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Category Archives: Water story
Women as Water Managers
Empowering women to ensure greater equity in water access
Lonar Lake of Maharashtra
India’s best kept secret – Lonar Lake
Harike Wetland
Harike wetland is home to many rare and incredible species, including the smooth-coated otter, the Indus river dolphin, and the gharials. Yet all remain in peril if we remain unable to alter our relationship with the natural world.
Lessons from Israel on its water triumph
What can India learn from Israel’s sophisticated approach to water management
Melting Water: Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve
Nanda Devi Biosphere Reserve is located in one of the remotest regions of India in Uttarakhand. But its fast depleting glaciers, due to climate change, threaten to undermine the wellbeing of South Asia.
Neknampur Lake
Neknampur Lake in Hyderabad was previously a weed-choked mixture of chemical pollutants and domestic sewage. Now, although it may be mistaken that water hyacinth has consumed Neknampur Lake, this could not be further from the truth.
Achieving Food Security by Reducing Food Loss and Waste
Food Loss and Waste refers to food not consumed by people and is either lost or wasted somewhere in the food supply chain between being ready for harvest and used-up as consumed food. A few startling facts to begin with : Around 1.3 billion tons of food is wasted globally per year amounting to $940Continue reading “Achieving Food Security by Reducing Food Loss and Waste”
Chennai’s Water Struggles
According to NITI Aayog, Chennai and 20 other Indian cities could have no access to drinking water by 2030. Mismanagement and land degradation are colliding with climate change.
Choking: Pallikaranai Wetland
Pallikaranai wetland is the only surviving wetland ecosystem of the city of Chennai. Yet everyday, 2,000 tonnes of waste are dumped into its marshes.
There is still scope for recovery, but only if the degradation is stemmed now.
