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Can recurring droughts in Maharashtra be offset by participatory groundwater management (PGWM)?
Posted on 20 Jan, 2016 09:02 AMMaharashtra is the fourth state following Karnataka, Chattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh to seek out relief from the Union government thanks to more than 15,000 of its villages across Marathwada and parts of Western Maharashtra reeling under drought in 2015 [1].
![The role of PGWM to deal with droughts in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20150902_100418.jpg?itok=sjoH-2S3)
Press release: National Sustainable Water & Sanitation Summit 2016
Posted on 20 Jan, 2016 12:52 AMDay 1:
![National Summit on Sustainable Water & Sanitation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/day_1.jpg?itok=76ovufE2)
Development Management Programme on ''Fresh Water Resources Conservation with a special focus on Supply and Demand management in Southern Peninsular India”
Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 08:05 PMObjectives of the DMP:
- The DMP builds the knowledge of the participants on surface water bodies conservation and managemetn by various stakeholders.
- It widens the participants perspectives on blue and green water concept and management of the same.
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Centre speeds up its Clean Ganga Mission
Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 11:36 AMCentre to involve public, private firms for urban sewage treatment and Ganga clean up
![Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z_1_2.jpg?itok=JOD5IXnY)
11,000 acres lake land encroached in Bengaluru
Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 11:29 AMPanel finds Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and private builders responsible for 11,000 acres of lake land encroachment
![Rachenahalli Lake in Bengaluru (Source: Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23458775979_100e74c42f_z.jpg?itok=wEo11mwW)
The semi-arid regions of the Moyar-Bhavani basin
Posted on 17 Jan, 2016 10:56 PMToday's rural poor operate in highly risky and uncertain environments. Grappling with multiple stresses like eroding natural resources, poor assets and increasing climate variability, they are constantly adjusting their lives and livelihoods--changing a crop grown, digging another well, or migrating to a nearby town.
![Large population of scheduled caste, and other communities reside in or around protected areas of the basin.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/slide_8.jpg?itok=igJhZsVr)
Informal water markets in Chennai
Posted on 17 Jan, 2016 09:43 PMIn India, managing the current demand and planning for future water demand in urban areas is becoming a major challenge for urban water supply authorities. According to current figures by the World Health Organisation, 10% in urban areas in India still do not have access to improved water supply.
![Water scarcity and informal water markets in urban India (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_9.jpg?itok=IdQwyT9t)
Why do farmers commit suicide in Marathwada?
Posted on 17 Jan, 2016 09:11 PMMarathwada, one of the most drought prone areas in Maharashtra, continues to be in the news over the last few months due to the severe agarian crisis that the region has been facing and the very high rates of farmers suicides.
![Droughts in Marathwada (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_8.jpg?itok=fUhXZVfG)
Lessons on ecology from the Apatani tribe in Ziro Valley
Posted on 17 Jan, 2016 03:42 PMZiro Valley, which figures in the tentative list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites as a unique cultural landscape, sits at a height of 5600 feet in Arunachal Pradesh. It is inhabited by the Apatani tribe who are completely confined to the valley.
![Rice fields at Ziro valley with sacred groves in the backdrop](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/csc_0161.jpg?itok=ysJM09xl)