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Dams, Barrages and Reservoirs
People of two states join hands to save the Mahanadi
Posted on 07 Sep, 2016 04:29 PMThe Mahanadi is the lifeline of the people of both Chhattisgarh and Odisha, as it the most important water source for the farmers and other citizens of both these states to meet their domestic and livelihood needs.
![Panel Discussion on the inter-state water dispute between Chhattisgarh and Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/forum_meeting.png?itok=nZc5xNA1)
Poor dam management behind Bihar flood
Posted on 29 Aug, 2016 12:17 PMFarakka behind Bihar flood: CM
![Farakka Barrage by Sudip Burman via Google Maps, Feb 2012](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farakka_barrage_-_google_maps1_0.jpg?itok=VwYO_i1V)
Farakka faces a barrage of criticism
Posted on 27 Aug, 2016 08:25 AMThe chief minister of Bihar, Nitish Kumar, called for the decommissioning of the Farakka barrage recently.
![The lower Ganga, just upstream of Farakka, displays bank-cutting and erosion.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ganga_bank_cutting.jpg?itok=EwgV6iYP)
Spike in farmer suicides
Posted on 21 Aug, 2016 08:47 PMIndia witnesses 40 percent rise in farmer suicides in a year
![A farmer in his field. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_8_0.jpg?itok=OMozgQZX)
UP unable to protect Yamuna, Taj Mahal: NGT
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:37 PMNGT raps UP government over Yamuna's pollution near the Taj Mahal
![Yamuna river near the Taj Mahal. (Source: Ekabhishek via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/taj_mahal_reflection_on_yamuna_river_agra.jpg?itok=-hUAdhMj)
Kerala's lake islands sinking
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:17 PMSmall islands in southern Kerala lakes sinking
![A lake in Kerala (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5074397986_58a2682d31_z.jpg?itok=E_riz7s9)
Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal creates rift between Punjab-Haryana
Posted on 15 Mar, 2016 12:10 PMPunjab-Haryana at crossroads over the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna canal
![Sutlej river in Punjab (Source: Harpreet Riat via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2_river_satluj_sutlej_ropar_dam_and_bridge_in_rupnagar_punjab_india.jpg?itok=LC_x17Iv)
Eight ministries now responsible for Ganga clean up
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:39 PMSeven ministries other than the Water Ministry to help revive the Ganga
![Ganga at Gadmukteshwar (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_b.jpg?itok=bHHUHf8O)
Echoes of Bhakra
Posted on 01 Feb, 2016 04:28 PMBhakra dam was the first hydropower project of independent India. Though it brought electricity and water to vast areas, the people displaced in the Bilaspur area of Himachal Pradesh remain dissatisfied. Many of them were not adequately compensated, and began living and farming in the adjoining forests. They were allowed to stay put--unofficially--by the administration.
![Bhakra dam (Source: Apar Singh Bataan, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bhakra_dam_bilaspur.jpg?itok=d_BvDd3U)
Centre provides relief fund to drought and flood-hit states
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:19 AMRelief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal
![Drought affected area in Karnataka (Source: Pushkarv via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drought_affected_area_in_karnataka_india_2012_0_0.jpg?itok=HexPDKea)