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Forts of fortune: How the Marathas saved water
Posted on 20 Aug, 2016 02:27 PMIn the olden times, people knew the importance of water and had devised a number of techniques to manage and conserve water resources. These efforts not only met the drinking water needs of the people, but also helped the survival of livestock and agriculture in areas where perennial rivers were absent and the population depended on rains and often faced water scarcity or droughts.
![One of the hill forts in Maharashtra. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sinhagad_fort_0.jpg?itok=B8RWoERd)
Honestly, not the best policy changes
Posted on 19 Aug, 2016 04:19 PMSaileena Sarkar's introduction to the East Kolkata Wetlands began as soon as she moved to the city. She says, “The Kolkata wetlands have been a point of interest since I came to the city.
![An earthmover submerged downstream of the Srinagar Hydroelectric project, Uttarakhand. By permitting contractors to begin construction on a project before the EIA is approved, the government is enabling disasters in the future.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/submerged_crane.jpg?itok=yI8m0yrf)
Staying afloat, one stepwell at a time
Posted on 19 Aug, 2016 01:09 PM"Jatene dekho utene bawri" (wherever you look, there’s a stepwell). This is how the woman standing on the threshold of her house, in the walled city of Jodhpur, told us when we asked where we could find stepwells in her neighbourhood.
![Toorji ka jhalra, one of the step ponds that attracts tourists in Jodhpur.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0148.jpg?itok=4eDC2J_l)
Art of Living guilty of damaging Yamuna floodplains
Posted on 16 Aug, 2016 09:57 AMWorld Culture Festival damaged Yamuna floodplains, concludes NGT
![The front view of the giant stage under construction for the World Culture Festival. (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_4_0_0.jpg?itok=HEGp0GGK)
Interlinking project needs reanalysis: IIT Study
Posted on 16 Aug, 2016 09:53 AMNot enough water available for interlinking rivers: IIT study
![Interlinking of rivers (Source: NIH)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/interlinking1_0.jpg?itok=oK5Q7nxa)
Of lives bruised by water
Posted on 11 Aug, 2016 01:40 PMSexagenarian Radha Madhavan's (name changed) voice carries a shade of gloom even as she rationalises her children's decision to leave their parental home for good. “My husband and I totally understand it. Do they not have a point when they say they do not wish to return to this wretched island, considering their own families’ safety?
![One of the sinking houses of Munroe Island.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_3630.jpg?itok=apOFqLCW)
Water sharing: In China’s defence
Posted on 09 Aug, 2016 11:41 PMWhen two powerful and populous countries share a river to quench the thirst of its people, some amount of friction between the countries is bound to happen. The water of Brahmaputra, that flows through India, China, Bangladesh and Bhutan, has been a bone of contention between China and India for long.
![The Brahmaputra river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bramhaputra_1.jpg?itok=Lv806G8G)
Children of a lesser God
Posted on 09 Aug, 2016 10:32 PMIn what is considered the worst flood in a decade, the flood in Assam this year has swept over 2,800 villages away and submerged more than two lakh hectares of crop. More than 26 lakh people have been affected in 28 out of 34 districts of the state.
![Children take refuge in temporary shelters. (Photo source: Jhai Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13585182_1036590993084995_4720323691581569427_o_1.jpg?itok=S94sCDSM)
UP unable to protect Yamuna, Taj Mahal: NGT
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:37 PMNGT raps UP government over Yamuna's pollution near the Taj Mahal
![Yamuna river near the Taj Mahal. (Source: Ekabhishek via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/taj_mahal_reflection_on_yamuna_river_agra.jpg?itok=-hUAdhMj)
Assam, Bihar reel under severe flood
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:13 PMOne of the worst floods in Assam and Bihar
![Flood in Bihar. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2246719146_1b717bbdcf_z.jpg?itok=Nt9tLGWj)