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Information, Education and Communication Campaigns
Pipara women realise pipe dream
Posted on 01 Jul, 2016 12:03 PMThe cracks on the parched land of Bundelkhand are waiting for the monsoon to quench the thirst of its arid landscape. Despite the wide-spread drought here, Pipara, one of the villages in the region, stands apart as the only one that has not run completely dry.
![Women fill water from one of the taps at Pipara.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0063es.jpg?itok=E5g14DvX)
Farm ponds save village from drought
Posted on 21 Jun, 2016 09:09 AMVikram Patel, a 71-year-old farmer in Chidavad village of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh is one of the first farmers to have embraced the idea of farm ponds to increase the groundwater level in his farm.
![Vikram Patel near his farm pond in Chidavad.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0004es.jpg?itok=5l6BCsNU)
Simhastha leaves farmers fuming
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 07:38 PMRamesh Mali, a farmer in his late thirties, looks at his farmland nervously. It has been 13 days since the Simhastha Maha Kumbh festival, 2016, concluded. The district administration had acquired his four bigha land (approximately 0.64 hectares) for the festival. The barricades and the concrete left on his land give us the idea that the land is not fit for farming this season.
![Kshipra at Mangalnath Ghat, Ujjain](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0285es.jpg?itok=t5zxZWcE)
Comics for Change
Posted on 10 Jun, 2016 04:42 PM“The earth, the air, the land and the water are not an inheritance from our forefathers but on loan from our children. So we have to hand over to them at least as it was handed over to us.” This famous quote of Mahatma Gandhi aptly forms the basis of today’s ever-growing focus on sustainable development and inclusive growth.
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At Simhastha, govt fishes in Kshipra’s troubled waters
Posted on 05 Jun, 2016 07:05 AMThe Madhya Simhastha Maha Kumbh festival, the religious extravaganza that happens once in every 12 years, was held in Ujjain from April 22-May 21, 2016.
![Kshipra before Shahi Snan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0220es.jpg?itok=IOXdBOPj)
Rooftop rainwater harvesting at Chhattisgarh school reduces absenteeism
Posted on 02 Nov, 2015 01:00 PMChhattisgarh ranked number 1 in the country for providing domestic water connections in 2014-15 under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
![Rainwater harvesting tank at Madiya Kachar village school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0037s.jpg?itok=iA7pgQ98)
Catch them young: Treating children affected by fluorosis
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 05:59 PMFluorosis is a cowardly disease; it selectively preys upon the most vulnerable and renders them even more fragile.
![Several young children in Jhabua suffer from skeletal fluorosis (Source: INREM Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/skeletal_fluorosis_inrem.jpg?itok=Ltpdcd8C)
Dengue for dummies
Posted on 30 Sep, 2015 09:38 AMI keep seeing news about dengue everywhere. Why is it such a big deal?
![Wanted for murder: The Aedes aegypti mosquito the primary vector for Dengue (Source: James Gathany [Public domain], Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aedes_aegypti_during_blood_meal.jpg?itok=qJmRI4xo)
Training Programme on Introduction to SWAT by IIT Madras
Posted on 25 Aug, 2015 04:03 PMThe primary objective of this short term training program is to provide college teachers and professional engineers with a comprehensive understanding of GIS techniques relevant for studies related to water resources assessment.
Uttar Pradesh gears up to tackle climate change
Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 03:26 PMThe people I was listening to challenged all my prejudices about government officials' tendencies to bury their heads in the sand.
![Floods in cities will be increasingly common](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods_in_gorakhpur.jpg?itok=zIyS-Q7U)