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Aug 28, 2024 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Sushmita Sengupta |Trishant Dev |Depinder Kapur
Sushmita SenguptaShe is Senior Programme Manager of Water Programme at CSE, New Delhi. She is a geologist by training and works on policy- related issues of water management and sanitation
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Jun 15, 2024 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Depinder Kapur
This is part 1 of a two-part blog on water for our cities
Global warming and the intense heat witnessed in India this summer and in Europe last year present a stark warning of the looming water crisis. Our large cities, considered “engines of growth,” can soon become energy and water sinks, impeding growth.
Currently, water supply in most state capitals and large metropolitan cities of India is available for less than one hour a day (or even on alternate days).
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Jun 15, 2024 | 
htsyndication.com | Depinder Kapur
India, June 15 -- Innovative approaches are key to mitigating the growing water crisis in India's metropolisesThis is part 1 of a two-part blog on water for our citiesGlobal warming and the intense heat witnessed in India this summer and in Europe last year present a stark warning of the looming water crisis. Our large cities, considered "engines of growth," can soon become energy and water sinks, impeding growth.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Depinder Kapur
Water
Beneath the technical nitty-gritties of the water supply in the national capital lies an ugly socio-economic disparity
In the wake of the ongoing shortage of water in the national capital,the Supreme Court had recently ordered Himachal Pradesh to release 137 cusecs of water — which is approximately 28.3 litres of flow per second — to be released into the Hathnikund barrage.
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Jun 12, 2024 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Depinder Kapur
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Mar 21, 2024 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Depinder Kapur
A lot is being said about the current water crisis in Bengaluru. While the shortage is a pressing issue, it is important to understand the immediate and specific nature of the current water crisis in the Karnataka city — it is a groundwater crisis.
Bengaluru city water needs are met by a combination of Cauvery water supply and groundwater.
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Apr 28, 2023 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Depinder Kapur
The Global South water-sensitive cities framework developed by New Delhi-based Centre for Science and Environment aimed to define the context and priorities of water-sensitive cities, framing them in the context of the Global South cities.
Cities of Global North countries are planned cities, mostly in a temperate climate (except Australia and some countries in the middle east). The basic infrastructure of water supply, sewerage and drainage already exists and the polluting industry is absent.
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Feb 23, 2023 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Depinder Kapur
This is the second of a two-part series
There is an urgent need to address the emerging crisis of urban water supply, wastewater and stormwater management — from an inclusion, rights and justice perspective.
Recognising inequity in urban settlements and identifying priority actions are needed to address gaps in water supply, wastewater and drainage for unserved areas and populations of a city or rural area.
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Jan 30, 2023 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Depinder Kapur
Urbanisation is inherently extractive — of both natural and manmade resources. A large concentration of people living together in a city puts unreasonable demands on its natural and built environment as well as on water, energy and food.
It also generates waste and wastewater in large quantities. A Net Zero-waste city is impossible. You can at best aim to reduce the volume of waste and recycle it.
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Jan 21, 2023 | 
downtoearth.org.in | Depinder Kapur
The ongoing Joshimath disaster shines a light on the poverty reduction discourse of economists.
Poverty reduction has been a long-standing aim of governments and bilateral institutions like the World Bank.
The understanding of poverty and its theorisation is now considered outdated. This is due to the prevailing mainstream drive for ‘growth at all costs’ that has captured the imagination of all, including those most impacted by it.
