A boy stands outside his home on a spur
Solutions to Indore's water problems don't have to be so expensive!
The use of decentralized systems puts the onus on individuals more than the government or central bodies to provide Indore proper water and sanitation according to Rahul Banerjee.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 02 Aug, 2014 01:46 PM

In the last five decades, Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, has witnessed a substantial increase in urbanisation and industrialisation. Its population has also increased from 5,60,936 in 1971 to 2,167,447 in 2011 (Census 2011).
Waiting for water tankers in Indore
House of solutions
Rahul Banerjee, a scientist and researcher, has created sustainable and environmentally friendly home-based solutions to manage his own water supply and sanitation issues in Indore.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 25 Jul, 2014 06:30 PM

Many scientists and researchers have been trying to find solutions to problems related to urban water supply, wastewater management and reduction of energy use in urban areas but very few have succeeded. Rahul Banerjee is one who has.
Rahul Banerjee's sustainable house at Indore
Call for abstracts for International Conference on Sustainable materials and Innovative technologies in Civil Engineering, Nehru Institute for Technology, Coimbatore
The Conference focusses on creating sustainable public infrastructure including water resources
Posted on 18 Jun, 2014 04:35 PM

The water related themes of the Conference are

- Integerated Water Resources management

- Coastal Zone Management

- Groundwater quality

- Urban flooding and landslides

- Ocean infrastructure development

- Global warming and its impact on water resources

- Wastewater treatment and pollution control technologies
Conference on Technologies in Civil Engineering
Ecologists don't buy new Ganga rejuvenation plan
There is no clear mandate for the new 'Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation' set up by the Modi government.
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 04 Jun, 2014 05:42 AM

True to the promises made during election campaigning, Narendra Modi, India's 15th Prime Minister announced measures to clean up the Ganga as soon as he assumed office. A new Ministry in charge of river issues has been created.
Ganga at Varanasi (Source: Patrick Barry)
Use clean coal, NGT tells Mahagenco
Policy matters this week
Ravleen Kaur
Posted on 27 May, 2014 01:02 PM

NGT tells Mahagenco to use clean coal
Fly ash pollution (Source: The Hindu)
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