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October 11, 2022 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)
August 9, 2022 Ensuring irrigation through farm ponds in tribal Chhattisgarh
Many tribal farmers opted for individual farm ponds under MGNREGA ensuring protective irrigation. (Image: Meenakshi Singh)
November 8, 2020 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 Policy matters this week
The Mandovi river disputed between Karnataka and Goa (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
When Godavari spews venom
The presence of toxic heavy metal in Godavari calls for immediate action because of the health threat from the contaminated water. Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 04:18 PM

According to a report published by the Central Water Commission in 2015 on the status of trace and toxic metals in Indian rivers in the country, a large number of rivers in India are contaminated by heavy metals.

Godavari river at Jayakwadi dam, Aurangabad (Source: Wikimedia Commons)
Towards mission, clean Ganga
River Ganga remains polluted in spite of numerous attempts by various governments to clean it up. Where are we going wrong? Posted on 25 Jul, 2016 08:50 AM

It is common knowledge that the river Ganga, considered sacred by millions of Hindus, is polluted.  It is so polluted that some stretches of the river are unfit even for bathing, particularly during the lean seasons.

Varanasi 'ghats' on the bank of Ganga river (Source: Wikipedia)
NGT questions UP on potable water to villages
Policy matters this week Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:30 PM

Provide potable water to villages: NGT asks UP government 

Polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)
Kerala's lake islands sinking
News this week Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:17 PM

Small islands in southern Kerala lakes sinking

A lake in Kerala (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
State does a Nero while Kharun weeps
Despite the pitiable state of a polluted Kharun, the government is keen on developing the riverfront to attract tourists. Posted on 18 Jul, 2016 09:30 AM

At sunrise, everything is luminous but not clear. 

― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories

Kharun river at Mahadev Ghat, Raipur.
Floods wreak havoc in many parts of the country
News this week Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 04:27 PM

Floods grip many parts of the country

Flooded Simen river in Brahmaputra basin (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Small farmers eye big fish in Jharkhand
Pisciculture is changing the lives of farmers by offering a good alternative to land-based agriculture. Backed by the government, it is picking up well. Posted on 16 Jul, 2016 11:44 AM

Dhanmaniya Devi had never tasted a ‘good’ fish. “All we had during my childhood were the small varieties which come to rivers during monsoon. They are rarely seen now,” says the 65-year-old villager in Sildag of Palamau district in Jharkhand. This is why when her family reared the commercial variety fish last year, she was delighted.

Fishing lines, tyre tubes as floats and make-shift wooden platforms are very commonly used.  Source: Shubham Sharma.
Ganga revival projects launched
Policy matters this week Posted on 09 Jul, 2016 10:36 PM

Centre launches 231 projects under Namami Gange

Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Once a drain, now a sewer
Barapullah drain, which was once a major drain in Delhi, is being clogged with human waste, thanks to the rapid growth the city is undergoing. Posted on 05 Jul, 2016 09:33 PM

Originally a darya (creek), locally known as Nizammuddin darya, Barapullah is a key drain of Delhi today. Barapullah gets its name from a pul (bridge) built across it by the then emperor Jahangir's chief eunuch, Mihir Banu Agha.

Construction debris of the Barapullah flyover project chokes the nallah.
Water packaging units run without licence
News this week Posted on 03 Jul, 2016 12:07 AM

Most water packaging units operating without license: FSSAI

Mineral water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)
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