Amita Bhaduri

Data, data everywhere, but where?

Involving the community in a data framework with the right incentives will have the second-order benefit of the community becoming decision makers with respect to water use. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

The seamless flow of data from one program to another can be enabled if a few principles are kept in mind (Image: José Manuel Suárez, Wikimedia Commons)

Data-driven ‘water and agriculture’ planning: The big picture

If data was better organized and available for download in more ‘user-friendly’ formats, its utilization would improve manifold. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

The quality of our public data is highly variable, yet if analyses and interpretation are done keeping in mind some of the limitations, the datasets can be a precious resource at the meso and macro level. (Image: Pixabay)

Rapid hygiene study: Hand hygiene for COVID-19 and beyond in India

A study by WaterAid India calls for building the capacity of community networks to promote and support hygiene behaviours. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

Effect of a behaviour-change intervention on handwashing (Image: Climate Centre)

Groundwater recharge needs grassroots solutions: A study of two techniques in Kerala

Although groundwater is emerging as a critical issue and has managed to encourage new government schemes, a generic solution of rainwater recharge cannot be applied across different regions. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

Rainwater is captured from the rooftop of the community hall and diverted to the sump before it is pumped into the open well. (Image by Authors)

A rainbow recovery post-COVID

The movement towards radical ecological democracy needs to combine the practical and policy-level grassroots work with broader mobilization. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

The women of Deccan Development Society sanghams move towards more localized natural resource management (Image: Deccan Development Society, Facebook Page)

How forest-dwelling communities are braving the pandemic

Local communities and gram sabhas better understand the local complexities than the local administrations while dealing with a crisis situation. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

The non timber forest products collection season, which is mainly in the months of April to June coincided exactly with the lockdown (Image: CIFOR, Flickr Commons)

Poor implementation of forest rights act hurts tribals

Need to recognise the rights of forest-dwelling and tribal communities over their traditional lands. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

Indigenous groups that lived and helped maintain the forests for centuries have been undermined (Image: Baiga women, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 3.0)

Governance lessons that could keep us prepared for pandemics

Leo Saldanha of Environment Support Group speaks on rethinking aspects of our governance system in post-pandemic times. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

Decentralised governance systems that allow to adapt and learn are best placed to deal with disasters (Image: Kantsmith, Pixabay)

Pandemic impacts on women – Stories of survival

Women experience the effects of the COVID-19 crisis in different, often more negative ways. How are they coping? Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

Gender dimensions of the pandemic (Image: Gby Atee)

Dhenkanal gears up for better waste management

Odisha reiterates commitment to urban sanitation by launching pioneering state-wide initiative on solid and liquid waste management. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

Odisha continues with its transformative journey in urban sanitation in areas of solid and liquid waste management. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)

Data, a reusable asset

Can we design capabilities to ingest, protect and use water data in ways that amplify value for its users? Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

Water data needs to be liberated from the custody of one set of users and a single programme making it a reusable asset that each programme and actor builds on. (Image: Needpix)

The women sanitation champions of Angul

Residents confronted with poor sanitation conditions come together and organise for effective sanitation service delivery in crowded, low-income neighbourhoods in Angul, Odisha. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

Women come together in multi-layered sanitation institutions in Angul set up under Project Nirmal to improve the sanitation chain. (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)

Towards data-driven district rural drinking water planning framework

Current rural water planning approach in India lacks important data considerations. Data is not mapped and prioritization is not transparent. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 1 month ago

A new planning framework focused on democratizing village water data collection is needed (Image: Snappy Goat from Pixabay)

Gendered impacts of COVID-19

The pandemic affects rural women disproportionately with damaging impacts on their employment, health and security. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 2 months ago

The time-use survey indicates that women are now spending more time on unpaid domestic and care work (Image: Sunita, Pixabay)

Decision Support Space: A concept

Are we wired to make bad decisions and how can a Decision Support Space (DSSpace) facilitate better decision-making about water systems in India? Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 2 months ago

Decision-making on water is a multifaceted and cognitively overwhelming process (Image: Lolame, Pixabay)

Improving city-wide sanitation service delivery in small towns of Odisha

Project Nirmal demonstrates appropriate, low-cost, decentralized, inclusive and sustainable sanitation service delivery solutions for two small towns (Angul and Dhenkanal) in Odisha. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 2 months ago

Community meetings in the slums of Dhenkanal under Project Nirmal (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)

Sanitation empowered her

Community response to the slum sanitation improvement project hinges on grassroots leadership in a slum settlement in Dhenkanal. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 2 months ago

As a part of Project Nirmal, community structures including Slum Sanitation Committees (SSCs) and Ward Sanitation Committees (WSCs) were constituted at the slum and ward level (Image: SCI-FI, CPR)

Uttarakhand: Reaching the unreached

PSI addresses the shortage of safe drinking water in remote Uttarakhand villages through a participatory community-based approach to springshed management. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 2 months ago

Women trudged long distances daily to fetch water for their basic household needs in Rupail (Image: People's Science Institute)

Agriculture and food security challenges amid Covid-19

The pandemic has bared our vulnerabilities and shaken our collective consciousness to focus on agriculture and rural economy. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 2 months ago

Women farmers produce vegetables through innovative farming practices in Banka, Bihar. They can sell their produce at regional markets, and earn a better income for their families. (Image: USAID, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Empowering, involving local communities crucial for reviving Yamuna: Study

A user-friendly water quality index could be created to help riverine communities take informed decisions. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years 2 months ago

To improve the participation of the riverine communities in river clean-up activities, a platform can be set up as a governance mechanism. (Image: Thommen Jose, CC BY-SA 4.0)