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Eight of the ten rivers, that carry almost 95 percent of all the plastic debris into the Seas, are from Asia. Ganges and Indus are among them. A recent scientific study has this shocking revelation to make. Researchers from the Helmholtz-Centre for Environmental Research – UFZ of Germany hav

Data & Reports , Environment , Featured , Sanitation , SDGs , Sustainable Development , Water / 04/19/2018

Reliance on Treatment Plants will not solve India’s River Pollution Problem

Centralised treatment plants and involve a lot of construction activities. Most of our cities along Ganga as well as on other rivers are having areas which are difficult to lay sewer lines, install pumping stations and build other infrastructure. Our major reliance on treatment plants therefore

Cities , Climate , Sustainable Development , Water / 03/27/2018

Informal Cities and Climate Resilience: building an inclusive approach

Informal settlements in cities of the developing world fare very poor under the ‘risk reducing’ infrastructure parameters of the IPCC. Climate change has brought in a unique and complex challenge for cities across the world. While they have to accommodate the billions of immigrants from rura

Cities , Disasters , Environment , Featured , Sustainable Development , Water / 02/23/2018

Let’s not make Cape Town face of our water future

Mega cities, the face of aspiration and progress of the modern world, have a bad news in Cape Town that has become the face of Water Emergency. According to the United Nations, water scarcity already hits more than 40 percent of the globe’s population and is expected to aggravate further due to

Cities , Sustainable Development , Water / 01/25/2018

Indian Cities need to have River Pollution Abatement Plans and Task Forces

Cities need to increase treatment, recycling and reuse of wastewater to reduce the amount of untreated wastewater discharged into freshwater bodies by at least 50 per cent by 2030. Ever since the new government at centre came to power, the name of the Ministry of Water Resources was changed to give

Cities , Climate , Sustainable Development , Water / 12/23/2017

Cities need to invest in living infrastructures to be climate resilient

It is being increasingly admitted that cities need to have living infrastructure in order to be able to deliver social, environmental and economic services to their inhabitants. COP 23, the UN Climate Change Conference at Bonn, held during 6th to 17th November this year, brought together over 16,000

Cities , Climate , Environment , Sanitation , Water / 11/02/2017

When the cities sink, what’s the water that stinks?

Water that inundates our cities, when they flood due to extreme precipitation events or otherwise, is a complex mix of pollutants including faecal sludge, chemical contaminants and many more hazardous substances. While it is essential to work towards making our cities flood resilient, it’s also

Data & Reports , Featured , Food , SDGs , Sustainable Development / 10/12/2017

Hunger a ‘Serious’ problem in India, more acute than even Nepal and Bangladesh

The Global Hunger Index (GHI) 2017 is just out. India ranks 100th among 119 developing countries. The country has been given a score of 31.4 score in the index and that puts it at a high end ‘Serious’ zone. Even North Korea with 93 rank and Iraq at 78th place fare better than India. A [&hell

Cities , Climate , Disasters / 09/22/2017

Are our cities prepared for extreme precipitation dates?

From Mumbai to Houston, cities have caught up with heavy precipitation events in a much fiercer ways than ever before. As the world growingly moves into the cities, the progress symbol – that they are – is in great danger. They are sinking, their infrastructures have been found grossly lacki

Environment , Featured , Health , Water / 09/06/2017

Are you drinking plastic water? Yes, says a new study

A new research found that plastic fibers have infiltrated the drinking water of cities and towns all over the world Tap water is considered to be the safest in the statistics about drinking water coverage that our government provides us. My experience of working on water and sanitation issues for

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