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Extreme weather warning!
Posted on 11 Jul, 2013 04:04 PMWe sat in a plush climate-controlled room and deliberated climate change as the outside world collapsed around us..
![The flooded Bagmati river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bagmati_flood.jpg?itok=a_nSwqcp)
Breaking a centuries-old curse in Uttarakhand
Posted on 09 Jul, 2013 11:23 AMSudha Gunavante is a contented woman. She has reason to be. After all, she and her husband have managed to prosper on their farm, her children are well-educated and well-settled, and her rhododendron syrup is the pride of the village. If that is not enough, she has also managed to escape a centuries-old curse.
![Sudha and Bhuvan at their home in Gauna village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sudhaandbhuvan.jpg?itok=eAodn20r)
Floods in Assam affect one lakh people - Dhemaji worst hit
Posted on 08 Jul, 2013 11:31 AMFlood fury hits Assam
![The flooded plains of Brahamputra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/320px-brahmaputra_plains_in_goalpara_district_of_assam_857.jpg?itok=0o5j0Ouh)
The Bhilai Steel Plant, a symbol of modern India, is running out of iron ore
Posted on 06 Jul, 2013 09:31 AMFor the last 50 years, the Bhilai Steel Plant, which is India's largest integrated steel plant has got its supply of iron ore from Dalli Rajhara's mines. Dalli Rajhara, a municipality which is also an industrial city is located 90km south of Durg in Chhattisgarh. It is a part of the Rajhara group of mines. Iron ore mined in this area are of two types - hematite and magnetite.
![Dalli Rajhara Mines in Chhattisgarh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ongoing_mining_work_in_dalli_rajarah_mines-small.jpg?itok=oo6kGQ99)
From worshipped to diseased - the slide of the Karamana river in Kerala
Posted on 05 Jul, 2013 07:55 AMKaramana, the pride of Thiruvananthapuram and an important source of drinking water for the city, is now dreaded and diseased. Parts of the river have been closed to residents now because they are so polluted. What was once a thriving river is now being used as a garbage dump. I decided to trace the path of the river to see how bad the damage really was.
![Karamana river from the Karamana Bridge](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/karamana_river_1.jpg?itok=ekiqGMJv)
Walk along the path to heaven...on earth!
Posted on 04 Jul, 2013 09:54 PMTawang, a mystical, magical place is nestled in the mountains of Arunachal Pradesh. Indians not from this region as well as foreigners need special permission to visit this restricted area. It is only accessible through a narrow mountain pass. A road snakes through this pass, which is the second highest motorable pass in the world, and at a height of 13,700 feet, reaches a crystal clear lake.
![Prayer wheels,Tawang](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/prayer_bells_tawang_monastery.png?itok=POG1OGku)
The Himalayan states - are they India's crown jewels or distant cousins?
Posted on 04 Jul, 2013 10:25 AMLeft, right, up, down...bump, bump, bump! That was me… being thrown about on all sides of the jeep that I was in. No, I wasn’t off-roading! I was on an investigative mission to Pinrow, a village in Nainital district, Uttarakhand from my home. I was investigating the impact of the state government's push for 100% of child births to happen in the hospitals.
![Nandadevi at sunrise](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nandadevi_at_sunrise.jpg?itok=Di51jQ9J)
Face to face with our star volunteers!
Posted on 02 Jul, 2013 12:46 PMMeet Ajay, a software professional in Bangalore with over 8 years work experience. He came across the India Water Portal when he searched for borewell consultants. He found the information on the site so reliable and useful that he kept coming back. On one such visit, he read about the volunteer program, which encourages non-water experts to engage with water data.
![Volunteer with us](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/volunteers_0.jpg?itok=K_yWrpf0)
Seawater entering coastal towns in Goa causes big problems
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 03:18 PMIndia waterportal’s data finder has over 300 datasets. A non-data or non-analytics person can feel overwhelmed trying to pull out important information and understand it. A data story will help do just that.
![Process explaining seawater intrusion](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_lead.gif?itok=YGLmiIi-)
A 'green' house like no other!
Posted on 01 Jul, 2013 02:50 PM“I want to live in a house like this!” was my first thought when I entered Vishwanath’s home. (Vishwanath is Founder, Director of Biome Solutions). My colleague and I had gone to visit his house to see and understand how he has implemented ranwater harvesting systems and other green initiatives there.
![Rainwater harvesting tank in a Bangalore house](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rwh_tank_0_0.jpg?itok=4bhcitXZ)