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Fluoride and nitrate - a health problem in Anantapur
Posted on 28 Feb, 2021 03:26 PMUrban and rural areas rely on groundwater for drinking and around 90% of the rural people depend on groundwater for domestic purposes.
![Non carcinogenic risks for adults are more prone to risk greater than those children and infants in the study area (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/4606099994_944ff1a5af_o.jpg?itok=3qoJk8Q6)
Digital tool to monitor groundwater
Posted on 28 Feb, 2021 09:41 AMAccording to a 2006 report by the Inter-Agency Task Force, titled ‘Gender, Water and Sanitation’, women’s participation in water governance projects is important for their success. Given the gendered division of labour in our society, it is not hard to see why.
![Women use an open source groundwater monitoring tool that enables collection of water level data of wells and its collation on a web platform for easy access by all. (Image: FES)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Well%20Water%20Monitoring%202.jpg?itok=X0xLzUmT)
Baravas - Unique water harvesting structures of Maharashtra
Posted on 24 Feb, 2021 10:56 PMTraditional groundwater storage structures such as cisterns, stepwells, tanks, and wells in India are well known and had cultural, religious, social, and utilitarian significance in olden times.
Dams and distress in the Himalayas!
Posted on 23 Feb, 2021 10:10 PMProliferation of hydropower development in the Himalayas is leading to extensive land use changes in the river valleys and threatening the diverse and fragile Himalayan ecosystems leading to deforestation, fragmentation, soil erosion and loss of forest biodiversity. These are a cause for serious concern for local communities, whose lives and livelihoods depend on these forests.
![100 MW Tidong-I project, Kinnaur HP (Image Source: Manu Moudgil)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Kinnaur1.jpg?itok=kqtAdjZL)
MARVI: Securing groundwater supplies through engaging village communities
Posted on 23 Feb, 2021 06:02 PMGroundwater levels across India have been falling rapidly, affecting the livelihood and wellbeing of village communities. Top-down approaches to groundwater management have not worked.
![Designing participatory processes to assist village level discovery and implementation of solutions for sustaining groundwater use and improved livelihoods (Image: MARVI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/marvi1.jpg?itok=axsoJGfQ)
Water: Governance challenges and suggested tools
Posted on 22 Feb, 2021 03:38 PMDahanu, an ecologically fragile area about 120 km from Mumbai, in Maharashtra’s Palghar district witnessed massive protests in 2019. Over 59 gram panchayats were opposing the land diversion to high-tech infrastructure projects.
![Dahanu, a green zone enjoyed special protection since 1991 (Image: nathview.blogspot.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/dahanu.jpg?itok=4li7I311)
India gets its first wetland conservation centre
Posted on 17 Feb, 2021 11:35 AMCountry’s first wetland conservation centre set up on World Wetland Day
![Deepor beel, Assam (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/12217810424_b5fcc4420c_c.jpg?itok=Lj0TvrV-)
Disaster strikes Uttarakhand, yet again
Posted on 17 Feb, 2021 11:28 AMUttarakhand glacier disaster: Death toll rises to 58 as rescue operation continues
![Flash Floods in Chamoli, Uttarakhand (Image Source: India.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Presentation1.jpg?itok=_lew5PVH)
Budget 2021: MGNREGA allocation insufficient
Posted on 13 Feb, 2021 10:52 AMThe pandemic and the inadequate measures to contain it have created a multidimensional crisis – economic, nutritional and in the field of education -- in addition to the original, and still ongoing health crisis.
![Migrant workers are left ailing both in cities and in villages, with no recourse or security. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Nregs.jpg?itok=8lc5AWH1)