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Chennai
New paradigms in WASH service delivery: Roundtable discussion, IIT Madras
Posted on 16 Nov, 2016 10:06 AMAbout: IIT Madras will be conducting a round table discussion titled 'Emerging Paradigms in Water,Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH) service delivery' on 23rd November, 2016
Yettinahole project clearance hits a roadblock
Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 10:46 PMForest clearance to Yettinahole project gets challenged
![River Nethravathi (Source: Parineeta Dandekar via SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03688_0_0.jpg?itok=qvmhQIy6)
Who cares for a canal?
Posted on 14 Oct, 2016 06:49 AMLong-time Kottur resident Narayanan’s earliest memories of the Buckingham canal are those of the famed salt and timber-laden wooden catamarans of the 1950s and the 60s. A namesake of the Duke of Buckingham and Chandos, the erstwhile governor of Madras, the canal was initially constructed as a brackish water-navigation channel in the early 1800s, connecting the north of Madras with Ennore.
![Elevated MRTS rail line right on the canal in Adyar (Image: Seetha Gopalakrishnan, IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bc_0.jpg?itok=qjMWNjee)
J&K mulls mini dams for irrigation
Posted on 03 Oct, 2016 02:22 PMJ&K govt to construct ‘mini dams’ for irrigation
![The Indus river. (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/indus_river_from_karakouram_highway.jpg?itok=nYaDzauI)
Crores of rupees to be raised for irrigation projects
Posted on 11 Sep, 2016 08:43 PMNABARD to raise Rs 77,000 crore to fund 100 prioritised irrigation projects
![Irrigation canal from the Bhima dam. (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irrigation_canal_taking_off_from_the_dam_0.jpg?itok=wiRGG06v)
Majuli, world’s largest river island
Posted on 11 Sep, 2016 08:34 PMGuinness World Records names Assam’s Majuli world’s largest river island
![The Majuli river island in Assam. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23046088960_bd7b7be2a7_z.jpg?itok=WSNpUM5N)
Encroachment behind Chennai floods: Panel
Posted on 21 Aug, 2016 08:36 PMEncroachment of lakes and riverbeds caused Chennai floods: Panel
![Rescue efforts during Chennai's floods. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23431905981_443a72901a_z_1.jpg?itok=FA3_adIr)
National Water Commission in place of CWC and CGWB
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:28 AMGovernment proposes to set up a National Water Commission
![The Upper Lake, Bhopal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/18952566665_7bf8a91e62_z.jpg?itok=RB4RpRFi)
Environmentalists protest proposed projects near Konkan coastline
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:48 PMActivists stand against three proposed projects near Konkan coastline
![A thermal power plant in Ennore, Chennai (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00090_0_1.jpg?itok=fnDNaIX8)
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)