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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)
States fail to tackle groundwater crisis
Posted on 09 Jan, 2017 09:52 AMA majority of states fail to stop overexploitation of groundwater
![A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/27560459605_dd7aeae4a2_z_0.jpg?itok=1_nCY7wm)
Invite to the conference on conservation science and sustainable development
Posted on 07 Jan, 2017 10:34 PMIn order to celebrate 20 years of ATREE and to call attention to current challenges in biodiversity conservation, environment and development, ATREE has organized a two day international conference in January, 2017.
Job announcement for Zilla Swach Bharat Prerak
Posted on 07 Jan, 2017 10:18 PMThe ZSBP is an initiative of the Ministry of Drinking Water and Saniation, Government of India (GoI) and Tata Trusts; to be implemented in collaboration with State Governments. The core focus of the programme is achieving Open Defecation Free (ODF) status of all villages and improving the lives of people in rural India.
A water worried year in a nutshell
Posted on 07 Jan, 2017 08:13 AMThe year 2016 was eventful, to say the least when it comes to the water scenario in the country. The year saw severe droughts affecting 33 crore people across 10 states.
![The Cauvery river at Hogenakkal, Karnataka](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_1.jpg?itok=yNoFIWde)
The sea mouths crisis
Posted on 06 Jan, 2017 11:21 PMLingaraj Jena is a worried man. At 86, he is one of the older fishermen in Berhampura village, an island on the Chilika lake in Odisha. Though he no longer goes for fishing due to old age, he is worried about the opening of new sea mouths; he knows it is not good news for the fishing communities he is a part of that depend on the Chilika for their livelihood.
![A view of the Chilika in the evening.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/30347858053_a6bb48c3f4_o.jpg?itok=6KFn0RE8)
Ecologists challenge Bharti's remark on Ken-Betwa
Posted on 05 Jan, 2017 11:20 AMNo final approval for Ken-Betwa river link as claimed by Centre
![The Ken-Betwa river link shown on a map. (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamunarivermap_2_0_0.jpg?itok=jy3tCri5)
Rivers: Not just clean them, revive them
Posted on 29 Dec, 2016 02:05 PMA river is a natural stream of fresh water fed by rain or melting snow during the monsoon. On its onward journey, many tributaries join in and the river and its tributaries form the drainage basin. The river collects the available runoff and groundwater discharge and flows into an ocean or a landlocked water body at the end of its journey.
![River Krishna at Wai (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/n1.jpg?itok=dpeaD3qB)
Water Ministry invites expression of interest
Posted on 27 Dec, 2016 05:23 PMApplicants who are interested and committing to bringing change in the water sector may express their interest and apply as per the instructions given below
Hyderabad water bodies unfit for even irrigation
Posted on 25 Dec, 2016 07:19 PMMost of Hyderabad water bodies reduced to cesspools
![Himayat Sagar lake in Hyderabad (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/himayat_sagar_lake_with_common_coots_in_hyderabad_w_img_8638.jpg?itok=NmK10jCB)