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Clearing the fog on water conservation
Posted on 05 Jul, 2017 02:29 PMWater scarcity has been the most pressing challenge to socio-economic and human development since ages. Globally, almost 800 million people do not have access to potable water. Reports from the United Nations state that one in every three people in the world is facing the water crisis.
![Fog harvesting structures.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fog_harvesting_2_0.jpg?itok=W892z0m_)
Loan waiver alone cannot solve farmers' woes: Experts
Posted on 04 Jul, 2017 02:26 PMNeed to tackle core issues to end farm crisis: Experts
![A farmer on his field. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9333357677_cf6dcc0618_z_0.jpg?itok=h_bC4AXx)
Uttarakhand against living person status to rivers
Posted on 04 Jul, 2017 02:04 PMUttarakhand challenges living person status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers, moves SC
![Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172025486_d2b794f518_z_1_1.jpg?itok=9QNXKJeh)
The good clams of Ashtamudi
Posted on 03 Jul, 2017 08:03 PMSpanning an area of 61 sq km, the Ashtamudi lake is considered the gateway to the backwaters of Kerala. While the lake on the outside radiates with natural beauty, there is a notable treasure nesting deep within its waters--the short-neck clams.
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Why save the vultures?
Posted on 30 Jun, 2017 04:28 PMVultures are nature’s own cleanup crew. These scavengers are known to be immensely effective in managing animal waste by feeding on animal carcasses that, otherwise, have no other ways of disintegrating quickly.
![Griffon Vulture (Source:Thermos,Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/900px-eagle_beak_sideview_a.jpg?itok=BsrCj693)
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)
Mihir Shah Committee report: How to solve water crisis
Posted on 29 Jun, 2017 03:23 PMThe country’s water sector is going through a rough patch. From polluted water resources to increasing demand for water due to rising population and frequent droughts, there are many problems that plague the sector. The worst sufferers are farmers and this is evident from increasing farmer suicides.
![Water governance for future water security. (Source: IWP via Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a_full_well_0_0.jpg?itok=goWcZrQA)
Every drop that matters!
Posted on 27 Jun, 2017 10:12 PMThe people of the Marathwada region have been facing severe water crisis for more than three decades. Despite adverse circumstances, the Akoladev panchayat in the Jalna district has set an example for other panchayats by solving their water woes through community participation and effective water harvesting measures that suit their geographic terrain.
![Jivrekha river, Akoladev (Source:Dilasa)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dscf2613es.jpg?itok=RaOu7rTb)
Seed of doubt
Posted on 21 Jun, 2017 05:30 PMSigns of mustard aphid, a key pest of the mustard crop appeared predictably in November last year in Dinesh’s farm. Drifting across the open green fields, it landed on the tender leaves of the mustard crop. “It sets in November during the flowering and pod bearing stage of the crop and lasts till January.
![Opposition to GM mustard intensifies in India. (Image: Swadeshi Kheti)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gm_0.jpg?itok=UIyo7z0H)
Government allows closure of Sardar Sarovar dam gates
Posted on 20 Jun, 2017 10:42 AMCentre gives permission to close Sardar Sarovar dam gates
![Sardar Sarovar dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam_0_0.jpg?itok=T_6kB0oK)