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IMD to stop using the term 'drought'
Posted on 12 Jan, 2016 09:55 AMIMD to replace the term 'drought' with 'deficient year'
![Affected by drought (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5498477595_b432f838e5_z_0_0.jpg?itok=XlBfng7_)
NITI Ayog allocates Rs 1000 crore for groundwater contaminated zones
Posted on 11 Jan, 2016 09:48 PMGovernment to install community water purification plants in water toxic zones
![A hand pump in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4483915884_6da8e3b48c_b.jpg?itok=XpaaYen0)
Odisha tribals humour changing skies with mixed platters
Posted on 11 Jan, 2016 09:18 PMBamboo trees bloomed with long wispy spikes weighing heavy on the stalks. While it might've made for a pretty picture, Loknath Nauri knew it would be a tough year. “More the density of the flowers, the more severe the drought we face,” he says. This was in March 2015 in the forests of southern Odisha.
![Aadi Kumbruka with various types of legumes, millets, oilseeds and corns grown on his farm.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aadi.jpg?itok=57Foqcx9)
Ken-Betwa river gets some respite
Posted on 08 Jan, 2016 01:03 PMIn December 2015, more than forty years after it was conceived, the Government was set to launch India’s ambitious 30-link river interlinking project linking 37 rivers.
![View of Betwa river (Source: Manual Menal, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/betwa_manual-menal-small.jpg?itok=HHMI3GpG)
Rice-fish culture transforms the lives of cyclone-hit farmers in Odisha
Posted on 06 Jan, 2016 11:24 PMCoastal regions of Kendrapara and Jagatsinghpur districts of Odisha have been hit by cyclonic storms for more than two decades.
![Integrated Rice Fish Culture Unit Rajnagar (Source: RCDC, Odisha)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irfc_unit_-_rajnagar.jpg?itok=UWGZQZtZ)
Nagpur Union launches world-wide campaign against much hyped water privatisation
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:32 AMWorld-wide campaign against impacts of water privatisation
![No 24x7 water supply for Nagpur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap_picture-small_1.jpg?itok=eqUpsG_S)
Centre provides relief fund to drought and flood-hit states
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:19 AMRelief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal
![Drought affected area in Karnataka (Source: Pushkarv via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drought_affected_area_in_karnataka_india_2012_0_0.jpg?itok=HexPDKea)
Right information and collective strength of people triumph!
Posted on 04 Jan, 2016 08:25 PM"More than eight villagers in Padapadar have died due to water-borne diseases such as typhoid, diarrhoea, jaundice, etc.
![A hand-pump installed at Padapadar village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hand-pump-s.jpg?itok=sMH90Kqr)
Sanitation interventions: A threat to drinking water supplies in rural India?
Posted on 03 Jan, 2016 11:05 PMInadequate separation of excreta from human contact can lead to a number of health problems. This is a cause for concern in India because as many as 600 million
![Sanitation and groundwater contamination (Source: Sourabh Phadke)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilets_8.jpg?itok=9yJ2W03R)
The Last Builder of Naulas in Chatola, Nainital
Posted on 03 Jan, 2016 05:57 PMNo temple is as venerated in Uttarakhand as the little unassuming naulas. These small hut-like structures dot the mountains and hold within them a great treasure--water. Usually made of stone masonry with pyramid-like slate roofs, every naula respresents within it a residing spirit which can range from a simple stone piece to an ornately carved statue.
![Ratan Singh Bisht is one of the few people today who constructs naulas](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ratan_ji_2.jpg?itok=EwQaVryw)