Rural Water
Ultratech Cement mines limestone (and villagers) in Chhattisgarh
Posted on 13 Dec, 2015 03:38 PMParaswani village in Balodabazar district, Chhattisgarh contains vast reserves of limestone, a sedimentary rock that is a primary ingredient in the cement manufacturing process. Since 1992, Ultratech Cement Ltd. (UTCL) followed by four other similar companies, have begun excavating this rock within a 30 km radius of the village.
Water vending machines: How equitable are they?
Posted on 05 Dec, 2015 02:34 PMA water ATM, as the name implies, is a sort of a water vending machine similar to bank ATMs except that in a water ATM, money goes in to the machine in return for water. These machines, which run on a cash as well as a prepaid card or smart card system are built, owned and operated by private companies that have rights over public resources such as land and water.
Be careful while bathing if you're in these six districts of UP!
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 11:30 AMUP's rivers and groundwater are loaded with harmful effluents: CPCB
Tackling water salinity in Mewat, Haryana
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 11:16 AMWhat is the exact problem as regards groundwater salinity, fluoride and water scarcity in Mewat, Haryana? Is the area underlain with saline groundwater aquifers? What is the status of surface water in the area? Can it not reduce dependence on groundwater?
Intern / Part-time Research Assistant for documenting case studies on water enterprises
Posted on 18 Nov, 2015 05:30 PMS3IDF is part of a national team (commissioned by the IWMI Tata water mission) conducting a landscape study on “Water Enterprises” in rural India addressing the issue of potable water. S3IDF’s focus geographies in this study are Kolar District and Chittoor District.
Position: Intern / Research Assistant
Scarcity amidst plenty: Kerala's drinking water paradox
Posted on 14 Nov, 2015 02:48 PMKerala, flanked on the west by the Arabian Sea and on the east by the Western Ghats is bestowed with enviable natural resources. It has 44 rivers spanning its lush green landscape and rainfall that averages as high as 3000 mm a year.
What it takes to clean India
Posted on 06 Nov, 2015 12:25 PMSajan, a 14 year old Bhilala Adivasi boy studying in the Rani Kajal school in Kakrana in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh says, "We now save a lot of time as we bathe in the bathrooms and defecate in the toilets rather than in the open fields; and so we study better".
Rooftop rainwater harvesting at Chhattisgarh school reduces absenteeism
Posted on 02 Nov, 2015 01:00 PMChhattisgarh ranked number 1 in the country for providing domestic water connections in 2014-15 under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
Quarter million school children in Chhattisgarh lack drinking water
Posted on 29 Oct, 2015 07:21 PMNearly 1,700 public schools--approximately quarter million children in grades 1-12--of Chhattisgarh have no arrangements for drinking water.