Amita Bhaduri

Ganga's riverine communities in troubled waters

The fishing community is the most vulnerable as its members come into direct contact with the river water and thus, suffer the maximum impact of pollution. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

There is a need to formalise the traditional occupation of riverine fishing by providing proper licensing facilities to allow for targeted policies for the community in order to mitigate the livelihood challenges being faced by it. (Image: Pikrepo)

Is the draft EIA notification 2020 anti-environment?

The draft notification is alleged to dilute the process and standards for environmental clearances for industries. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

Villager looking at mining devastated areas in Goa (Image: Frederik Noronha; Wikimedia Commons; CC A-S A 4.0 International)

Drying veins of Ganga: Can we have ‘Nirmal Ganga’ with dying tributaries?

There is an urgent need to prioritise uninterrupted river flow over unpolluted flow in the Namami Gange programme. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

The Baand river is nearly dry even when the region saw above normal monsoon this year. Much of the riverbed is encroached by farms. (Image: Adeel Khan and Praharsh Patel)

Book review: Future Earth

The book outlines how to reverse the short- and long-term effects of climate change over the next three decades. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

Climate change (Image: Kai Stachowiak; Public domain pictures)

Decentralised governance key to handling Covid-19

There is a positive correlation between the panchayat raj system and effective handling of Covid-19, says Mani Shankar Aiyar. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 10 months ago

A first time Sarpanch of Lahora Gram Panchayat in Rajasthan’s Tonk District, stands committed, guiding the community with her political acumen. (Image: UN Women;CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Water projects get priority in MGNREGA amidst COVID-19

Efforts needed to better utilise MGNREGA funds to deter vested interests from misappropriating. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Work in progress at an MGNREGA site (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh)

Livestock rearers and fishers bear the brunt of cyclone Amphan

Ravaged by the severe tropical cyclone that struck the region this summer, the livestock and fishes have taken a hit, impacting people's livelihoods. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

The Amphan swept away the chicken coops and other domestic animals. This is Anup Bhakta standing with one of the few goats left after the storm. (Image: WaterAid, Subhrajit Sen)

Locals struggle with WASH issues post-Amphan

Cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc in the Sunderbans at a time when the country was already battling a large spread of Covid-19. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Having no source of water is proving to be extremely difficult for the people living in the Sundarbans. (Image: WaterAid, Subhrajit Sen)

Gender-sensitive response to the climate crisis

Gender-transformative approaches are needed for climate adaptation, to lessen the stresses that force people to migrate. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Women and girls spend a considerable amount of their time in fetching water. (Image: Romit Sen)

Amphan’s impact on farming and livelihood in Sunderbans

Millions of people's homes were swept away and farmlands destroyed during cyclone Amphan in Sunderbans. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Betel (popularly used in paan) plantation is a major occupation in the Sundarbans. Pulak Bhakta is assessing the damage done to his plantation right after Amphan. The plantation is spread over two and a half bigha of land. According to Pulak, the total loss he has suffered is around INR 3 lakhs. Pulak already bears the burden of a loan which he had taken to set up his plantation. His future seems uncertain and bleak now. (Image: WaterAid/ Subhrajit Sen)

Banking on rainwater harvesting

National Water Mission’s campaign aims at creating rainwater harvesting structures in various parts of India. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

As a part of the campaign, work is being done on various interventions such as water for productive use, improving irrigation practices, creating water recharge structures (Image: Pikist)

Understanding Atal Bhujal Yojana through the program guidelines

The program envisages promoting panchayat led groundwater management and behavioural change with a primary focus on demand-side management. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Community participation is expected to facilitate bottom-up groundwater planning process to improve the effectiveness of public financing and align implementation of various government programs on groundwater in the participating states (Image: Water Alternatives, Flickr Commons)

Interspecies love in a flood-ravaged Assam village

Systems of co-existence can help in mitigating the human-elephant conflict in the region. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Potters' families belonging to Kumar community of the village make earthen pots (Image: Mitul Baruah)

India-UK team tackles antimicrobial resistance spread in waterways

Experts are joining forces to investigate the impact that releasing antibiotics from antibiotic manufacturing into India’s waterways has on the spread of potentially fatal drug-resistant infections. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

The Musi river in Hyderabad, which has high concentrations of antibiotics released from production facilities (Image: Newcastle University)

Migration and the state amid the Covid-19 pandemic

The Covid-19 prompted migration crisis brought India’s inequalities into sharp relief. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Migrants contribute enormously to urban society and economy (Image: Pexels)

A third of world’s children poisoned by lead: UNICEF

Urgent action needed to abolish dangerous practices including the informal recycling of lead acid batteries. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Two girls recycle metal from used batteries at a workshop in Dhaka, Bangladesh (Image: UNICEF/Naser Siddique)

Market linkage could ensure higher returns for farm produce

A study finds out gaps in the way farmer producer organisations are handling their operations and the available infrastructure. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Red chilli wholesale market at Karnataka (Image: Pxhere, CC0 Public Domain)

Money, migration and missing capital: The case of Uttarakhand

In times of heightened interest in migration and migrants, a lecture deals with key issues underpinning it. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Village in Uttarakhand (Image: Paul Hamilton; Flickr Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0)

NREGA tracker looks at the schemes’ performance

NREGA should move towards becoming an open-ended entitlement that allows every individual to work for at least 200 days, as per PAEG. Amita Bhaduri posted 3 years 11 months ago

Women working on an NREGA site building a pond to assist in farming and water storage. Gopalpura, Jhabua, Madhya Pradesh (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh)

Harnessing demographic dividend amidst the Covid-19 pandemic

India stands to lose its demographic dividend irreversibly during the pandemic if immediate steps are not taken. Amita Bhaduri posted 4 years ago

Migrant women workers continue to suffer unemployment and underemployment (Image: Pixabay)