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Karnataka
Mapping Bangalore's water supply
Posted on 07 Apr, 2014 06:14 AMThe construction of a visual map of water supply to Bangalore city from available data sets on water quality and water related infrastructure by NEERI as a part of the data project started by India Water Portal, Arghyam was a challenging task.
The visualisation process
![Bangalore water supply base map](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bangalore-02_0.png?itok=E8m8GHjZ)
Water privatisation, a failed model?
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 03:12 PMSince water reforms were introduced in India in the 1990s, water privatisation has been propagated as a panacea to the sector's problems.
![JUSCO disconnected Nirmal Basti's water connection](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc05941tp.jpg?itok=_4EMSlyJ)
Applications invited for the post of 'Project Management Consultant- Sanitation: Behaviour Change Communication, Arghyam, Bangalore/Davangere, Karnataka
Posted on 02 Apr, 2014 12:38 PMAbout the Organisation:
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Maharashtra reels under hail storms and unseasonal rainfall
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 11:23 PMMaharashtra reels under hail storms
![Unseasonal rainfall in Mumbai (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mumbai_india_monsoon_clouds.jpg?itok=VCfmAvle)
A better, bluer Bangalore
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 10:26 PMIn honour of World Water Day 2014, the theme at the Green Bazaar, a community event run by The Alternative, was water. India Water Portal collaborated to add some 'blue' to the 'green'.
![Green Bazaar in Bangalore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/green_blue_day.png?itok=Dz9h6r-B)
A costly 200 km journey from source to tap
Posted on 23 Mar, 2014 10:40 PMIn July 2012, the Government of Karnataka approved the Yettinahole Diversion Project (YDP), which will cost an estimated Rs. 12,912.36 crore. This project is set to divert the head waters of the Gundia River (a tributary of the Kumardhara, which is a tributary of the Netravathi) in the west and transfer it to eastern parts of the state.
![Yettinahole river (Source: SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_image_0.jpg?itok=NKtF7nC7)
Water scarcity in the 'village of wells'
Posted on 23 Mar, 2014 10:15 PMWhat determines how we use water? Is it proximity to a source or could it be economic factors? A study in Kattanbhavi, a picturesque village in Belgaum, Karnataka, which also borders Maharashtra, gives clear insights into how and why available water sources are used in a particular manner.
![Drinking water well in Kattanbhavi](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_in_drinking_water_well_in_summer.jpg?itok=XyDoqQSr)
Kerala's seas are rich in sand: GSI
Posted on 10 Mar, 2014 07:54 AMKerala seas's rich in sand, says GSI
![Ponnani Sea Shore in Kerala (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ponnani_sea_shore.jpg?itok=-OWpe34X)
MoEF accepts Kerala's recommendations on Western Ghats
Posted on 09 Mar, 2014 05:17 PMMoEF accepts Kerala's recommendations on Western Ghats
![A view of Western Ghats (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/grasslands_and_forests_in_western_ghats.jpg?itok=36e44FZp)
Interventions of a voluntary agency: The MYRADA experience
Posted on 08 Mar, 2014 02:37 PMMYRADA has been working on watershed development projects since 1984-85. Through its efforts it had developed a climate of trust and confidence at the field level. Peoples' institutions have emerged and stabilised at various degrees of successes because of these efforts.
![Interventions of a voluntary agency](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wee.jpg?itok=eB7yYWqf)