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Creating community leaders to tackle disaster
Posted on 25 Jun, 2018 05:01 PMTired from the Baidyanath dhamyatra (pilgrimage) in the nearby town of Deoghar, Nunlal Kamath is stealing a quick nap on a charpoy outside his house. His house is right on the western bank of Kosi, north Bihar’s river of sorrow, in a particularly flood-prone area where there are no high grounds or flood platforms nearby.
![Village disaster management committee has built sand and boulder spurs to deflect floods at spots where bank erosion takes place. (Pic courtesy: GEAG)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/porcupine_0.jpg?itok=06ysgjM6)
Public hearing for green clearance a sham
Posted on 21 Jun, 2018 04:36 PMSupin, a tributary of river Tons and a part of river Yamuna gushes through the hilly tracts of Uttarkashi district. Like all rivers meandering through the lush terrains and forests of Uttarakhand, Supin too is being aggressively tapped for hydropower generation by the government.
![Public hearing for Jakhol Sankri hydropower project did not take consent of affected communities on a sensitive issue that impacts their lives. (Picture courtesy: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/protests-ph_0.jpg?itok=fjY5_aLm)
Teesta: Stuck between conflict and cooperation
Posted on 20 Jun, 2018 10:25 AMRiver Teesta originates at Tso Lamo, Sikkim, flows through West Bengal and then enters the Rangpur division in Bangladesh.
![The Teesta, upstream of the Gajaldoba barrage in West Bengal. (Image Source: Gauri Noolkar-Oak)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/teesta_upstream_gajaloba_barrage.jpg?itok=Vs0S_IgR)
Punjab farmers offered monetary benefit to save water
Posted on 19 Jun, 2018 11:10 AMPunjab introduces “Paani Bacho, Paise Kamao” scheme to motivate farmers to pump less
![Farmers in Punjab to be compensated monetarily for drawing less water from tubewells. (Picture courtesy: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irrigation_-_commons.jpg?itok=4Rc1UGVW)
Niti Aayog lauds Gujarat's water management
Posted on 19 Jun, 2018 10:49 AMGujarat tops Niti Aayog's composite water management index
![Waterbody in Bhuj, Gujarat (Picture courtesy: IWP Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/guj_water.jpg?itok=GXQomfKv)
Green toilet in my backyard
Posted on 18 Jun, 2018 03:39 PMUntreated sewage is the biggest source of water pollution in India with around 70 percent of the raw sewage generated in urban areas entering lakes, rivers, seas and underground aquifers.
![Chicu with a pan used in ecosan toilet. (Photo courtesy: Chicu Lokgariwar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/organge_toilet_new.jpg?itok=ZJvOs0Vn)
Pink city turns heat island
Posted on 18 Jun, 2018 09:37 AMThis summer, Jaipur’s temperatures are soaring upwards of 40 degree Celsius. Jaipur witnessed its hottest day on April 26 when a temperature of 43.2 degree Celsius was recorded.
![A man sits under the scorching heat of the sun in front of Amer fort in Jaipur. The city landscape is now dominated by heat trapping materials that prevent its cooling through evapotranspiration. (Picture courtesy: Prabhu B Doss, Flickr Commons: CC-By-NC-ND-2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/amer-prabhu-b-doss-cc_by-nc-nd_2.0-1.jpg?itok=aPAaJILf)
Sawdust to treat wastewater
Posted on 17 Jun, 2018 07:15 PMWater contamination due to dyes is a major cause of worry. A new study says sawdust from teak wood may help treat wastewater containing dyes and make it reusable.
![Sawdust from teak wood is found to be useful in removing gentian dye. (Source: IWP Flickr photos, photo used for representation only)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2295964616_026edacf4a_o.jpg?itok=agM3SY0A)
Indore retains its cleanest city tag
Posted on 17 Jun, 2018 06:26 PMIndore has retained its cleanest city tag in the clean India survey 2018. Before it was praised for its cleanliness drive in 2017, the city was just like any other urban city in India dealing with its mounting garbage problem.
![Clean road near Pardesipura, Indore. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0112tps.jpg?itok=dL4TNlYV)
Learning from the past
Posted on 14 Jun, 2018 04:22 PMRising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels may spark a shift towards wetter winters and drier summers, warns a new study based on evidence from climatic history preserved in 65-million-year-old oyster shells.
![Researchers collect samples at Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu. (Photo courtesy: India Science Wire)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_for_rainfall.png?itok=J2daBEsh)