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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)
Bengaluru's Bellandur lake is on fire again
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Jan, 2018 10:14 AM

Bellandur lake catches fire again
Bellandur lake on fire. (Source: NDTV)
River turns drain, drowns villages in sorrow
Despite repeated protests by villagers living around the Ghaggar, the river remains polluted, thanks to the apathy of the authorities.
Sat Singh
Posted on 18 Jan, 2018 04:08 PM

Till four decades ago, Ghaggar river in Haryana and Punjab was the lifeline of the villages along its course. Incessant dumping of sewage and industrial effluents, however, has choked the life out of it and has reduced it to a drain or nullah, as locals call it, now.
Rorki villagers show the effluent being released to the river. (Source: 101Reporters)
Assam's river atlas to tackle floods, deforestation
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 Jan, 2018 09:07 PM

Assam prepares river atlas to tackle floods, erosion, deforestation
People take a boat to cross Brahmaputra. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Rs 5,369 crore approved for Jal Vikas Marg Project
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 09 Jan, 2018 08:47 AM

Government approves Rs 5,369 crore for Jal Vikas Marg Project
Navigating rivers through simple boats. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Too close for comfort
A river threatens a village by eroding the mud, inching closer to the houses and hampering the villagers’ lives and livelihoods.
Gurvinder Singh
Posted on 07 Jan, 2018 11:38 AM

Ashok Kumar Dolai can hardly control his tears whenever he sees the river flowing near his house and a narrow red earth road snaking beside it. 
Villagers use boats to cross the river. (Photo courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)
Arunachal becomes open defecation free
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 Jan, 2018 09:44 AM

Arunachal achieves the open defecation free status
A toilet constructed under SBM. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Hotels and industries polluting the Ganga to be sealed
Policy matters this week
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 27 Dec, 2017 11:43 AM

Hotels, industries, ashrams polluting the Ganga to be sealed
Ganga river at Sangam, Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Cauvery loaded with toxins
News this week
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 27 Dec, 2017 11:10 AM

Cauvery found to be the most toxic river in the country 
Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)
MGNREGA failed to curb migration: Survey
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Dec, 2017 11:44 AM

Survey reveals MGNREGA failed to curb migration
Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Farmer suicide cases decrease: Govt data
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Dec, 2017 11:22 AM

Government data shows decreasing suicide trend among farmers for the second consecutive year
A farmer in his field. (Source: India Water Portal)
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