Aarti Kelkar Khambete

MGNREGA demands makeover

A decade after its implementation, MGNREGA is in shambles. Taking Jharkhand as an example, a paper analyses what went wrong and how to rectify the mistakes. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 2 months ago

Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

A river on fire

Communication, based on sound scientific information, involving farmers as well as other stakeholders, is the only way to solve the Cauvery dispute. Political mandate, too, is important. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 2 months ago

Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)

WASH away diarrhoea

Swachh Bharat Abhiyan is unlikely to be effective unless it understands the influence of the complementarity of WASH variables on the incidence of diarrhoea in India. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 2 months ago

WASH infrastructure and diarrhoea. (Source: India Water Portal)

The nature of trade

What can be done to nature’s commodification to save it from the onslaught of development? A new book delves into some pertinent questions related to current environmental crises Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 2 months ago

The environment, sustainability and business interests. (Source: India Water Portal)

Slum dwellers in Delhi to get individual water connections

News this week Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 2 months ago

Access to drinking water, a basic human right. (Source: IWP flicker photos)

SC urges Karnataka to share water with TN

Policy matters this week Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 2 months ago

Manual scavenging: The caste connection

The Balmiki caste has been marginalised for their association with manual scavenging. Swacch Bharat Mission needs to put an end to this evil to save a population from discrimination. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 3 months ago

A manual scavenger at work. (Source: Flickr Commons)

Forts of fortune: How the Marathas saved water

The hill forts of Maharashtra provide valuable lessons in water harvesting and conservation. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 3 months ago

One of the hill forts in Maharashtra. (Source: India Water Portal)

Water sharing: In China’s defence

Mutual trust and not the fear of an imaginary war is needed to improve the Sino-Indian relation over the sharing of Brahmaputra. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 3 months ago

The Brahmaputra river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

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. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 3 months ago

Godavari river at Jayakwadi dam, Aurangabad (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Manipulating water bodies: A recipe for disaster

The flagship scheme of Maharashtra’s water conservation department, Jalyukt Shivar, is worrying for its myopic vision and faulty implementation, say experts Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 4 months ago

Deepening work in progress on the Manjara river in Latur (Source: Ravindra Pomane)

Effect of environmental policies on reducing water pollution

A study finds the actions undertaken in the 1987 ruling in Mehta vs Union of India resulted in reduced pollution levels and infant mortality. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 4 months ago

Sunset at Garmukteshwar on the river Ganga (Source: India Water Portal)

Safe sanitation for women

Toilet security for women in India is less about the availability of toilets and more about addressing gender disparity. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 4 months ago

Women and toilets (Source: India Water Portal)

When coal goes unheard

This paper tries to understand the effect of coal mining in the northeast India and ways to control its impact on the environment Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 4 months ago

Coal mines in Meghalaya (Source: The Hindu)

Understanding farmer suicides in India

An analysis finds that the problem of farmer suicides is concentrated in a few states and not an all-India phenomenon Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 5 months ago

Farmers and the agricultural crisis (Source: India Water Portal)

Environmental disaster in the face of climate change

Marathwada is a classic example of environmental disaster due to climate change which can get worse in the absence of sincere and planned action. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 5 months ago

Farmers, stuck in the midst of a crisis (Source: India Water Portal)

Business interests and environmental crisis: A book review

While the environmental crisis threatens to impact the ecology and livelihoods in India, business interests take over sustainable solutions. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 5 months ago

Business profits and the environmental crisis (Source: India Water Portal)

Restructuring water governance for future

This paper argues that the recent restructuring of CWC and CGWB can be a good opportunity to introduce changes in the institutional structure for water governance in India Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 5 months ago

Water governance for future water security (Source: India Water Portal)

‘Bharat Mata’ weeps in dry Marathwada

Women reel under the dual onslaught of unprecedented drought and failed public policy in Marathwada. The government must wake up to this reality. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 5 months ago

Women wait for water in Latur (Source: Roshan Rathod)

Changing seasons and diarrhoeal diseases

This study in urban and rural areas of Vellore, Tamil Nadu found that seasonal fluctuations had an effect on water quality and diarrhoeal disease risk. Aarti Kelkar Khambete posted 8 years 6 months ago

Water quality, seasonality and diarrhoeal diseases (Source: Wikimedia Commons)