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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)
IMD to stop using the term 'drought'
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Jan, 2016 09:55 AM

IMD to replace the term 'drought' with 'deficient year'
Affected by drought (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
NITI Ayog allocates Rs 1000 crore for groundwater contaminated zones
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 11 Jan, 2016 09:48 PM

Government to install community water purification plants in water toxic zones
A hand pump in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Ken-Betwa river gets some respite
Statutory clearance not given for the much touted Ken-Betwa model link project of the Interlinking of Rivers programme due to extreme social and environmental concerns.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 08 Jan, 2016 01:03 PM

In December 2015, more than forty years after it was conceived, the Government was set to launch India’s ambitious 30-link river interlinking project linking 37 rivers.
View of Betwa river (Source: Manual Menal, Wikimedia Commons)
How did Indian rivers fare in 2015?
Namami Gange', big budgets, 'Yamuna Aarti', interlinking of rivers and many other plans were made by the government to better our rivers. Have they helped?
Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Dec, 2015 12:33 PM

Government allocated Rs 4,173 crore for Water Resources and of this, Namami Gange received Rs 2,037 crore.
Ganga at Gadmukteshwar (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Reminiscence by the riverside
The river Muthai, once the pride of Pune city, is in a diseased state. The Muthai River Walk hopes to reconnect people to the forgotten river and understand her importance for their own existence.
Aarti Kelkar- Khambete
Posted on 20 Dec, 2015 03:02 PM

The river Mutha, lovingly called 'Muthai'--meaning 'mother Mutha' in Marathi--is dying a slow death thanks to rapidly urbanising Pune which is depositing huge amounts of untreated sewage and dirt in its waters. However, the situation was different earlier. The river was revered and was a part of the everyday lives of the people in the city.
A view of the river Mutha, as she flows through Pune (Source: India Water Portal)
No new construction to be taken up on the Ganga: Government
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 11:11 AM

Government decides not to allow new construction on the Ganga
Ganga river at Sangam in Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
First water atlas of the Himalayas launched during COP 21
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 10:21 AM

First water atlas of the Himalayas launched in Paris
View of the Himalayas from Dhulikhel, Nepal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Industrial effluents dirty River Brahmani
Setting up industries along rivers may be financially rewarding but when untreated effluents drain into the river, the water quality deteriorates.
Akshaya K Bhadra
Baidhar Sahu and Swoyam P. Rout
Posted on 14 Dec, 2015 06:47 PM

Water is the most fundamental component of any natural resource, and the crisis of fresh water has posed a formidable challenge worldwide. Among the sources of drinking water rivers play an important role, and in the peninsular river system in India, the River Brahmani plays a pivotal role. 
Effluents from industries & factories contaminate the water source (Source: Wikipedia)
Draft guidelines on water quality released
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 07 Dec, 2015 08:53 PM

Government comes up with new standards on water quality
The Krishna river, Wai, Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Death toll in Chennai rises to 450
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 07 Dec, 2015 08:26 PM

Chennai rains claim 450 lives
Chennai roads take a beating (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
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