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Sachin Tiwale
Sachin Tiwale is a Fellow at the Water and Society Programme, Ashoka Trust of Research in Ecology and the Environment (ATREE), Bengaluru. He studies water governance-related issues at the intersection of the physical/natural water system and the human system, exploring how these systems interact, influence, and shape each other. His research interests span urban and rural water supply, irrigation management, watershed management, and wastewater irrigation. He holds MSc in Water Management from the IHE Delft Institute for Water Education in the Netherlands, and Ph.D in Policy Studies from the Indian Institute of Technology Bombay.
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Addressing water scarcity in Maharashtra: Need for a policy shift
In the 1980s, Maharashtra played a pioneering role in promoting integrated watershed development to address water scarcity. In this post, Tiwale and Sankar contend that in recent years, the state has shifted to technocratic, quick-fix, and fragmented approaches to water management. They discuss two schemes – the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan and Farm Pond on Demand – and recommend an integrated, bottom-up approach with science-based solutions, demand-side measures and appropriate institutional arrangements
