According to a 2018 NITI Aayog report, 600 million people, or nearly half of India’s population, are facing severe water scarcity. That three-quarters of India’s rural households lack access to piped, potable water and must rely on unsafe sources. India has surpassed the world’s largest extractor of groundwater, accounting for 25% of total extraction, 70%…
The European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme and the Government of India has decided to co-fund seven outstanding projects to co-create, co-design and co-develop innovative low-cost technologies for tackling India’s water and sanitation. These projects have been working jointly for the past year and a half to address comprehensively water pollution challenges. The webinar…
The European Commission under the Horizon 2020 programme and the Government of India have decided to co-fund seven outstanding projects to co-create, co-design and co-develop innovative low-cost technologies for tackling India’s water and sanitation. These projects have been working jointly for the past year and a half to address comprehensively water pollution challenges. This webinar…
Water is the most precious natural resource and a universal asset, it provides the life support system for human beings, vegetation, plants and animals, this universal asset has been being depleted /degraded enormously due to population pressure, creation of infrastructure and climate change. Bundelkhand (BKD) is known as a drought-prone region facing constant water stress…
As recent as two days ago I was interviewing Prof. Manipadma Datta of TERI-SAS, in which he happened to mention the privileged nature of his and my challenges in times of COVID. And I couldn’t have agreed more. The afternoon of this year’s 24 August my heart was plummeting from a festive high of three…
In order to raise awareness and acceptance in the communities involved in the field trials, DEVALT prepared the Information Education Communication materials to target the households, communities and school children. 8 graphic illustrators were carried out to deliver the messages regarding “Safe and Secure water handling and Storage Practices” and they were published in 6…