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Centre releases draft of new National Forest Policy
Posted on 25 Jun, 2016 08:50 AMEnvironment ministry releases the draft of India’s new National Forest Policy
![A forest area in Sikkim (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/7596533168_44da30af96_z.jpg?itok=n5isl-ow)
Climate change: When past presents itself
Posted on 24 Jun, 2016 08:40 PMSummers get hotter, rains decline and crops fail. The conflict between people increase and migration in search of better lands and skies begin. Sounds familiar? We are not talking about Marathwada here. This is how the lives of our ancestors played out thousands of years ago.
![A narrow lane flanked by houses at Bhirrana. Source: Archaeological Survey of India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hakra1.jpg?itok=-dtnP4xF)
Farm ponds save village from drought
Posted on 21 Jun, 2016 09:09 AMVikram Patel, a 71-year-old farmer in Chidavad village of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh is one of the first farmers to have embraced the idea of farm ponds to increase the groundwater level in his farm.
![Vikram Patel near his farm pond in Chidavad.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0004es.jpg?itok=5l6BCsNU)
Delhi water tanker scam: Sheila Dixit to be probed
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:19 AMFormer Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit to be probed in water tanker scam
![Water tankers fill in water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9210204328_4eba7f7a2c_z.jpg?itok=lxnX7uQn)
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu fight over Cauvery water sharing
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:04 AMKarnataka and TN at cross roads over Mekedatu river project
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z.jpg?itok=olkOXRWc)
A river comes to people
Posted on 13 Jun, 2016 08:28 PMGajanand Sharma is excited about the monsoon this year. He is building an anicut on the small stream that runs through his farm. “After the rain, the land will be filled with water and then I will sow wheat and reap record production in this area,” he prophesises. This forecast doesn’t come from his knowledge of astrology, but that of geology, gained over the years.
![A temple and a small pond at the origin of Nanduwali.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/new_1.jpg?itok=z39XAlQE)
"Power firms lose Rs 2400 crores to water crisis"
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 08:54 PMPower firms’ loss due to water shortage is Rs 2400 crore this year: Greenpeace
![An NTPC thermal plant (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370453956_17dc80bf5b_z_1.jpg?itok=8q3-Me3B)
Art of Living pays NGT compensation
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 08:43 PMArt of Living pays environment compensation
![Front view of the giant stage at the World Culture Festival under construction in February, 2016 (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_4_0.jpg?itok=VzEAdZp8)
Simhastha leaves farmers fuming
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 07:38 PMRamesh Mali, a farmer in his late thirties, looks at his farmland nervously. It has been 13 days since the Simhastha Maha Kumbh festival, 2016, concluded. The district administration had acquired his four bigha land (approximately 0.64 hectares) for the festival. The barricades and the concrete left on his land give us the idea that the land is not fit for farming this season.
![Kshipra at Mangalnath Ghat, Ujjain](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0285es.jpg?itok=t5zxZWcE)
How water brought a village together
Posted on 11 Jun, 2016 04:11 PMBankpura village is in Mehgaon gram panchayat in Dharampuri block in district Dhar of Madhya Pradesh. It is situated 26km away from the sub-district headquarters, Dharampuri, and 68km away from the district headquarter, Dhar. Dhamnod is the nearest town to this village which is approximately 7km away. It is well connected by roads and railways.
![Water tank near the primary school and anganwadi for the children to avail safe water. (Source: Puja Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/untitled_6.png?itok=Yptlza6q)