Sustenance of Himalayan springs in an emerging water crisis
Ruchi Verma and Priyanka Jamwal Environmental Monitoring and Assessment | January 12, 2022 Springs are a significant source of high quality and perennial freshwater supply for remote communities and sustain rich biodiversity and ecosystems in the Himalayas. About 60–70% of the Himalayan population directly depends on springs to meet their domestic and livelihood needs. Despite that, […]
Testing the stillwaters
Garima Prasher Bangalore Mirror Bureau | January 8, 2022 The hard fact is Bengaluru’s lakes are choking from untreated sewage flowing in every day. The waterbodies are on the brink, often catching fire, frothing on the edges with dead fish floating on the surface, and suffocating the residents in the vicinity with unbearable stench.
From sapling to supari: On the areca nut trail in semi-arid Karnataka
Tanvi Agrawal The News Minute | January 3, 2022 Over time, areca nut has become one of the key cash crops of Karnataka, and semi-arid and arid regions are digging increasingly deep borewells to sustain this water-guzzling crop.
Karnataka StateWater Policy 2019
Task Group on Water Policy (led by Mihir Shah, S V Ranganath and Sharachandra Lele). 2019. Recommendation submitted to GoK. Karnataka Jnana Aayoga (Karnataka Knowledge Commission), Bengaluru As in the rest of the country, the water crisis facing Karnataka is reaching unmanageable proportions. This is reflected in grave agrarian distress but also in acute shortage of […]
