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Karnataka
Bangalore needs to break class barriers if its lakes are to be saved
Posted on 25 Oct, 2015 12:15 PMLakes spewing foam and catching fire in Bangalore made big news for several weeks but this is just an indication of the times to come as we fill up water bodies with effluents or turn them into sewage dumps in most cities across India. India Water Portal talks to Leo F. Saldanha of Bangalore-based Environment Support Group on how to manage these precious resources.
![Foam from lake engulfs vehicles in Bangalore. Source: Yoga Priya](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/car_lake_pollution.jpg?itok=lJvHQdd9)
Monsoon 2015: Nearly half of Indian districts reeling under drought
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 11:38 PMMonsoon leaves the country with 39% area still parched
![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.jpg?itok=ekkNdvhV)
Activists demand Environmental Impact Assessment for Yettinahole project
Posted on 29 Sep, 2015 05:05 PMSocial Impact Assessment alone not enough for Yettinahole, say activists
![River Nethravathi (Source: Parineeta Dandekar via SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03688_0.jpg?itok=HcQH-EF9)
Job opportunity for a WATSAN professional for the Government of Karnataka project
Posted on 04 Sep, 2015 04:31 PMJob Title: Senior Associate-WATSAN
Recruitment agency: Centre for Decentralised Local Governance, Avantika Foundation
Training support: Arghyam & WASSAN
Call for Concepts for the Short Term Research Grants, Groundwater- Sanitation Nexus Research Programme, Arghyam
Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 01:04 PMAbout Arghyam’s GW-SAN Nexus Research Programme
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India set to become water scarce in 10 years
Posted on 04 Aug, 2015 10:20 PMIndia set to become water scarce in 10 years time: Govt tells Parliament
![Water scarcity: A reality in 2025? (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4415664247_4129da70ec_o.jpg?itok=QwXO0pkA)
Maharashtra tops India in farmers' suicide during 2014
Posted on 20 Jul, 2015 10:21 PMMaharashtra recorded highest number of farmers' suicides during 2014
![A farmer working on his field](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14569782042_3a143f7122_z.jpg?itok=qKLpijk8)
NGT quashes environment clearance to 10 irrigation projects in Maharashtra and Karnataka
Posted on 13 Jul, 2015 09:57 PMNGT cancels MoEF's go ahead to 10 irrigation projects
![Irrigation Canal taking off from the Bhima Dam (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irrigation_canal_taking_off_from_the_dam.jpg?itok=LoCoq_9s)
Solar irrigation pumps: A boon and bane
Posted on 03 Jul, 2015 09:26 PMSolar energy, which was until now only considered for small scale lighting is now slowly gaining tremendous popularity among farmers to pump irrigation water. The paper titled 'Karnataka’s smart, new solar pump policy for irrigation' published in the
![Solar power use in a Tamil Nadu farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/solar_panels_tn.jpg?itok=oMQhDvcA)
80% of India's surface water is polluted
Posted on 29 Jun, 2015 08:55 PMDomestic sewerage responsible for 75-80% of water pollution in the country
![Yamuna river in Agra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2449965048_3684c8f1bb_z_0.jpg?itok=LpcBGugT)