Hydro-diplomats: How a water data sharing platform can ease the water crisis in South Asia

Published on April 16, 2019April 16, 2019 by bilal

As each South Asian country struggles with a fresh water crisis, Bilal Ahmad Pandow (South Asian Voluntary Association of Environmentalists) argues why a new water data sharing platform created by the United Nations, Google, and the European Commission could help countries around the region provide fresh, clean water to their citizens while helping the region to avoid […]

UN Environment, Google, EC partnership effective to depoliticize water crisis in South Asia

Published on March 23, 2019March 23, 2019 by bilal

Bilal Ahmad Pandow This year the theme for World Water Day 2019 is ‘Leaving no one behind’ and goes hand in hand with the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG)-six which is ‘water for all by 2030’. However, the ground reality in South Asia appears gloomy and too far to achieve the SDG-6 as the countries are […]

World Water Day celebrated

Published on October 13, 2015March 23, 2019 by bilal

Make Safe-drinking Water Accessible to People: SAVAE The government of Jammu and Kashmir needs to formulate a firm policy to ensure water-sustainability and cleanliness of water bodies in future in the state, urged by various speakers during a seminar organized by South Asian Voluntary Association of Environmentalists [SAVAE], a developmental organization on the occasion of […]