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Pesticides kill 18 Maharashtra farmers
Posted on 10 Oct, 2017 01:53 PMMaharashtra farmers die from inhaling toxic pesticides
![A farmer sprays pesticides on his vegetable farm. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/27488080991_73e50f3ff4_z.jpg?itok=8rO3tTTp)
Romancing the Ganga
Posted on 10 Oct, 2017 09:59 AMThe Ganges, the most revered river in India, faces an unusual predicament. Pollution and excessive usage have turned it into a toxic sludge as it snakes its way through cities, industrial hubs and millions of devotees.
![The Ganga (Image source: Anthony Acciavatti)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ganges_water_machine_0.jpg?itok=5qctxmmt)
Well water makes a difference
Posted on 09 Oct, 2017 01:21 PMShilpi Bai was just 18 when she got married to Magan Singh Solanki in Jamnia village, in Dhar district, Madhya Pradesh. She had dreams in her eyes of a great life ahead. She was healthy and soon became a mother of two children. Her husband was a farmer and she would help him in the field after completing the errands at home.
![Drinking well water made a huge difference to the health of fluorosis-affected villagers in Jamnia. (IWP Flickr photos-pic used for representation only)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/33889937435_499469c7cd_z_0.jpg?itok=9Zj6rAZU)
Is desalination worth its salt?
Posted on 06 Oct, 2017 11:56 AMIn India, fresh water is depleting fast with the rise in consumption for economic activities. Poor management of water resources has led to overexploitation of groundwater. The World Resources Institute’s March 2016 report said 54 percent of India was water stressed, with scarcity affecting every part of the country except the Himalayan region and the ghats.
![Desalination of seawater could solve India's water crisis.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_4203.jpg?itok=uWH9HDNc)
Threatened by urbanisation, doomed by restoration
Posted on 06 Oct, 2017 06:26 AMPashan lake, the pride of Pune, is dying! Water hyacinth continues to invade the lake and pollution levels in the lake are high, threatening its once rich biodiversity. How did this happen?
![Pashan lake cries for help. (Image Source: Dharmaraj Patil)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pashan_lake_1.jpg?itok=ZS2nJs3T)
Weather weary, Western Ghats need cover
Posted on 06 Oct, 2017 05:43 AMThe Western Ghats in India is one of the many mega biodiversity regions in the world. Covering six states namely, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Tamil Nadu and Kerala, the Western Ghats has a wide range of vegetation and topographical features.
![Western Ghats during the wet season. (Photo courtesy: Arne Huckelheim)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wet-ghats-small.jpg?itok=YkPryrHs)
Blame Arabian sea for unexpected showers
Posted on 05 Oct, 2017 11:19 AMEvents of heavy downpour over a short span of time have become a regular occurrence leading to frequent floods in many Indian cities, as it happened in Hyderabad this week. A new study has not only established that such events are definitely on the rise but has also found a cause for it--increasing warming of the Arabian sea.
![Dr Roxy with IITM research team.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_dsc_2194-2.jpg?itok=zi4CwdcJ)
When women came together for water
Posted on 04 Oct, 2017 01:29 PMWomen of Podapathar village in Sundargarh district in Odisha have become an inspiration for millions of women in the country now, thanks to their determination to improve the drinking water situation in their village.
![Women of Podapathar (Source: India Water Problem)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0446tps.jpg?itok=Frt8QkiB)
The fight for the doomed land
Posted on 04 Oct, 2017 05:36 AMOn January 13, 1957, the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the Hirakud dam, calling it the temple of modern India. It has submerged more than 360 villages (1,23,000 acres of land) and displaced 26,561 families.
![Hirakud Dam (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14075678201_097f9dcec5_z_3.jpg?itok=dtkXsQvQ)
Idol immersions choke Yamuna again
Posted on 03 Oct, 2017 08:50 AMNon-biodegradable waste clogs Yamuna river after festival immersions
![Garbage at the ghat of Yamuna river in Delhi. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403892_ba0f30ab05_z_0.jpg?itok=ijJ5EEXc)