India News - Water rights

	September 5, 2015 Access to water data: Implications for transboundary relations in the Ganges river basin Despite the enactments of RTI laws and insistence for openness in the government, access to information regimes on transboundary rivers has not changed at a fundamental level in South Asia.
	August 28, 2015 Why a right to sanitation is necessary The Millennium Development Goals aimed to halve the number of people with no access to water & sanitation. "Who are these people?", asks Leo Heller of the UN Office for Human Rights.
	May 3, 2015 Niyamagiri hills get temporary respite from Vedanta Violation of the Environment Protection Act, the Forest Conservation Act and the Forest Rights Act put an end to Vedanta's bauxite mining plans but for how long?
	February 13, 2015 Citizens charter on drinking water and sanitation before Union Budget Ahead of the Union Budget, Civil Society Organizations ask for policy strategies to support drinking water and sanitation for vulnerable sections.
	January 21, 2015 Swacch Bharat Mission: An opportunity to rethink public toilet governance Although the SBM rightly promises to secure the right to sanitation infrastructure and the right to a clean environment, it must take into consideration the sociopolitical realities of Indian cities'.