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Meghalaya
Self-help is the best help
Posted on 26 Apr, 2021 06:18 PMThe world is hit by a global pandemic, taking everyone by storm and severely impacting various regions. COVID-19 has disrupted the economy throughout the world with small farmers being particularly vulnerable as they lack base capital to tide over the lull in the economy.
![Farm on wheels initiative in Mawhiang village (Image: Janak Preet Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/leisa1.jpg?itok=I1dOKjxB)
Gomti’s tributaries are in a dismal state: Report
Posted on 15 Apr, 2021 10:06 PMGomti’s tributaries are in a dismal state, thanks to groundwater exploitation
![Gomti river in Lucknow (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-04/9558313631_c98e6fb89d_c.jpg?itok=uSl80Pf-)
Ecosystem-based approach: The case of Meghalaya
Posted on 18 Jan, 2021 01:55 PMCommunities have been adapting to climate variability for centuries
![A living root bridge, a type of simple suspension bridge formed of living plant roots by tree shaping in village Nongriat, Meghalaya (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/800px-Living_root_bridges%2C_Nongriat_village%2C_Meghalaya2.jpg?itok=vRG43sGw)
Meghalaya villages join hands to save environment and bolster women empowerment
Posted on 20 Nov, 2020 04:24 AMLangsymphut village in Meghalaya has ample water now. Gone are the days when the water starved village was barren with its streams dying a slow death. And that too when it is located only 22 kilometres away from Mawsynram village, known to be one of the wettest places on earth!
![Water collected at a mega dam in a village in Meghalaya (Image Source: KM-MBDA)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/Meghalaya2.jpg?itok=lNreF9vV)
Technology to build knowledge and capacities beyond COVID
Posted on 22 May, 2020 09:14 AMThe COVID-19 crisis has brought the world to a standstill. Government, civil society and volunteers are rallying to ensure that social and economic inequalities do not dictate how this crisis draws lines between the “haves” and “have-nots”. Nonetheless, the crisis seems to have deepened the existing divide.
![Bringing the digital revolution to the hands of real India (Image: CXOToday.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/digital-india-lead.jpg?itok=3frwAeAR)
Meghalaya draft water policy, Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill both get approval
Posted on 16 Jul, 2019 10:34 PMMeghalaya's draft water policy gets approval
![Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been fighting over Cauvery water sharing for a long time (Source: Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_river_7727180738.jpg?itok=ieKycBNP)
Why is Lukha feeling blue?
Posted on 24 Sep, 2016 09:07 PMMeghalaya in the northeast of India is richly endowed with natural resources such as streams and rivers as well as mineral resources such as coal, limestone, clay, sillimanite, uranium, and more. The estimated coal reserve in Meghalaya is around 576.48 million tonnes while limestone reserves are around 15,100 million tonnes.
![The Lukha river in Meghalaya. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lukha_river.jpg?itok=dmRCOFq4)
When coal goes unheard
Posted on 01 Jul, 2016 12:21 PMIndia has the fifth largest coal reserves in the world [1].
![Coal mines in Meghalaya (Source: The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rat_hole_rajkamal_the_hindu_0.jpg?itok=6R_FXPbx)
First Sikkim, now Meghalaya springs hope!
Posted on 29 May, 2015 07:26 PMMeghalaya boasts one of the rainiest places on the planet at Cherrapunjee, receiving over 11,000 mm of annual rainfall. Yet, despite all the rain, water availability remains a problem for many rural and urban communities across the State. Natural springs that have provided drinking water for generations are in crisis.
![Green but water-scarce](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3206491796_fd3f573af8_o.jpg?itok=Gyw0HBdB)
India's largest springs mapping exercise begins in Meghalaya
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 10:46 PMWorld Water Day 2015 proved to be significant to the people of Meghalaya. That day is when the state's Springshed Management Initiative was launched.
![Detailed forms record information about springs](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/springs_lead_0.jpg?itok=TTifKi0J)