The institutional mechanism to handle wastewater has failed

May 2017

There are a variety of challenges in water and wastewater management. One of the major issues is that of the widening demand-supply gap in the water ...

Tags: Water, Wastewater management, Dr Suresh Kumar Rohilla, CSE, Water Management, Tehri Dam, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, Wastewater generation, AMRUT

The country lacks institutions that can actually enforce laws

October 2016

Environmentalist and activist Sunita Narain has been instrumental in raising environmental awareness and bringing about sustainable change in India. ...

Tags: Sunita Narain, Padma Shri, Tiger Task Force, ouncil for Climate Change, National Ganga River Basin Authority, CSE, SHRIYAL SETHUMADHAVAN, Buildings, Wastewater, GRIHA, IGBC, Renewable energy, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan

The ´dirty´ task

October 2015

Though the ´Swacch Bharat Abhiyan´ has been gathering steam, the litmus test is the on-ground execution of the elaborate plans and proposals. Collect...

Tags: Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, Narendra Modi, Streets, Roads, Infrastructure, Clean India Mission, Individual Household Latrine, IHHL, NGOs, Dr Bindeshwar Pathak, Sulabh Sanitation Movement

Scaling the urban ladder

October 2015

Rapid urbanisation has brought in a sling of progressive measures from the policy-makers. A transition has to set in to accommodate such exponential ...

Tags: Rapid Urbanisation, Bullet trains, PPP, Water, Wastewater, Ravi Budhiraja, MWRRA, Wastewater Generation, CPCB, MLD, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, Clean Ganga Mission, Smart Cities Mission, Urban Infrastructure

Blue Gold

October 2015

Warring nations over water may sound apocalyptic, but there is no denying water is going to be a major restraint on urbanisation. Basic demand-supply...

Tags: Water Wars, Blue Gold, Water Conflict, Mozambique, Nitya Jacob, WaterAid India, Central Pollution Control Board, CPCB, AB Pandya, Central Water Commission, Central Ground Water Board, CGWB, Suhas, Pyrocrat Systems LLP, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan

The Government has started supporting PPP and introduced reforms

October 2015

Discharge of untreated sewage is the biggest cause for water pollution. The large gap between the generation of waste-water and its treatment has led...

Tags: Rishabh Sethi, SPML Infra Limited, CPCB, Central Pollution Control Board, CAGR, PPP, Swacch Bharat Abhiyan, National Clean Ganga Mission, Zero Liquid Discharge, Decentralized Waste-water Treatment Systems, DEWATS