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Tamil Nadu
Where the holy rivers meet
Posted on 01 Aug, 2016 07:53 PMTemples in India have always had a water body near its premises. Whether it is a natural pond, a free-flowing river or a man-made tank, the water inside them seem to imbibe the sacredness associated with the temples, thereby becoming an integral part of the cultural, social and religious landscape of that area.
![Once every 12 years, pilgrims take a dip in the sacred tank where the holy rivers are believed to converge during the Mahamaham festival.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0093.jpg?itok=PqN6_9xS)
Floods wreak havoc in many parts of the country
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 04:27 PMFloods grip many parts of the country
![Flooded Simen river in Brahmaputra basin (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319712715_526f82ab7f_z_1.jpg?itok=lgvWXFdx)
Ministries spar over hydel project
Posted on 03 Jul, 2016 04:59 PMMinistries reach no consensus over Uttarakhand hydel project
![Downstream of ManeribhaliII Barrage at Uttarkashi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3217293419_87efebb0b9_z.jpg?itok=cZYKyb9V)
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu fight over Cauvery water sharing
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:04 AMKarnataka and TN at cross roads over Mekedatu river project
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z.jpg?itok=olkOXRWc)
"Power firms lose Rs 2400 crores to water crisis"
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 08:54 PMPower firms’ loss due to water shortage is Rs 2400 crore this year: Greenpeace
![An NTPC thermal plant (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370453956_17dc80bf5b_z_1.jpg?itok=8q3-Me3B)
Changing seasons and diarrhoeal diseases
Posted on 19 May, 2016 09:07 AMAccess to safe drinking water and diarrhoeal diseases in India
![Water quality, seasonality and diarrhoeal diseases (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_10.jpg?itok=kmUEBjZq)
Drinking water becomes a luxury for Maharashtrians
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 03:06 PMMaharashtra reeling under its worst water crisis
![Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3729569965_de36d4c1ce_z.jpg?itok=id8C_Qs7)
National Water Commission in place of CWC and CGWB
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:28 AMGovernment proposes to set up a National Water Commission
![The Upper Lake, Bhopal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/18952566665_7bf8a91e62_z.jpg?itok=RB4RpRFi)
Environmentalists protest proposed projects near Konkan coastline
Posted on 09 Feb, 2016 12:48 PMActivists stand against three proposed projects near Konkan coastline
![A thermal power plant in Ennore, Chennai (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00090_0_1.jpg?itok=fnDNaIX8)
The semi-arid regions of the Moyar-Bhavani basin
Posted on 17 Jan, 2016 10:56 PMToday's rural poor operate in highly risky and uncertain environments. Grappling with multiple stresses like eroding natural resources, poor assets and increasing climate variability, they are constantly adjusting their lives and livelihoods--changing a crop grown, digging another well, or migrating to a nearby town.
![Large population of scheduled caste, and other communities reside in or around protected areas of the basin.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/slide_8.jpg?itok=igJhZsVr)