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Punjab
River dispute: Haryana manages water better than Punjab
Posted on 03 May, 2016 02:30 PMRapid growth in population, agriculture production, industrialisation and urbanisation have put an extreme burden on India's dwindling water resources. Water-guzzling paddy covers maximum gross area under cultivation at 44 million hectares.
![A bridge over Satluj river in Punjab. Source: Harpreet Riat/Wikimedia Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/syl.jpg?itok=JU6cF8LE)
Heat wave claims 300 lives; Telangana, Odisha and Andhra worst hit
Posted on 03 May, 2016 11:37 AMHeat wave claims 300 lives across the country
![Heat wave engulfs the country (Source: PTI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/heat_wave_man_washes_head_with_cold_water_0.jpg?itok=h5u9OxZo)
Good monsoon expected this year
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:20 PMGood southwest monsoon expected this year as El Nino declines
![Downpour in Bihar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2245920465_b010a7ff2f_z_1.jpg?itok=BH5qj8kp)
Maharashra issues water advisory for Holi
Posted on 22 Mar, 2016 06:05 PMReservoir levels dip, Maharashtra urges people to celebrate dry holi
![Holi being celebrated (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barsana_holi_festival_1.jpg?itok=pyeDc9z4)
Bihari bait for Punjabi fish
Posted on 20 Mar, 2016 11:56 AM“This is my business, I am nobody’s slave,” says Kapal Nishad. He is one of the over two million migrants who came to Punjab over 20 years ago.
![First half of the day is spent netting the fish which is sold in the evening.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0217.jpg?itok=A_-aA0PG)
Sutlej-Yamuna Link canal creates rift between Punjab-Haryana
Posted on 15 Mar, 2016 12:10 PMPunjab-Haryana at crossroads over the controversial Sutlej-Yamuna canal
![Sutlej river in Punjab (Source: Harpreet Riat via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2_river_satluj_sutlej_ropar_dam_and_bridge_in_rupnagar_punjab_india.jpg?itok=LC_x17Iv)
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_)
Ponds--once a lifeline of India's agriculture--are being revived by some Punjab farmers
Posted on 16 Nov, 2015 10:45 AMThe northern region of India is facing drought for the second consecutive year.
![Harmesh Singh has taken to rainwater harvesting on his farm since the groundwater has gone down.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1._harmesh_chand_has_taken_to_rainwater_harvesting_on_his_farm_since_the_groundwater_has_gone_down.jpg?itok=OpXLT75g)
Let's not only blame Punjab's farmers for lighting up!
Posted on 13 Nov, 2015 11:35 PMA few days ago, there were news items galore with NASA's images of the burning of rice straw in Punjab. The red dots were presumed to be the fields
![Short period between rice harvesting and sowing of wheat forces farmers to burn straw. (Source: Neil Palmer Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic_by_neil_palmer.jpg?itok=Rpf3-L_x)
Half of Amritsar's drinking water samples contaminated
Posted on 14 Oct, 2015 03:49 PMAccording to a United Nations Children’s Fund Resource report, 70% of India’s water supply is polluted with sewage effluents. It also ranks very low at 120 among the 122 nations in terms of quality of water available to its citizens.
![Safe drinking water, a scarce resource (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/punjab_water_0.jpg?itok=rpjCL0SI)