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Data, a reusable asset
Teaser: Can we design capabilities to ingest, protect and use water data in ways that amplify value for its users? A quick search for the word data on India Water Portal results in a flood of queries -...
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Dhenkanal gears up for better waste management
Teaser: Odisha reiterates commitment to urban sanitation by launching pioneering state-wide initiative on solid and liquid waste management.The UNICEF and the Scaling City Institutions for India...
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Pandemic impacts on women – Stories of survival
Teaser: Women experience the effects of the COVID-19 crisis in different, often more negative ways. How are they coping?The pandemic has wrought havoc on the entire world. Pessimism, suffering,...
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Governance lessons that could keep us prepared for pandemics
Teaser: Leo Saldanha of Environment Support Group speaks on rethinking aspects of our governance system in post-pandemic times.Unabashed assaults by human beings on the natural ecological system have...
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Poor implementation of forest rights act hurts tribals
Teaser: Need to recognise the rights of forest-dwelling and tribal communities over their traditional lands.In pre-colonial times, India’s forestlands were mostly under the use of the local...
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How forest-dwelling communities are braving the pandemic
Teaser: Local communities and gram sabhas better understand the local complexities than the local administrations while dealing with a crisis situation.The pandemic and lockdown measures have had a...
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No improvement in the water quality of the Ganga during lockdown: CPCB
Teaser: News this weekWater quality of Ganga river remained grim during lockdown: CPCBAccording to the latest report of Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the Ganga river water quality did not...
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New groundwater guidelines prohibit industries and mining in over-exploited...
Teaser: Policy matters this weekRevised guidelines for groundwater use notifiedCentre has issued revised guidelines for groundwater use that prohibit new industries and mining projects in...
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A rainbow recovery post-COVID
Teaser: The movement towards radical ecological democracy needs to combine the practical and policy-level grassroots work with broader mobilization.There is a disquieting hush across the world as the...
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Groundwater recharge needs grassroots solutions: A study of two techniques in...
Teaser: Although groundwater is emerging as a critical issue and has managed to encourage new government schemes, a generic solution of rainwater recharge cannot be applied across different regions.In...
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Not in the interest of women farmers!
Teaser: The new farm related bills will spell doom for women workers who form the bulk of small and marginal sections of Indian agriculture, warns Mahila Kisan Adhikaar Manch (MAKAAM).Three...
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Rapid hygiene study: Hand hygiene for COVID-19 and beyond in India
Teaser: A study by WaterAid India calls for building the capacity of community networks to promote and support hygiene behaviours.This year, Global Handwashing Day (observed annually on October 15) is...
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Data-driven ‘water and agriculture’ planning: The big picture
Teaser: If data was better organized and available for download in more ‘user-friendly’ formats, its utilization would improve manifold.India is fortunate to have a rich tradition of public data...
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Data, data everywhere, but where?
Teaser: Involving the community in a data framework with the right incentives will have the second-order benefit of the community being active collectors of data.A few of us did an exercise where we...
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Architecture of community program organisations and their data systems
Teaser: A simple explanation is all you need to get your head around issues related to software technology and its use in community programs.Samanvay Foundation has developed a knowledgebase for...
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Generating demand for sanitation infrastructure
Teaser: How to steer conversations and processes that help boost the motivation of community leaders to encourage better sanitation behaviour? Radharamanpada is an unauthorised slum in Angul with 300...
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