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Agriculture and food security challenges amid Covid-19
Posted on 09 Sep, 2020 03:32 PMIndia has seen large scale rural-urban migration of people trying to escape rural distress in the last few decades.
![Women farmers produce vegetables through innovative farming practices in Banka, Bihar. They can sell their produce at regional markets, and earn a better income for their families. (Image: USAID, Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_4.jpg?itok=beHGsoUt)
Government to get strict against wastage of groundwater
Posted on 08 Sep, 2020 04:05 PMGovernment prepares strict directives to prevent groundwater wastage
![A resident in Delhi with her extracted groundwater (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/residents_0_0.jpg?itok=ZmQjoNJl)
Nashik civic body frees Godavari using riverfront development funds
Posted on 08 Sep, 2020 03:57 PMA civic body frees a river instead of concretising it, for the first time
![Godavari river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200px-godavari_river_crossing.jpeg?itok=UAYWhJPm)
Empowering, involving local communities crucial for reviving Yamuna: Study
Posted on 07 Sep, 2020 12:56 PMThere aren’t many studies on understanding the socio-economic impact of river pollution, and the handful of those available miss out on capturing the voices of the local communities who are most affected by river pollution.
![To improve the participation of the riverine communities in river clean-up activities, a platform can be set up as a governance mechanism. (Image: Thommen Jose, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/signaturebridgenedelhi.jpg?itok=g5Dz1dUQ)
Swollen rivers engulf houses and erode banks wreaking havoc in Bihar
Posted on 04 Sep, 2020 08:16 PMFloods coupled with erosion increase the woes of Bihar
![Erosion due to floods in Ganga river (Source: Umesh Kumar Ray)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20200816-wa0020.jpg?itok=HPCssSsP)
IUKWC Virtual User Engagement Initiative 2020
Posted on 04 Sep, 2020 07:24 AMIUKWC has put together a set of interviews with researchers from six Indo-UK projects that provide an overview of their research outputs and how these can support water operations, management and/or decision making.
Fully interactive - interviewees will be available to answer your questions during two hour windows
Webinar Series - Critical Engagement with Floods in India
Posted on 03 Sep, 2020 03:49 PMAbout the webinar:
Ganga's riverine communities in troubled waters
Posted on 01 Sep, 2020 03:04 PMA large section of the population living in the Ganga river basin still depends on the river for daily use activities and livelihood. Hence, the cleaning of the Ganga river’s water and making it safe for use remains a major goal for policymakers.
![There is a need to formalise the traditional occupation of riverine fishing by providing proper licensing facilities to allow for targeted policies for the community in order to mitigate the livelihood challenges being faced by it. (Image: Pikrepo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/silhouette-of-2-person-riding-on-boat-during-sunset.jpg?itok=w8DHnmP6)
Is the draft EIA notification 2020 anti-environment?
Posted on 30 Aug, 2020 04:48 PMEconomic development and creation of jobs have been India’s most critical challenges, and continue to be an overriding priority for the government. India’s rise in the World Bank’s global ranking on the ease of doing business is complemented with a successive downturn in its position on the Environmental Performance Index (EPI) from 2014 to 2019.
![Villager looking at mining devastated areas in Goa (Image: Frederik Noronha; Wikimedia Commons; CC A-S A 4.0 International)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/villager_looking_at_mining_devastated_areas_in_goa_india.jpg?itok=ToEz79cr)