Introduction toOxfam India

January 2013

Mukunda Upadhyay

Programme Officer-Disaster Risk Reduction

Water Quality issues in a Transboundary River Basin: Navigating the Mahakali

UN-WWQA – COVID-19 WEBINARThe Year The 21st Century Began: Covid-19 And Water Quality

Wednesday, 27th of May 2020, 2.00 PM (CET)

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THE MAHAKALI RIVER: ISSUES

WATER QUALITY ISSUES IN THE UPPER BASIN: FAECAL MATTER AND MUNICPAL WASTE

CONTAMINATION IN THE LOWER BASIN: FAECAL MATTER MUNICIPAL WASTE, INDUSTRIAL WASTE AND OTHERS

WASTE MISMANAGEMENT IN UPPER MAHAKALI BASIN

WASTE MISMANAGEMENT IN LOWER MAHAKALI BASIN

WASTE GOVERNANCE IN THE MAHAKALI BASIN

CITIZEN SCIENCE: A SCIENCE OF THE PEOPLE, FOR THE PEOPLE, BY THE PEOPLE AND WITH THE PEOPLE

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COMMUNITY LED EVIDENCE BASED ADVOCACY

Data collected by Citizen Science Volunteers

USING TECHNOLOGY FOR AN EFFECTIVE WATER GOVERNANCE DURING THE TIMES OF COVID THROUGH WATER GOVERNANCE COLLECTIVE ACTION

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