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People taking water from well_PTI

September 16, 2020

Where does the water in a well come from?

In the water sector, the focus on fixing demand and supply is taking us away from the real problem: Unnoticed groundwater dependencies in ever-expanding urban India.

by Rachita Vora, Smarinita Shetty | 7 min read

image of a young boy walking past a slum-urban development

September 01, 2020

Want a better quality of life?

Evidence suggests that when citizens participate in local governance, delivery of basic services such as water supply and sanitation improves.

by Katie Pyle | 4 min read

community leader interacting with slum dwellers_SNEHA

August 07, 2020

Engaging communities is critical to the COVID-19 response

Lessons from community engagement to tackle the disproportionate spread of COVID-19 in India’s urban slums.

by Pritha Venkatachalam, Niloufer Memon | 4 min read

Guruvayur_Municipal_Office-local government

June 24, 2020

How can we empower city governments?

A pan-India research study identifies the challenges faced by urban governments, and possible solutions to strengthen them.

by Meghna Bandelwar, Milind Mhaske | 6 min read

hands tied together with rope-restrict

April 08, 2020

Fighting COVID-19 in cities

How city governments can be empowered to tackle crises such as the COVID-19 pandemic.

by Harshil Suresh, Milind Mhaske | 5 min read

Wastewater canal_Chennai, India_ water and sanitation

November 19, 2019

The hidden opportunity in wastewater reuse

Leveraging sanitation infrastructure for water conservation will help address India's water scarcity problem.

by Y. Malini Reddy, Jyothsna Devi | 5 min read

People waiting in line for water_ASwaminathan

September 13, 2019

Water is more expensive for the poor than the rich

In cities, it is piped water that is subsidised, which means that those who don’t have piped water – the poorest households – don’t benefit from the subsidy.

by Nithya Subramanian | 5 min read

An open sewage water way next to houses_water pollution_Wikimedia Commons

June 14, 2019

It's time to re-imagine water systems in cities

Our sewerage systems have not kept pace with urbanisation, and with Indian cities growing rapidly, it's worth examining how this impacts water.

by Dr Veena Srinivasan | 2 min read

Dr Armida Fernandez SNEHA

June 07, 2019

Six things we learned from Dr Armida Fernandez

From following a life-cycle approach, to thinking about location-specific context—here's some of what it takes to make development interventions sustainable.

by Prakriti Singh | 1 min read

Young adults sitting on a bench looking down at their smartphones _ India

May 14, 2019

The jobs crisis severely affects educated youth and women

India is witnessing a rise in the number of educated youth with a simultaneous fall in the generation of jobs; a problem that requires immediate government-led intervention.

by India Development Review | 5 min read

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