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November 25, 2022
Categorising watersheds for freshwater ecosystem conservation in India
These maps at the watershed scales have been made to not only ensure inclusion of different freshwater ecosystems, their connectivity and hydrological processes, but can also provide a spatial context for conservation decisions.
A stream at Anini, Arunachal Pradesh (Image Source: Roshni Arora)
October 30, 2022
Slow disaster: Political ecology of hazards and everyday life in the Brahmaputra valley, Assam
This book by Dr. Mitul Baruah presents a fascinating, ethnographic account of the challenges faced by communities living in Majuli, India, one of the largest river islands in the world, which has experienced immense socio-environmental transformations over the years, processes that are emblematic of the Brahmaputra Valley as a whole. This is an excerpt from the book.
Floods are recurrent phenomena in Assam (Image: Mitul Baruah)
October 11, 2022
Visualizing the Vrishabhavathi river to keep it alive
In an effort to inform the general public, especially citizen activists, policymakers, researchers, and students, about the current status of the Vrishabhavathi river, Paani.Earth has created the necessary maps, data, analysis, and information to drive conservation awareness and action around the river.
Vrishabhavathi river (Image Source: Paani.Earth)
October 6, 2022
Deteriorating landscapes and threatened ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir
Rapid urbanisation and faulty land use policies are rapidly destroying forests, grasslands and wetlands in Jammu and Kashmir, India and the ecosystem value services they provide. Can these valuable ecosystems be saved?
Deteriorating ecosystems of Jammu and Kashmir, India (Image Source: tkohli at Flickr via Wikimedia Commons)
September 5, 2022
Rivers of Bengaluru: A map-infographic reflects the rivers’ state
In an attempt to present a perspective on how rivers are used and abused, a map of the Bengaluru rivers illustrate how waste flows through natural river corridors, polluting the rivers and altering their status.
Vrishabhavathi river flow at Thagachguppe Bridge, Kumbalgodu (Image Source: Paani.Earth)
August 11, 2022
India’s rivers in trouble due to high fertilizer load and heavy monsoons
This could lead to water quality crisis reinforcing the need for basin-specific management strategies
Around the world, more than a fifth of nitrogen released by human activity ends up in aquatic ecosystems (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
Cyclone Daye triggers widespread rain
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 Sep, 2018 06:02 PM

Cyclone causes rain in 18 states; floods, landslides reported in North India
Monsoon affects life in North India. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Dam safety project gets additional funds
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 25 Sep, 2018 05:40 PM

Additional funds of over Rs 1,300 crore allocated to dam safety project
Hirakud dam, the oldest dam in India (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Jaundice grips Raipur
Faulty pipelines and lack of proper sewage treatment plants are some of the causes of increasing jaundice cases in Raipur.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 20 Sep, 2018 04:09 PM

The family of Somesh Manikpuri of Amasivani colony in Raipur is still in shock of his sudden demise from jaundice in May this year. Six similar deaths have been reported from Raipur since April 2018. Memsingh Chandrakar, a resident of Naharpara, another locality in Raipur, was also affected by jaundice in May.
A view of the Shakti Nagar slum area in Raipur. (Source: India Water Portal)
Industrial waste discharge needs monitoring: NGT
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 02:40 PM

NGT asks CPCB to monitor industrial waste discharge of states
A creek near a thermal power plant. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
India has 45 critically polluted river stretches: CPCB
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 01:47 PM

Polluted river stretches increases to 351, as against 302 in 2015
Solid waste on the banks of the Mithi river. (Image source: Rohit Sharma, Arpita Bhagat)
Ganga clean up: It’s all talk and no action
While crores of rupees have been allocated for cleaning up Ganga, the river continues to flow filthy.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 12:06 PM

As the Ganga emerges from the glaciers and glides along the foothills of the mighty Himalayas through the towns and cities with their sprawling ghats, engineered embankments, hydroelectric dams, and interrupted flows at barrages, the icy chilliness of its waters is lost.
The Ganga at Garhmukteshwar (Image: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)
Lake congestion worsened Kerala floods: CWC
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Sep, 2018 08:05 AM

Clean chit to dam management, CWC says congested Vembanad lake worsened floods in Kerala
Vembanad lake in Kerala (Source: ATREE via IWP Flickr photos)
NGT asks states to save ecology of Western Ghats
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Sep, 2018 07:24 AM

No more clearance to activities affecting eco zones in the Western Ghats: NGT
Western Ghats as seen from Wagamon view point. (Source: Anand via Wikipedia Commons)
Maharashtra comes out with draft groundwater rules
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Sep, 2018 06:26 AM

Maharashtra farmers to need approval to sow water-intensive crops 
A sugarcane farm (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Monsoon takes 1400 lives
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Sep, 2018 05:55 AM

More than 1000 people dead in three months in India due to heavy rains
A man wades through knee-deep water with his belongings during flood. (Source: 101Reporters)
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