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Green court slams centre over groundwater withdrawal in dry areas

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 2 months ago

A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Nearly three lakh people across eight districts affected by floods in Bihar

Floods in Bihar create havoc with 2.88 lakh people being affected. 9,845 people have been evacuated from the region and sent to relief camps. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 2 months ago

Life submerged within the embankment area (Source: India Water Portal Hindi)

Floods in Bihar: State submerged in flood waters

Locals take refuge on the embankments as flood waters enter the new areas in the state and government is yet to provide help. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 2 months ago

Village under threat from erosion in Kishanganj (Source: India Water Portal Hindi)

Kamla, Kosi and Bagmati rivers in rage, disrupt life

Incessant rains in Terai region of Bihar and Nepal causes floods in North Bihar as many rivers rise above the danger mark. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 2 months ago

Locals provide aid to people hit by floods in Bihar

Floods in Bihar: Government prepares to shift people to safer places

As flood situation hits the state, the government is working towards taking people to safer places and preparing itself for the rescue efforts. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 2 months ago

Children drinking milk at a flood relief centre in Bihar (Source: Bhartiya Jan Utthan Parishad)

Bringing springs to life: Ensuring water security for Baigas in Madhya Pradesh

To ensure year-round availability of drinking water for the Baigas, an initiative bring back springs to life in the region through community participation. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 3 months ago

Children wash hands at a stand post installed in a Primary school at Kapoti Village in Karanjiya, Dhindori, Madhya Pradesh, India (Source: WaterAid India)

Drone to help monitor embankments and save people trapped in floods

This year, along with working at the grass root level to deal with floods, the Bihar government is also focussing on the full use of state-of-the-art technologies. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 3 months ago

Completed flood protection in Naruar, Bihar (Image Source: Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Twitter handle)

Environmentalists voice concerns against the draft EIA notification 2020

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 3 months ago

Work in progress in coal mines in Jharsuguda (Image source: IWP Flickr album)

Flood batters Assam, over 16 lakh people hit

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 3 months ago

Assam plaued by the annual flood menace (Image Source: Akash Basumatari)

Floods in Bihar: Helping government fight embankment breach

As fear of flood looms over Bihar, the state government has launched the campaign #HelloWRD for people to reach out to them if they observe any embankment breach or crack in their area. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 3 months ago

Ways in which the government can be informed about the embankment breach in your area (Image source: Water Resources Department, Government of Bihar, Twitter handle)

UP tops in providing employment under MGNREGS

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 3 months ago

MGNREGS helps to reduce rural distress in times of Covid-19 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

India to have more rains, floods and warm days in the coming century: Report

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 3 months ago

Country is going to face more rains, floods and warm days in the coming century (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Draft EIA 2020 Notification- A critical review

A statement that carries out a detailed and critical review of the extant EIA governance system since 1994 in the country, with a specific reference to the draft EIA 2020 notification. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 3 months ago

Landfills are a threat to the environment. (IWP Flickr photos; photo used for representation only)

Railway stations to be categorised based on wastewater generation

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 4 months ago

A wastewater treatment plant in Bengaluru (Image source: Vishwanath Srikantaiah)

Fire in Assam to have catastrophic effect on ecozones: Experts

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 4 months ago

Migratory birds flock Maguri Beel, which is 500 m away from the incident site (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Centre approves JJM funds to Odisha and Chhattisgarh for this financial year

Policy matters this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 4 months ago

Child drinks water from a tap (Image: Imal Hashemi/Taimani Films/World Bank, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)

Cyclone Nisarga hits Maharashtra coast, causes intense rains in western districts

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 4 months ago

In a cyclone in 2016, thousands of trees were uprooted (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)

Packaged drinking water units' woes: A Covid -19 perspective

The sudden, prolonged and unplanned disruption in the operations of packaged drinkiging water units due to lockdown has left these units deal with a situation which they have never faced before. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 4 months ago

Filtration plants in a packaging water units (Image source: Tushar Trivedi)

India’s deepening water crisis - need for a response at scale

Capacity building and data should not be seen as one-time activities but as a foundation for impactful, sustainable, large scale programmes. Swati Bansal posted 4 years 4 months ago

Residents of a village built a farm-pond and repurposed it to suit their needs (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Cyclone Amphan wreaks havoc in West Bengal

News this week Swati Bansal posted 4 years 4 months ago

A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016 (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)