by Veena Srinivasan, Partik Kumar | Oct 20, 2023 | Urban Water / Op-eds
The Atal Bhujal Yojana, Meant to Address Groundwater Depletion, is Missing a Key Part of Water Flows The water budgeting process carried out as part of Atal Bhujal Yojana by the gram panchayat of Karnataka’s Nonavinakere village, failed to account for imported surface...
by Veena Srinivasan, Sneha Singh | Sep 20, 2023 | Urban Water / Op-eds
India is running out of phosphorus. Does the solution lie in our sewage? Photo by Nirjon Nakib, Pexels. Phosphorus is an essential ingredient in fertilisers as well as a major pollutant. We need to address both problems The problem with the fertilisation of land is as...
by Veena Srinivasan | Aug 31, 2023 | Updates
WELL Labs Launch Event Proceedings: Research and Innovation for an Uncertain Future On July 26, 2023, WELL Labs brought together key experts in the field of agriculture and water management to mark its launch in New Delhi. Dr Ashok Gulati, leading agricultural...
by Veena Srinivasan | Aug 25, 2023 | Urban Water / Blogs
Beyond the Jargon: 10 Key Takeaways from World Water Week 2023 Conferences can sometimes feel like an endless round of schmoozing and jargon bingo. If I had a word cloud for World Water Week 2023, it would contain: ‘collective action’, ‘stakeholder...
by Veena Srinivasan, Anjali Neelakantan | Jul 22, 2023 | Platforms and Partnerships / Research
Farmer Responses to Solar Irrigation in India: Agent-Based Modelling to Understand Sustainable Transitions Solar irrigation is being promoted in India to address the twin problems of irrigation access and groundwater overexploitation. However, the potential impacts of...
