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Punjab
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)
Interview with Manu Moudgil, 2015 CMS VATAVARAN 'Young Environmental Journalism Awards-Online' Winner
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 06:04 PMWe are pleased to interview Manu Moudgil, India Water Portal's team member, who has won the prestigous 'Young Environmental Journalism Awards-Online', in the 8th CMS VATAVARAN - International Envir
![Manu Moudgil, on a field trip to Rajasthan.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manu_nandu_0.jpg?itok=lLgKiseb)
The nonexistent bridge in Punjab
Posted on 10 Aug, 2015 12:14 PMBakshish Singh once had 13 acres of farmland; now he only has one. He lost the rest in 2013 when the Beas river changed its course and started flowing near his house. Bakshish lives at Rampur Gaura village in Kapurthala district of Punjab, the state generally known for good roads, urbanised villages and wealthy farmers.
![The only connection of the island with mainland is through a pontoon bridge which the Public Works Department removes as the water level rises during monsoon.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2015-06-04_13.16.58.jpg?itok=3WUVM4up)
Heavy rains disrupt life in North India
Posted on 14 Jul, 2015 09:49 AMMonsoons in the North affect people and wildlife
![Monsoon affects life in North India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04141.jpg?itok=FCk8M0vv)
Surplus yet lacking: Water supply schemes in Punjab
Posted on 21 Jun, 2015 10:22 AMA small river flows past the village of Teja Rohela in Fazilka district, Punjab, crosses the border a couple of kilometres away, and enters Pakistan.
![Body of a puppy floating in one of Punjab's public water supply tanks](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04551.jpg?itok=od2VnEon)
Water and facilities flow better into cities
Posted on 05 May, 2015 01:35 PMSixty eight percent of India's population lives in rural areas but when it comes to facilities -- including the availability of safe drinking water -- cities and towns corner most of them.
![Rural-Urban Drinking Water Supply Gap, Census 2011](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/census_2011_drinking_water_sources_graph-1a.jpg?itok=qRgz4Zza)
Brick kilns take the Ganga away from Patna
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 08:16 PM596 brick kilns along Ganga's banks are pushing it away from Patna
![Brink kiln in Doddaballapur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9727331831_c7168bb59a_z.jpg?itok=AsiNbIs5)
Swachh Punjab' is a stinking reality
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 12:54 PMWhenever Nachatar Singh’s wife and children fall sick, he blames it on the groundwater they pull out everyday using a hand pump in his courtyard at Veere Wala Kalan village of Faridkot district. Singh swears that the problem started only recently. “The same tap used to fetch such good quality water thanks to seepage from the Gang canal which runs around 1 km from our place.
![Not much distance between toilet and water source](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/handpump_0.jpg?itok=ZMm-Gswc)
Golden city around the pond
Posted on 29 Mar, 2015 09:02 PMVibrant colourful clothes, spicy Punjabi food, a cacophany of sounds from the streets and then, serenity inside the Harmandir Sahib complex. Amritsar, a city of contrasts, and one that tests the senses constantly, is home to the holiest shrine of the Sikhs popularly known as the Golden Temple.
![A devotee takes a dip in the holy sarovar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9490613145_0d96e76f70_o.jpg?itok=noX3y_rB)