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When streets get smart
Posted on 17 Apr, 2017 05:13 AMIndia's urbanisation continues unabated but most of its 53-million plus cities offer an appallingly low quality of life.
![Smart city model at Trade Fair, New Delhi (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/smart_city_trade-fair-new_delhi-capankajsmilyo-2015.jpg?itok=-DMW1I4P)
Bengaluru water crisis: Gain from rain
Posted on 16 Apr, 2017 08:29 PMThe next big war is said to be for water and it might happen sooner than we think. If the current water scenario across Karnataka and most parts of India is anything to go by, we might just be the generation to start this war.
![A hand pump in Bangalore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3407806436_3d63ac5a97_z.jpg?itok=k6T4PvIq)
Where would she go when nature calls?
Posted on 15 Apr, 2017 11:43 AM“Ikde Aa. Mi Tula Dakhavato.”
“Come here. I will show you” ‘Ajji’ (grandma) grabbed my hand firmly as she led me towards her humble dwelling. Her house was in shambles and a ghost of a toilet superstructure adjoined it.
![Rokade and ajji live in a remote village in Marathwada’s Osmanabad district. Photo: Niharika Singh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20170121-wa0003.jpg?itok=O-QiXEzA)
Ryots wronged, take protest to Delhi
Posted on 13 Apr, 2017 05:51 AMA woman stands with a begging bowl and a placard strung around her neck. An old man shuffles along barefoot in the street at Jantar Mantar, the official site of a farmers’ protest in the heart of New Delhi. He finds his way through a group of farmers gathered at the protest site on a hot summer afternoon.
![Tamil Nadu farmers protest for drought relief in Delhi.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/agitators-final.jpg?itok=wXCtxpeW)
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS:FICCI Water Awards: Apply by May 5, 2017
Posted on 11 Apr, 2017 12:28 PMFICCI under the aegis of FICCI Water Mission is organizing the 3rd Edition of the India Industry Water Conclave and 5th Edition of FICCI Water Awards
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Farm loan waivers for Uttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu
Posted on 10 Apr, 2017 08:32 PMUttar Pradesh and Tamil Nadu governments waive off farm loans
![A farmer on his field. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14569782042_3a143f7122_z_0.jpg?itok=1M8dJGrd)
Mumbai beaches are world's most polluted: Study
Posted on 10 Apr, 2017 08:14 PMMarine litter is heavy along Mumbai’s beaches: Study
![Mumbai coast (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/polluted_beach_mumbai_2_0.jpg?itok=0aQHqRRd)
Well, as unique as this
Posted on 10 Apr, 2017 05:12 PMThe annual droughts in Maharashtra have put tremendous pressure on the available water resources in the state.
![A view of the stepwell. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_image_2.jpg?itok=Hhs9qrog)
Project power plants fear
Posted on 09 Apr, 2017 12:59 PMThe mangrove forests of the Sundarbans are the biggest barriers against cyclones from the Bay of Bengal, saving both India and Bangladesh from irreparable damage.
![The mangrove forests of the Sundarbans are the biggest barriers against cyclones from the Bay of Bengal. Source: Laskar Sarowar/Wikimedia Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sundarbans-national-park.jpg?itok=ISzpKEKe)
Budget beyond gender
Posted on 08 Apr, 2017 08:00 PMSneh Bhati, a 52-year-old farmer from Madanpur Khadar in Delhi’s fringes finds the change in the landscape of her 100-year-old village in the last two decades remarkable. Yet it has not taken away the rural charm.
![It's her field too: Policies and budgets for women are a good beginning towards gender parity in agriculture.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer-madanpur-khadar_new2.jpg?itok=jQXSLT94)