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Physiography
Let's not only blame Punjab's farmers for lighting up!
Posted on 13 Nov, 2015 11:35 PMA few days ago, there were news items galore with NASA's images of the burning of rice straw in Punjab. The red dots were presumed to be the fields
![Short period between rice harvesting and sowing of wheat forces farmers to burn straw. (Source: Neil Palmer Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic_by_neil_palmer.jpg?itok=Rpf3-L_x)
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)
Community conservation of forests is successful when women participate
Posted on 24 Oct, 2015 04:34 PMWhen I first spoke with Bhagoti Devi, I attempted to break the ice by telling her how warmly our mutual acquaintances spoke of her. She was nonchalant. "Of course they will recommend you speak to me”, she said. “After all, it took a lot of hard work to have such a thick forest standing here.”
![These two neighbouring oak trees, one untouched and the other over-lopped, are both managed by the women of one family and illustrate the impact that women have on forests](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/impact_on_forest_1.jpg?itok=cj9uMbpR)
China operationalises one of the biggest dams on the Brahmaputra
Posted on 20 Oct, 2015 07:01 PMChina's Zangmu Hydropower Project, one of the biggest dams on Brahmaputra, is operational
![Brahmaputra river in Tibet (Source: Luca Galuzzi via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0839_yarlong_tsangpo.jpg?itok=ILmR5yaj)
After Cyclone Aila, farming nurtures food, faith in Sunderbans
Posted on 14 Oct, 2015 09:53 PM“Another flood like Aila should never happen again, but if it does, we have the knowledge to start working on our soil again”, remarks Binota Munda of Nebukhali village in Hingalganj block, North
![Seed-banks are an effective instrument to preserve local varieties and keep people together](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/seedkeeping_0.jpg?itok=FXHpfuXA)
From suspecting black magic to diagnosing fluorosis: Madhya Pradesh's struggle
Posted on 02 Oct, 2015 12:08 PMIt was 1995.
![The use of borewells in fluoride-affected areas, such as this one in Dhar, is one of the primary reasons for fluorosis. (Source: Chicu Lokgariwar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dhar_004.jpg?itok=D0DA94rG)
Media workshop on climate change adaptation in Assam
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 03:59 PMAbout the Event:
Water guards of Rajasthan
Posted on 20 Sep, 2015 07:29 PMWe were driving down the long desert road that runs parallel to the Indo-Pakistan border in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan. There was little else to see except the surrounding sand dunes and desert grass.
![A taanka in the Thar desert](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8531682290_df0d3dbdbe_b.jpg?itok=9YoYXnqx)
Shimla school goes from students bathing every other day to swimming daily!
Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 10:26 PMMathew Jacob, estate supervisor at Bishop Cotton School (BCS) in Shimla, remembers when he took his students walking in single file to the nearby stream to wash and bathe
![Four storage tanks are linked to 1350 sqm of rooftop area at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2012-02-20_14.36.30.jpg?itok=cIzSZ3Z4)
Sunderbans and Siachen glacier to become trans-boundary protected area
Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 10:25 PMSunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area
![Farm fields in the Sunderbans (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3603694941_cd511a01ae_z.jpg?itok=WavujP-B)