Do you know where your city gets its water supply from? A local river, reservoir, groundwater or somewhere else? On this World Water Day 2022 I am launching ‘Paani ka Maanchitra - WaterMap’: an initiative to increase awareness on where cities get their water from.
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Earth Day 2020: Slow but Sustainable
Need to Transform Economic Growth Paradigm
On the 50th Anniversary, Earth has received an unexpected gift from us humans – the gift of slowing down!
But sadly, the reason behind the slowing of our economic engines
is an unprecedented threat to human health, and not the benign objective of saving Gaia.
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3P: Poverty, Pandemic, and Physical Distancing
Need of Isolation Units for Urban Poor
WHO recommends to ‘maintain at least 1 meter (3 feet) distance between yourself
and anyone who is coughing or sneezing.’ Governments have translated this into stay-at-home
and avoid crowd policies. But what should one do when home itself is a crowded place?
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Water and COVID-19 Nexus
Safeguarding Urban Poor in India
Today, on the World Water Day 2020, I cannot stop thinking about how millions of Indians living in poverty and informal
settlements in cities will protect themselves from COVID-19.
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