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What ails Indian farmers
Posted on 24 Jul, 2017 08:03 PMOver the last few months, we saw protests by distressed farmers of Maharashtra, Madhya Pradesh and other states over farming crisis and farmer suicides.
![Loans are not the only reason for farmers' distress. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_10.jpg?itok=CEDMsHgs)
What we should know about National Water Commission
Posted on 29 Jun, 2017 07:26 PMThe landmark report titled A 21st century institutional architecture for India's water reforms submitted by the expert committee chaired by Dr Mihir Shah on restructuring the
![Restructuring water governance. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kerala_2.jpg?itok=UieNosvW)
Wastewater from tanneries makes farm soil toxic
Posted on 27 May, 2017 05:22 PMThe use of wastewater for irrigation in agricultural lands is a common practice across the globe. But a study by Indian researchers has found that it can also affect the quality of soil and groundwater, and consequently, human health.
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Problems of mine: When coal threatens Raigarh
Posted on 30 Mar, 2017 05:50 PMIt was in the late 90s that Raigarh emerged as the hub for power, coal mining and sponge iron in Chhattisgarh. The coalfield in Mand Raigarh is spread over an area of more than 1,12,000 hectares with an estimated 21,117 metric tonnes of coal.
![A villager looks at the changing landscape due to coal mines at Kosampalli village in Raigarh.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0033tps.jpg?itok=_fYpaUPR)
What's conservation without local hand?
Posted on 24 Mar, 2017 09:48 AMCan forest conservation policies that ignore the livelihood needs of local, indigenous populations succeed in protecting biodiversity and wildlife?
Experiences from the Sundarbans show that such policies not only result in the suffering of the local population, it also leads to the exploitation of natural resources and biodiversity in the region.
![Mangroves of the Sundarbans. (Source: Nature Environment & Wildlife Society - NEWS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sunderbans.jpg?itok=3woK9Uxh)
Unsafe drinking water burdens poor
Posted on 19 Mar, 2017 04:17 PMWater pollution is a serious problem in India with 70 percent of its surface and groundwater resources contaminated by biological, toxic, organic, and inorganic pollutants. As a result, the socio-economic cost of poor water quality is high.
![Unsafe drinking water affects health. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_11.jpg?itok=VYNT9TYC)
Water strategy: Ponds need pondering
Posted on 23 Feb, 2017 06:23 PMIn the last few years, the water situation in Maharashtra has got worse resulting in severe droughts leading to drinking water scarcity and agricultural crisis. This has caused immense suffering for the rural folk in the state and saw instances of violence in the name of water.
![A farm pond (Source: Renie Thomas, WOTR, Pune)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farm_pond.jpg?itok=7zUtcP9I)
A watered-down scheme
Posted on 16 Feb, 2017 12:25 PMIn November 2011, the government of Madhya Pradesh sanctioned Rs 493 crore to 37 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) for drinking water supply projects under the Chief Minister’s Urban Drinking Water Supply Scheme (CMUWSS) along the lines of the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT).
![Source:India Water Portal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/himachal_photos_032tps.jpg?itok=TFsAaZcI)
Telangana’s groundwater crisis
Posted on 15 Feb, 2017 06:50 PMAccording to the data released by the Food and Agricultural Organisation’s AQUASTAT in 2010, at 250 billion m³ per year, India is one of the countries that uses groundwater the most. As high as 80 percent of its water is used for irrigation of which 65 percent is groundwater.
![Declining groundwater levels and the impending crisis. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pgwm.jpg?itok=0JJAc34W)
Weather or not: Women workers need care in summer
Posted on 11 Jan, 2017 10:49 AMIn a tropical country like India, the summer months are hot which threaten the health of millions of people every year.
![Women work under poor working conditions. (Source: Wkimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/its_not_about_rape_1.jpg?itok=GiB7RPOA)