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December 16, 2022
Water Quality Management Course - Not just a training program
In this article, we will understand how the WQM course is continuing to influence the needs of learners that come from diverse backgrounds. The course model also offers core insights to many others who would like to engage in a virtual training program.
During a WQM course, a field team member from INREM facilitating a demonstration
December 6, 2022
The water that you eat
Need to shift to a more sustainable diet without compromising on major nutrients and calories
Historically, India has been a net exporter of virtual water (Image: PxHere)
November 6, 2022
Decentralised urban water management in Chhattisgarh
A film that focuses on importance of communitarian in situ water management
People are struggling to get the quantity and quality of water in urban areas (Image: Makarand Purohit)
September 21, 2022
The Chakla bavdi of Chanderi
The unique design and functioning of the Chakla bavdi in Chanderi Madhya Pradesh is another example of the water wisdom of our ancestors, which needs to be conserved and passed on to the future generations.
Chakla Bavdi at Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: Shirole, S. 2022. Architectural eloquence: Water harvesting structure in Chanderi, Madhya Pradesh (India). Ancient Asia, 13: 9, pp. 1–13)
March 21, 2022
Celebrating the role of hill women in springshed development and governance
Recognizing women's accumulated knowledge and adaptive capacities in springshed management
Van Panchayat Samiti discussing the matters related to forest (Image: Varun Raja)
March 11, 2022
Making every drop count: Micro-irrigation for tribal farmers of Gujarat
Subsidies enable tribal farmers to adopt micro-irrigation systems providing them assured irrigation
A key mitigation strategy to deal with water scarcity due to climate change is on-farm management of water using techniques like micro-irrigation (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
Videos
Indore among the cleanest cities in India
Storms in India: Science and survival
Open call to participate in Grassroots Field Exposure Session (GFES) & User Engagement Initiative (UEI)
The India-UK Water Centre is inviting applications from members of its Open Network of Water Scientists to participate in a Grassroots Field Exposure Session and User Engagement Initiative.
Posted on 24 Oct, 2018 04:04 PM

Sectoral focus: Water resource management and supply

Regional Focus: Central India

Theme: Building cross-sectoral collaborations to understand the dynamic interactions across the water-energy-food nexus
Green Climate Fund aid for coastal communities
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 23 Oct, 2018 10:47 AM

Fund approved to boost climate resilience among coastal communities
Coastal communities in India (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Cyclone Titli hits Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 16 Oct, 2018 12:38 PM

Cyclone Titli devastates Odisha and Andhra Pradesh
A file photo shows a severe cyclonic storm in progress. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Certificate programme in water science and policy
Applications are invited for in-house module in water science and policy by Shiv Nadar University.
Posted on 02 Oct, 2018 02:54 AM

Invitation to apply for Researcher Exchange, India UK Water Centre
The India-UK Water Centre is inviting proposals from members of its Open Network of Water Scientists, to apply for funding under one of two researcher exchange schemes.
Posted on 02 Oct, 2018 02:11 AM

Funding is available to support at least two researcher exchanges to be undertaken during the period 01 January 2019- 30 June 2019: at least one exchange by an Indian water scientist to the UK and at least one exchange by a UK water scientist to India.
Kerala floods and after
The reason behind Kerala floods is a lot more than what the CWC wants us to believe.
Rahul Banerjee
Posted on 27 Sep, 2018 05:11 PM

Every time there is a huge flood in India with massive loss of lives and extensive physical damage, there is a hue and cry. Especially, if this takes place in an area not normally prone to such floods. Assam and Bihar, for instance, are regularly laid waste by floods and so, there is not much agitation over that anymore.
The floods in Kerala have taken nearly 400 lives and have displaced around 1.2 million people. (Image: Ranjith Siji via Wikimedia Commons)
Industrial waste discharge needs monitoring: NGT
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 02:40 PM

NGT asks CPCB to monitor industrial waste discharge of states
A creek near a thermal power plant. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Ganga clean up: It’s all talk and no action
While crores of rupees have been allocated for cleaning up Ganga, the river continues to flow filthy.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 12:06 PM

As the Ganga emerges from the glaciers and glides along the foothills of the mighty Himalayas through the towns and cities with their sprawling ghats, engineered embankments, hydroelectric dams, and interrupted flows at barrages, the icy chilliness of its waters is lost.
The Ganga at Garhmukteshwar (Image: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)
NGT asks states to save ecology of Western Ghats
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Sep, 2018 07:24 AM

No more clearance to activities affecting eco zones in the Western Ghats: NGT
Western Ghats as seen from Wagamon view point. (Source: Anand via Wikipedia Commons)
Maharashtra comes out with draft groundwater rules
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 05 Sep, 2018 06:26 AM

Maharashtra farmers to need approval to sow water-intensive crops 
A sugarcane farm (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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