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December 29, 2020
Challenges to India’s urban water security and future growth patterns
Water resources in most Indian cities are overworked and overused, and not adequately replenished.
Cities in India are marked by unequal distribution of water, lack of access, outdated infrastructure and minimal enforcement of rainwater harvesting and other means of supply. (Image: Anish Roy, Pixabay)
November 8, 2020
Breaking down data silos in the water sector
The National Hydrology Project has created a national platform for water data and is working to enhance the technical capacities of agencies dealing with water resources management.
Breakthrough cloud computing facilities and remote sensing applications have helped showthe filling pattern of a water body (tank or reservoir) through freely available satellite imagery at an interval of five days. (Image: Maithan dam, Wikimedia Commons)
December 26, 2019
Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Policy matters this week
The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
December 11, 2019
Locals reject social impact assessment report of Luhri II hydropower project
News this week
Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)
December 4, 2019
In wake of climate change, prioritise and invest in water security and clean drinking water
To adapt well & build resilience, climate change strategies need to factor in efforts towards water security, writes Vanita Suneja, Regional Advocacy Manager (South Asia), WaterAid.
Image credit: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan
November 18, 2019
BWSSB’s workforce woefully inadequate, says Chairman Tushar Girinath
Bangalore's water utility is understaffed, under financed and unable to service the city's water needs.
Image credit: Citizen Matters
Water storage in river basins dips in 2021, drier than normal conditions to blame: WMO
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 15 Dec, 2022 05:57 PM

Significant drop in the volume of Ganga river water and groundwater in the river basin, reveals WMO report
Ganga river in Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr album)
Training course: Gravity Pipe Networks (GPNs) using EPANET
Water and Livelihoods Foundation (WLF) offers this training course to develop optimal plans of GPNs using EPANET
Posted on 21 Feb, 2022 03:48 PM

About the course: 

Meandering and babbling natural streams and springs through hills offer a beautiful scenery. But the same could also be a source of despair for the tribal farmers in the neighborhoods, if their crops wither due to lack of life-saving irrigation water.
Govt comes up with regulations for RO manufacturers
Policy matters this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Oct, 2021 12:26 AM

Environment ministry notifies regulations for RO manufacturers
A domestic RO water purifier (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Haryana ranks third in providing tap water to all rural households
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 Oct, 2021 06:16 PM

Haryana comes third in providing tap water to rural households under Jal Jeevan Mission
Women filling water from a tap (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Jal Jeevan Mission App and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh launched
Policy matters this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 06 Oct, 2021 11:10 PM

PM Modi launches the Jal Jeevan Mission app and Rashtriya Jal Jeevan Kosh 
An overhead tank in Tamil Nadu that supplies water to a village (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Harvesting and using rainwater, a must in Bengaluru
Policy matters this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Sep, 2021 12:24 PM

State government makes harvesting and using of rainwater a must in Bengaluru
Rainwater harvesting installed in a house (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Northeastern states witness highest rates of desertification
News this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Sep, 2021 09:35 PM

Desertification is accelerating in several northeastern Indian states
Loss of green cover is increasing in the country (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
India leads Asian countries in enacting the Plastics Pact
Policy matters this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Sep, 2021 09:41 AM

In launching its Plastics Pact, India becomes the first Asian country to do so
Different types of plastic waste (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Government notifies ban on single-use plastics from July 2022
Policy matters this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Aug, 2021 12:04 AM

No more single-use plastics from July 1, 2022
Plastic menace in Kufri, Himachal Pradesh (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)
Atmanirbhar Krishi App launched to equip farmers with weather insights
Policy matters this fortnight
Swati Bansal
Posted on 13 Jul, 2021 11:10 AM

Atmanirbhar Krishi App launched to make weather insights handy for farmers
Agricultural activities in semi-arid region of Tamil Nadu (Source: IWP Flickr Photos))
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