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Barefoot hydrogeologists: The next generation
Posted on 18 Jun, 2015 02:55 PMI first met Kunti and Priya at a meeting of the Springs Initiative, which is a network of organisations and individuals working across India to restore their springs.
![Kunti and Priya discuss their plans with Budani](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/planning.jpg?itok=wKwX3eYY)
Micro approach to fight growing water crisis
Posted on 18 Jun, 2015 10:45 AMKarnataka is planning the world's biggest micro irrigation project by bringing 7 lakh hectares of land under drip and other systems, and along with
![Sprinklers cover 2.86 percent of total irrigation land in India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14628694347_8a31fe6349_k.jpg?itok=Wx6A3BJ6)
Poisoned by water
Posted on 18 Jun, 2015 10:31 AMEndosulfan, a pesticide, has been banned in Kerala after its adverse effects were first realised in 1981.
![Farmer spraying pesticide (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/spray_0.jpg?itok=AUqbrL-c)
Centre gives a uniform definition to the term 'Open Defecation Free'
Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:23 AMNew criteria for villages and Gram Panchayats to be termed Open Defacation Free
![An open defecation free zone in Salem](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2365372913_4d737fc51c_z.jpg?itok=VPZqHMcq)
Raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height would be disastrous: Committee
Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:16 AMCommittee warns against raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height
![Sardar Sarovar Dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam_0.jpg?itok=jWKLXnAY)
Chennai fisherfolk explain the connection between climate, oceanographic factors and fish catch
Posted on 15 Jun, 2015 09:33 AMClimate change could have a strong impact on fisheries with far-reaching consequences on food and livelihoods of populations. It is likely to have a major impact on future marine fisheries production in India.
![Fisherfolk and climate change](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/00880021.jpg?itok=sQJfMBOU)
Puppets talk, people listen
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 10:31 PMAll the world’s a stage and all men and women players in it, said Shakespeare. Kathputli Colony in Delhi is living testimony to this. ‘Kath’ means wood and ‘putli’ is the Hindi word for a doll or puppet.
![Modern day puppets talk on issues pertaining to real life situations](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead2.jpg?itok=SafHQqTH)
Farmers field school in Jharkhand shows the way in integrated farming
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 03:38 PMChedua Bedia is a 47-year-old marginal farmer from Dubulabeda village, Angara block of Ranchi district. In addition to being a successful farmer, Chedua has founded a school and motivates other farmers from his village to attend classes!
![A farmers field school at Angara](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_field_school.jpg?itok=CrKNuQwF)
Two states and a dam row
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 01:31 PMWhile the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have opposing stands on the Mullaperiyar dam, civil society actors have provided alternatives to the old dam whose decommissioning is bound to happen sooner or later. They have also pointed out the inappropriateness of building a new dam on Mullaperiyar.
![Mullaperiyar reservoir (Source: Sibiperiyar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thekkady_mullaperiyar.jpg?itok=Ay-4aqgK)
Goa river waters contains high content of feacal coliform: Study
Posted on 08 Jun, 2015 11:13 PMGoa rivers water unfit for human consumption: GSPCB
![River Sal in Goa (Source: Joel's Goa Pics via Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14178884979_3d54c50d7f_z.jpg?itok=mY_ZYNlP)