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Repurposing microirrigation to deal with water woes
Posted on 30 Jun, 2020 01:39 PMIndia is likely to face stark water scarcity in the coming decades as a result of excessive use, according to the World Resources Institute (WRI)’s Aqueduct Water Risk Atlas - a tool to visualise and assess water stress and drought and flood risk covering
![Irrigation pump supplying water for drip irrigation (Image: IWMI Flickr, (CC BY-NC-ND 2.0))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drip_irrigation.jpg?itok=I2f7e2zo)
Digital tools to tackle water scarcity
Posted on 30 Jun, 2020 08:57 AMIndia has the highest population of any country in the world without access to safe drinking water and adequate sanitation. According to WaterAid and the World Health Organisation (WHO), 163 million people still lack access to safe water and millions still defecate in the open.
![About 200,000 people die each year in India from diseases related to unclean water (Image: FRANK Water)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_basins1.jpg?itok=XlERiqmG)
NWP 2020: How is India’s youth reimagining its water future?
Posted on 29 Jun, 2020 03:23 PMWater, for India, has profound impacts on the health and wellbeing of our citizens; perhaps more so, considering how intertwined it is with various facets of our life, be they social, economic, gender-based, political, or even religious.
![IYWN pushes for water equity and sustainability in NWP 2020 (Image: Barefoot Photographers of Tilonia, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking-water_0.jpg?itok=i2nBSGA_)
UP tops in providing employment under MGNREGS
Posted on 25 Jun, 2020 07:38 AMUP emerges as the top state in the country to give employment under MGNREGS
![MGNREGS helps to reduce rural distress in times of Covid-19 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0_3.jpg?itok=1UYV4zqi)
India to have more rains, floods and warm days in the coming century: Report
Posted on 25 Jun, 2020 07:28 AMIndia's first climate change assessment report warns of heavy rains, more floods and warmers days
![Country is going to face more rains, floods and warm days in the coming century (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/22887276573_14c1e3d7c6_z_0_0.jpg?itok=itzkkpCh)
Protecting mangroves, to deal with cyclones
Posted on 23 Jun, 2020 04:36 PMCoastal flooding is rising in India and recent evidence shows that as high as 36 million Indians will be at the risk of chronic flooding by 2050.
![Mangroves of the Sundarbans. (Source: Nature Environment & Wildlife Society - NEWS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mangroves_sunderbans_0.jpg?itok=D2vNU5nt)
Draft EIA 2020 Notification- A critical review
Posted on 22 Jun, 2020 07:27 PMThe Steering Committee (SC) of the Forum for Policy Dialogues on Water Conflicts in India (Water Conflict Forum in short) has carried out a detailed and critical review of the extant Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) governance system since 1994 in the country, with specific reference to the draft EIA 2020 notification which is up for public comments.
![Landfills are a threat to the environment. (IWP Flickr photos; photo used for representation only)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14342294073_0d6a890f89_z_0.jpg?itok=_2NdWBy-)
Dams spell doom for freshwater fish
Posted on 19 Jun, 2020 08:27 AMDams threaten freshwater biodiversity
![Dams can threaten biodiversity (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hirakud_dam_1.jpg?itok=cvB2oJW0)
Elected women leaders of gram panchayats: Critical roles in Covid-19 response
Posted on 17 Jun, 2020 01:33 PMRadha Devi, the sarpanch of Bhadsiya, Nagaur tehsil, Rajasthan dissuaded the principal of the government school from forcing girl students to fetch water for mid-day meal preparation during school hours and sent these girls back to their classrooms.
![Women are emerging as effective leaders who can play constructive roles in containing the Covid-19 spread (Image: UN Women/Gaganjit Singh; CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vandana.jpg?itok=Vail2rub)