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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)
November 21, 2019
Jaipur’s wastewater conundrum
A report by NIUA brings to light the chinks in Jaipur's sewage system and suggests some solutions.
Routine check done by the sewage treatment plant staff in Delawas, Jaipur. The plant is part of the ADB best practices projects list. (Image: Asian Development Bank, Flickr Commons)
November 15, 2019
When the sewers get blocked: sanitation labour in urban India
On World Toilet Day, we bring to light the labour of India’s sewer workers - those who do the unclean work that a Clean India relies on.
Photo credit: Sharada Prasad
October 28, 2019
Unregulated e-waste hotspots operating in Delhi with no safeguards
Study identifies 5,000 illegal e-waste units in Delhi operating without health and environmental safeguards.
Most of the operations in these units were found to be manual and rudimentary (Image: Toxics Link)
October 25, 2019
Mapping Pune’s aquifers
Groundwater use has doubled in Pune. Comprehensive mapping of groundwater resources and better management and governance is the need of the hour.
Groundwater, an exploited resource (Image Source: India Water Portal)
October 6, 2019
Deadly chemicals from detergents end up in rivers
India needs to come up with a regulation on use of toxic chemicals in detergents.
Nonylphenol, a toxic chemical found in detergents is known to enter the water bodies and even the food chain, where it bio-accumulates and can pose serious environmental and health risks (Image: Toxics Link)
Riverbed off limits, farmers fume
With the sewage-fed vegetable cultivation on Yamuna riverbed banned, the farmers are worried about their livelihood.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 01 Aug, 2016 08:23 PM

Champa Devi has been working as a sharecropper on a two-acre farm at Nilothi village in west Delhi. Until a few years ago, the water she used for irrigation came from the Najafgarh drain that empties into the Yamuna river. This form of cultivation using waste water was a norm in the area till sometime ago.
Thousands of farmers like Champa Devi (in pic) who were growing edible crops or doing fodder cultivation on the riverbed and its floodplains took the brunt of the court’s decision.
NGT gets strict over notification of wetlands
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:53 PM

NGT orders CWRA to meet every month for identification of wetlands
A wetland in Assam. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Subarnarekha is dying. Who’s responsible?
The pitiful state of Subarnarekha stands testimony to the changing times. The river is being slowly killed by the greed of the rich and the apathy of the powerful.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 28 May, 2016 05:46 PM

It would not be an exaggeration to say Subarnarekha (Line of gold) is a film that left an indelible mark on Indian cinema. The film, by Ritwik Ghatak, is inspired by a river by the same name and narrates the reality around the river which flows through the present day Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
India’s steel city dumps its waste into Subarnarekha, the river of gold
Water lessons from a ‘desert’ nation
Israel, a parched land, has transformed itself into a water sufficient nation thanks to an innovative approach to water management. Can India pick up a few tips?
Swati Bansal
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 10 Apr, 2016 09:58 PM

The water scarcity that India is facing even before the onslaught of summers, and the plight of farmer’s in Marathwada have been making headlines every single day.
Israeli Pavilion at India Water Week 2016 (Source: Israel Embassy, New Delhi)
4 crore native tree species to be planted along the stretch of the Ganga
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 11:24 AM

Centre releases DPR on forestry intervention for Ganga river
Ganga river near Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
National Water Commission in place of CWC and CGWB
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:28 AM

Government proposes to set up a National Water Commission
The Upper Lake, Bhopal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Training programme on Sustainable Urban Water Management: Rainwater Harvesting and Decentralised Wastewater Treatment
This short term four day course will focus on – designing rainwater harvesting (RWH) and decentralised wastewater treatment (DWWT) systems including local reuse.
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:57 AM

About the programme:
International Conference on Innovations in Sustainable Water and Wastewater Treatment Systems (ISWATS)
This conference is an international event attracting water professionals and organizations from across the world working towards sustainable water and wastewater treatment systems.
Posted on 08 Feb, 2016 01:40 AM

About the event:

The three day conference is being organised by National Environmental Engineering Research Institute (NEERI), Nagpur, and Ecosan Services Foundation (ESF), Pune. 
UP Coca Cola plant in trouble again
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 26 Jan, 2016 02:03 PM

CPCB finds Coca Cola plant in Hapur pumping toxic water into a pond
Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium via Hindu)
Centre speeds up its Clean Ganga Mission
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 11:36 AM

Centre to involve public, private firms for urban sewage treatment and Ganga clean up 
Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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