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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)
Centre’s draft Cauvery Management Scheme approved
Policy matters this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 22 May, 2018 10:29 AM

SC approves Centre’s draft scheme for sharing Cauvery river water among riparian states
Draft scheme expected to ease distribution of Cauvery water.(Picture courtesy: Hindustan Times)
Indore bags India's cleanest city tag
News this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 22 May, 2018 10:17 AM

Swachh Survekshan 2018: Indore, Bhopal and Chandigarh emerge as India's top three clean cities
Indore is India's cleanest city. (Picture courtesy: India.com)
Centre submits draft scheme on Cauvery water sharing
Policy matters this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 15 May, 2018 07:07 AM

Centre submits draft scheme on Cauvery river water sharing to the Supreme Court
Contentious Cauvery (Picture courtesy: NDTV)
Disappearing waters of The Himalayas
A photo exhibition focuses on the changing lifestyles of local communities in the Himalayas with changes in their environment.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 14 May, 2018 12:01 PM

Delhi’s Jor Bagh metro station is the site of an ongoing photographic exhibition with thought-provoking images and narratives exploring escalating water crises Indian and Nepal Himalayas face.
The photograph titled 'Nainital: Changing landscape in the Himalayas'. Image: Toby Smith, Pani-Pahar series
High resolution maps of Ganga to aid cleanup
News this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 08 May, 2018 11:33 AM

Entire stretch of the Ganga to be mapped using GIS technology 
Maps to rescue Ganga. (Picture courtesy: Hindustan Times)
Delhi against in-principle nod for alternate landfill sites
Policy matters this week
Seetha Gopalakrishnan
Posted on 08 May, 2018 11:09 AM

Delhi government opposes in-principle approval for two landfill sites on Yamuna floodplains 
Delhi's garbage (Picture courtesy: Hindustan Times)
Anicuts affect Mahanadi's flow
While the three anicuts on the Mahanadi are hampering its free flow, another one is being planned by the government.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 26 Apr, 2018 01:02 PM

Gopal Nishad, a fisherman in his early 40s, is frustrated that there is hardly any fish left in the Mahanadi’s basin at Pitaibandh due to the lack of water in the basin. This basin is located near Rajim-Nawapara in Chhattisgarh, the proposed site for the fourth anicut on the Mahanadi.
Anicut on the Mahanadi basin at Rajim-Nawapara (Source: India Water Portal)
Uttarakhand braces itself for dry days
More than 1000 villages of the state are expected to be affected by a severe water crisis.
Saurabh Sharma
Posted on 20 Apr, 2018 08:09 PM

Lokesh Verma, a farmer from Nainital’s Chanfi village, says this is the third year in a row that he is bearing losses in agriculture. “I have lost around Rs 2 lakh and there’s a debt of Rs 70,000 to pay off. I grow strawberries, guavas and peas in my 15 bighas of land, but there is not enough water in the hills to irrigate crops properly,” he says.
Lokesh Verma at his farm. (Pic courtesy: 101Reporters)
Exhibition on ‘The River Ganga: India’s Iconic Water Machine’ at New Delhi, April 19-21, 2018 and Roorkee April 25-26, 2018
Visit this exhibition that provides the first comprehensive visualization of the hyper-engineered landscape of the Ganga at the American Centre, New Delhi and later at NIH, Roorkee.
Posted on 12 Apr, 2018 07:57 AM

What is the exhibition about
Power play chokes Korba
The video tells the story of residents of Korba and nearby villages who are affected by the fly ash from power plants which makes Korba the fifth critically polluted area in the country.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 11 Apr, 2018 02:05 PM

Korba in Chhattisgarh is an industrial area which has a significant number of coal mines and thermal power plants. Fly ash is a byproduct of the thermal power plants and has become a significant problem for the residents of Korba now.
Fly-ash dust at CSEB thermal power plant in Korba.
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