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Water for future
Posted on 22 Dec, 2017 03:12 PMWater, the most precious commodity is being abused to such an extent that there is fear that this might lead to another world war or it may be difficult even to get drinking water. Water is indeed an integral part of human body as it accounts for 66 percent of it.
![Water is a precious commodity. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5074354980_fd5a2d389c_z_4.jpg?itok=j9Yi0bOZ)
MGNREGA failed to curb migration: Survey
Posted on 20 Dec, 2017 11:44 AMSurvey reveals MGNREGA failed to curb migration
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_1.jpg?itok=jSIsmi8h)
Farmer suicide cases decrease: Govt data
Posted on 20 Dec, 2017 11:22 AMGovernment data shows decreasing suicide trend among farmers for the second consecutive year
![A farmer in his field. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_8_0_0.jpg?itok=r_FRCyNI)
India faces superbugs
Posted on 20 Dec, 2017 10:53 AMThere is a huge dearth of cleanliness in India--open defecation is rampant; garbage management in most cities is in shambles; toxic hospital and industrial wastes and sewage are allowed to drain into water sources and food products are laced with chemicals.
![Highly polluted rivers such as the Yamuna can breed superbugs. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna_garbage.jpg?itok=9ewv5Tgy)
Looking for water source
Posted on 19 Dec, 2017 05:18 PMIt rains about 900 mm during a normal monsoon year over India and if we assume that about 80 percent of India is covered by this rain, then the estimated volume of water is well over 200 lakh crore buckets. It comes to two lakh buckets per person. Where does all this water come from?
![A map that shows warm Indian Ocean temperatures in colours and thin contours and blue thick contours that delineate major moisture sources for the monsoon.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/capture_1.jpg?itok=_2XwbT57)
Plastic waste to decontaminate water
Posted on 15 Dec, 2017 07:36 PMRecycling is the only option to handle plastic waste at present. Now Indian scientists have found a new use for plastic waste--for decontamination of water.
![Plastic waste has a new purpose now. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204767870_68cf543d68_z.jpg?itok=t3AScDws)
Meenachil river warriors shine
Posted on 14 Dec, 2017 07:18 PMThe scenic sublimity of the Meenachil river is immortalised by Arundhati Roy in her Booker prize-winning novel, The God of Small Things. Roy skilfully presents the river flowing through the Aymanam village as a victim of human greed and callousness. The river is described in the book as a beautiful one that turns an ugly waste dump into which anything could be flung.
![The president and the secretary of the Meenachal Nadee Samrakshana Samithi receive the Bhagirath Prayas Samman 2017 award from justice Madan Lokur of the Supreme Court of India.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/meena-main-lead.jpg?itok=TQ_keoaK)
Old is gold for Naga rice farmers
Posted on 14 Dec, 2017 10:56 AMRising temperature, erratic rainfall and occurrence of moderate drought are beginning to impact food production in Nagaland. In order to meet the challenge of climate change, the state is now turning to its forgotten resource--traditional food crops which can withstand higher temperatures and water-stressed conditions.
![Paddy farm. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/30058273614_68255e8756_m.jpg?itok=Sb50ykHK)
Is it worth the salt?
Posted on 12 Dec, 2017 12:22 PMThe fields are silvery white with raw salt crusts in the vicinity of Nawa, a small town on the northwestern banks of Sambhar lake, India’s largest inland lake. Nawa lies about 90 kilometres east of Jaipur. Also an extensive saline wetland and a Ramsar site, the blinding white salt flats stretch as far as one can see.
![Ramachander Singh, a salt worker who has been raking salt for decades now at this salt pan or kyari dotting the lake bed of Sambhar, Rajasthan.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/salt-sambhar1.jpg?itok=B6NXpcYP)
World Culture Festival ruined Yamuna floodplains: NGT
Posted on 12 Dec, 2017 11:54 AMArt of Living responsible for destroying the Yamuna floodplains: NGT
![The front view of the giant stage under construction for the World Culture Festival. (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_4_0_0_1.jpg?itok=rJw-Uj_z)