Amita Bhaduri

Water management solutions where users have a say

Private provision of water services is most successful where the operation and maintenance contracts are offered by the local water users. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 6 months ago

Canal irrigation has led to altered crop choice, organisation and techniques of production. (Image: India Water Portal)

Safai karmacharis release manifesto

Manual scavengers release manifesto to ensure right to a dignified life. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 6 months ago

The toilet cleaners of Lucknow (Image source: CS Sharada Prasad)

River conservation efforts need to be prioritised

Healthy forests are necessary for healthy rivers and prosperous communities that depend on the river, say experts. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 6 months ago

Engagement with indigenous communities in protecting natural forests and rivers is vital (Image: Priya Ranjan Sahoo)

Towards sustainable food production

The entire food chain is increasingly becoming the primary source of pesticide and antibiotic contamination putting the health and safety of people at risk. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 6 months ago

Apart from pesticides, toxic colours and hormones like oxytocin are also being used indiscriminately to ripen vegetables and fruits. (Image: India Water Portal)

Solar pumps solve irrigation trouble

Solar irrigation pumps have been hailed as a one stop solution to meet the irrigation needs of the farmers as they provide sustainable energy at a cheap price. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 7 months ago

New employment has been created as a result of the pilot in the form of the S-ISPs and their operators which will increase considerably if the project is scaled up. (Image: IWMI)

Protecting Surajpur wetland

Surajpur wetland faces the threat of habitat loss because of the proliferating real estate development in the area. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 7 months ago

The forest department and local activists discuss the threats on Surajpur, an urban wetland encroached upon by private real estate as well as the government. (Image: India Water Portal)

Income support: Budget 2019 showstopper

Will direct income support boost agriculture and shift focus from country’s food security to farmers’ income security? Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 8 months ago

For doubling farmers’ incomes by 2022, the slew of measures proposed under the budget is inadequate. (Image: Azhar Feder, Wikimedia Commons-CC-BY-SA-3.0)

Leading a movement to revive a river

The work of river conservationist Mustaquim Mallah with help from local people to revive the Katha river is a good example that river conservation is possible through local participation. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 8 months ago

A “one house, one pot” symbolic water donation movement was conducted over the years for river Katha. (Image: Mustaquim Mallah)

Operating community toilet complexes

Project Raahat has developed a guide to replicate the best practices to standardise the operations of a community toilet complex. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 9 months ago

Project Raahat is a fully sustainable project under the umbrella of Enactus SSCBS in collaboration with the Delhi Urban Shelter Improvement Board. (Image: Project Raahat, Enactus SSCBS)

What's killing the Ganga?

Nothing represents India's environmental problems as well as The Ganga river. Polluted to the hilt and sucked dry by dams, the Ganga suffers as the government pays lip service to its clean-up. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 9 months ago

Alakananda near Badrinath temple (Image: Shitha Valsan, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA-4.0 Int)

Together as community for better quality of life

The informal settlement of Muskan gali looks nothing like a slum with better water, sanitation and hygiene standards, thanks to the formation of a settlement improvement committee. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 9 months ago

Noorjehan, an entrepreneur who owns a home production unit of lac bangles, plays an active role in demanding that the municipality becomes responsive to citizen's needs. (Image: India Water Portal)

Saving Ganga: Just clean-up won’t do

River Ganga’s uninterrupted flow is as important as making the river pollution free if the Ganga rejuvenation drive has to show desired results. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 10 months ago

The Ganga at Haridwar in Uttarakhand. Downstream of this, the river flow has reduced due to increased abstraction. (Image courtesy: Manas Chakrabarty; Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA-4.0)

A future without water?

Once abundant with water, Sikri village is fighting a losing battle to meet its water needs. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 10 months ago

An off-taking canal that promoted flow irrigation. The system has become a relic of the past. There is a demand to revive this colonial irrigation system whose bund is over 17-km long and has 28 distributaries. (Image: India Water Portal)

Two states and a river: More power or more water?

The latest addition to India’s interstate river water conflicts, the Mahanadi will soon go water deficit if Odisha and Chhattisgarh don’t control their hunger for coal-fired power. Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 11 months ago

The Hirakud dam (Image: Makarand Purohit, India Water Portal)

From river to sewer, Paondhoi waits for redemption

Will Saharanpur city’s proposed smart city tag help revive the Paondhoi river once again? Amita Bhaduri posted 5 years 11 months ago

The Paondhoi with hazardous materials and pollutants dumped into it. (Image: India Water Portal)

Tech to tackle sewer deaths

With government apathetic towards sewer deaths from manual scavenging, individuals and organisations are coming up with tech solutions to stop the practice. Amita Bhaduri posted 6 years ago

Women who took part at the India SaniTech Forum say that they want to ensure there are no more deaths from manual scavenging. (Image: India Water Portal)

Why floodplains need to be protected

Damage to floodplains harms the riverine ecosystem, lessens groundwater recharge capacity and poses threats of flash floods. Enforcement of floodplain zoning regulation is a must to avert floods. Amita Bhaduri posted 6 years ago

Real estate development has wiped out large swathes of land on the active floodplain of the rivers in Kerala; the reduction in its cross section led to massive inundation during the Kerala floods, 2018.

Swachh Bharat Mission: It’s all about numbers

As Swachh Bharat Mission is racing towards its 2019 deadline, a CAG report reveals that sanitation is not a one-time exercise and there is a need to look beyond the deadline. Amita Bhaduri posted 6 years ago

Sanitation is not just about constructing toilets. (Image: India Water Portal)

Kerala floods and after

The reason behind Kerala floods is a lot more than what the CWC wants us to believe. Amita Bhaduri posted 6 years 1 month ago

The floods in Kerala have taken nearly 400 lives and have displaced around 1.2 million people. (Image: Ranjith Siji via Wikimedia Commons)

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 6 years 1 month ago

The Ganga at Garhmukteshwar (Image: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)