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Maharashtra
Rajasthan gets chilled water kiosk
Posted on 31 Oct, 2016 10:09 PMCountry's first mobile chilled water kiosk in Rajasthan
![Mobile water kiosk.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_1img_20160405_165014.jpg?itok=tJcF_XMl)
Water not for profit
Posted on 16 Oct, 2016 08:58 PMIn August 2016, the Karnataka government gave Abu Dhabi-based businessman B.R. Shetty permission to privatise the iconic Jog Falls to make it a perennial waterfall and to develop it into a tourism hotspot.
![NMC employees union and residents of Nagpur protest water privatisation.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20160202-wa0006_0.jpg?itok=vgAipuVy)
River transport projects on development track
Posted on 10 Oct, 2016 10:36 AMGovernment starts river transport project with eight waterways
![River transport project work in progress. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_3.jpg?itok=JWOSOCjC)
Monsoon 2016: Rains create havoc
Posted on 25 Sep, 2016 09:51 PMRains cause havoc in Hyderabad while Mumbai lakes, dams overflow with water
![Powai Lake, Mumbai. (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lake_just_trying_to_overflow.jpg?itok=MeS2LoeS)
When in drought, save the livestock
Posted on 12 Sep, 2016 06:31 PMThe Marathwada and Vidarbha region of Maharashtra have been witnessing drought and drinking water crises for a long time. A drought situation always makes headlines for its impact on human lives, but rarely for the effect it has on the livelihoods of these farmers. Livestock are their lifeline and extreme climatic variations are bound to affect them adversely.
![Sajal Kulkarni](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1458419_10202532688356707_7925793940755526374_n.jpg?itok=DJUZ31rS)
Water for everyone
Posted on 08 Sep, 2016 05:55 PMThe management of water resources in India has always been a challenge. From the British era till now, the various governments that ruled India have grappled with the fundamental issue of water equity.
![Pradeep Purandare](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pradeep_purandare.jpeg?itok=UyKDlXVr)
Telangana, Maharashtra sign pact for Godavari projects
Posted on 29 Aug, 2016 09:44 AMTelangana, Maharashtra sign pact for irrigation projects across Godavari
![A dam in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9196595119_2dfb3dfedd_z_0.jpg?itok=tiCmamDn)
Water warriors at work
Posted on 24 Aug, 2016 09:31 AMThe pitiful state of some of the water bodies in the country, coupled with the sheer apathy of the government, have forced some well-meaning citizens to come out of their comfort zones and make a difference. Some of these efforts, like the Puttenahalli lake in Bengaluru that is now overflowing with clean water, have been successful, while others are ongoing.
![Citizens of Udaipur get together to remove water hyacinth from the Pichhola lake.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/udaipur.jpg?itok=rqIe7sEd)
Forts of fortune: How the Marathas saved water
Posted on 20 Aug, 2016 02:27 PMIn the olden times, people knew the importance of water and had devised a number of techniques to manage and conserve water resources. These efforts not only met the drinking water needs of the people, but also helped the survival of livestock and agriculture in areas where perennial rivers were absent and the population depended on rains and often faced water scarcity or droughts.
![One of the hill forts in Maharashtra. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sinhagad_fort_0.jpg?itok=B8RWoERd)
Art of Living guilty of damaging Yamuna floodplains
Posted on 16 Aug, 2016 09:57 AMWorld Culture Festival damaged Yamuna floodplains, concludes NGT
![The front view of the giant stage under construction for the World Culture Festival. (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_4_0_0.jpg?itok=HEGp0GGK)