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Groundwater
Informal water markets in Chennai
Posted on 17 Jan, 2016 09:43 PMIn India, managing the current demand and planning for future water demand in urban areas is becoming a major challenge for urban water supply authorities. According to current figures by the World Health Organisation, 10% in urban areas in India still do not have access to improved water supply.
![Water scarcity and informal water markets in urban India (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_9.jpg?itok=IdQwyT9t)
NITI Ayog allocates Rs 1000 crore for groundwater contaminated zones
Posted on 11 Jan, 2016 09:48 PMGovernment to install community water purification plants in water toxic zones
![A hand pump in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4483915884_6da8e3b48c_b.jpg?itok=XpaaYen0)
Right information and collective strength of people triumph!
Posted on 04 Jan, 2016 08:25 PM"More than eight villagers in Padapadar have died due to water-borne diseases such as typhoid, diarrhoea, jaundice, etc.
![A hand-pump installed at Padapadar village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hand-pump-s.jpg?itok=sMH90Kqr)
The Last Builder of Naulas in Chatola, Nainital
Posted on 03 Jan, 2016 05:57 PMNo temple is as venerated in Uttarakhand as the little unassuming naulas. These small hut-like structures dot the mountains and hold within them a great treasure--water. Usually made of stone masonry with pyramid-like slate roofs, every naula respresents within it a residing spirit which can range from a simple stone piece to an ornately carved statue.
![Ratan Singh Bisht is one of the few people today who constructs naulas](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ratan_ji_2.jpg?itok=EwQaVryw)
Reminiscence by the riverside
Posted on 20 Dec, 2015 03:02 PMThe river Mutha, lovingly called 'Muthai'--meaning 'mother Mutha' in Marathi--is dying a slow death thanks to rapidly urbanising Pune which is depositing huge amounts of untreated sewage and dirt in its waters. However, the situation was different earlier. The river was revered and was a part of the everyday lives of the people in the city.
![A view of the river Mutha, as she flows through Pune (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mutha_3.jpg?itok=CyxpkHxc)
The importance of women in natural resources management
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 12:40 PMAlthough the state of Uttarakhand is rich in water and forest resources, its watersheds are under threat of wasting and erosion due to decreased forest cover, faulty agricultural practices, hydrologic imbalances and natural calamities. The growing population is further increasing the pressure on natural resources.
![Hill women and natural resources management (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/men_women_and_mountains.jpg?itok=77M_gTlx)
First water atlas of the Himalayas launched during COP 21
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 10:21 AMFirst water atlas of the Himalayas launched in Paris
![View of the Himalayas from Dhulikhel, Nepal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8495303300_70b23d61f7_z.jpg?itok=vwW6yeao)
A thousand streams spring back
Posted on 15 Dec, 2015 12:58 PMGovind Ram has seen the worst and best that man can do to nature.
![A view of Sahastradhara region from the ropeway (Source: Dr Umesh Behari Mathur/ Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8541717855_a6f0d5fd51_b.jpg?itok=rqEk-lnS)
Ultratech Cement mines limestone (and villagers) in Chhattisgarh
Posted on 13 Dec, 2015 03:38 PMParaswani village in Balodabazar district, Chhattisgarh contains vast reserves of limestone, a sedimentary rock that is a primary ingredient in the cement manufacturing process. Since 1992, Ultratech Cement Ltd. (UTCL) followed by four other similar companies, have begun excavating this rock within a 30 km radius of the village.
![A view of the Ulratech Cement factory from Paraswani](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23242374375_229a4cd22e_z.jpg?itok=ZzRNLvKM)
How will India's growing thirst for water impact regional relations?
Posted on 09 Dec, 2015 12:00 AMAs the demand for water is projected to increase globally, South Asia is becoming a hotspot where the economy and the population could be adversely impacted by poor water security due to growing household, agricultural and industrial needs, as well as increase in water-related disasters.
The threat of water security challenges faced by India
![The Brahmaputra river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bramhaputra.jpg?itok=KZbgULki)