-IndiaToday.in Nothing short of a complete overhaul or rethinking the approach towards water bodies is needed if India were to fight its water crisis without paying too heavy price. * Water bodies are important to recharge groundwater and absorb excess rain to prevent flooding * Water bodies in India are fast disappearing triggering drought situations and water shortage * The significance of restoring or reviving water bodies cannot be overemphasised For far too long the...
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In cities, recycle, reuse to be Jal Shakti Abhiyan's mantra -Dipak K Dash
-The Times of India NEW DELHI: Recycle and reuse will be the focus of Jal Shakti Abhiyan in urban areas where much of the used water is dumped into Rivers and other water bodies while in rural areas the target will be to promote conservation and harvesting rainwater. The first phase of the massive campaign will start on Monday. The government has given a list of activities and check lists that top...
More »On the trail of the vanishing waterways of Bengal -Prasun Chaudhuri
-The Telegraph Who stole my River? In the past 100 years, nearly 700 Rivers have died in the delta of the Ganges in Bengal Even as late as the 1920s, squabbling sisters in households across Bengal were rebuked thus — Gaang-e gaang-e dekha hoy, kintu bon-e bon-e dekha hoy na. Meaning, even Rivers meet but not sisters — they are married off early and have to go separate ways. The subtext, therefore,...
More »Making dam water reach the Farmer -Mihir Shah
-Business Standard Till the time you don’t give water to a farmer’s fields, you can’t save him from suicide. Intervening in a debate in the state Assembly on July 21, 2015, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra remarked that the state has 40 per cent of the country’s large dams, “but 82 per cent area of the state is rainfed. Till the time you don’t give water to a farmer’s fields, you can’t...
More »Water reserves in 71 of India's 91 reservoirs have dipped: CWC -Shagun Kapil
-Down to Earth A delay in arrival of the monsoon, especially in western India, will worsen the water woes even further There is a downward trend in water levels in at least 71 of 91 reservoirs across India according to data released by the Central Water Commission (CWC) on June 13. The situation is particularly grim in the north-western region — in Gujarat and Maharashtra — and in the southern states of Kerala...
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