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China operationalises one of the biggest dams on the Brahmaputra
Posted on 20 Oct, 2015 07:01 PMChina's Zangmu Hydropower Project, one of the biggest dams on Brahmaputra, is operational
![Brahmaputra river in Tibet (Source: Luca Galuzzi via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0839_yarlong_tsangpo.jpg?itok=ILmR5yaj)
Water warriors – Stories on people and their relationship with water
Posted on 20 Oct, 2015 06:49 PMWater sustains lives and livelihoods. It is a precious and finite resource that, in future years, is likely to become the main bone of contention between peoples, states and nations. Water – like every other finite resource – needs sustainable and equitable management, with equal focus on reducing demand, recycling and finding alternatives, as well as the usual emphasis on supply solutions.
![Prayers on the bank of the Kshipra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0007-3_0.jpg?itok=8WFDeoEW)
Implementing watershed development projects in Andhra Pradesh: Lessons learnt
Posted on 16 Oct, 2015 06:25 PMGovernment supported watershed development projects in India underwent a paradigm shift in 1994 with the advent of guidelines for the Watershed Development Programme as well as a number of pathbreaking guidelines that introduced innovative protocols that placed a strong emphasis on community participation. Development fun
![Watershed development, the need of the hour (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/climate_change_4.jpg?itok=W5kuO_J0)
Kerala's waters polluted by perchlorate
Posted on 14 Oct, 2015 09:59 PMPerchlorate is a chemical that is extensively used in the arms and ammunition industry.
![Water contamination and health](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/open_well_8.jpg?itok=dmVSozLG)
After Cyclone Aila, farming nurtures food, faith in Sunderbans
Posted on 14 Oct, 2015 09:53 PM“Another flood like Aila should never happen again, but if it does, we have the knowledge to start working on our soil again”, remarks Binota Munda of Nebukhali village in Hingalganj block, North
![Seed-banks are an effective instrument to preserve local varieties and keep people together](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/seedkeeping_0.jpg?itok=FXHpfuXA)
Half of Amritsar's drinking water samples contaminated
Posted on 14 Oct, 2015 03:49 PMAccording to a United Nations Children’s Fund Resource report, 70% of India’s water supply is polluted with sewage effluents. It also ranks very low at 120 among the 122 nations in terms of quality of water available to its citizens.
![Safe drinking water, a scarce resource (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/punjab_water_0.jpg?itok=rpjCL0SI)
India's urban water systems: Challenges and way forward
Posted on 13 Oct, 2015 07:03 PMCurrent evidence shows that the number of people living in urban areas in India is expected to more than double and grow to around 800 million by 2050, which will pose unprecedented challenges for water management in the country. The paper titled 'Urban water systems in India: Typologies and hypothesis' published in the
![Water, a valuable resource (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20150902_100418_0.jpg?itok=dxtogtWA)
National Watershed Management Project gets a go ahead
Posted on 13 Oct, 2015 01:50 PMCabinet approves the National Watershed Management Project, worth Rs.2,142 crore
![Irrigated fields of Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3206321979_d5977fa325_z.jpg?itok=r_ACATWS)
Dolphins in the Ganga and its tributaries nearly doubles in 3 years
Posted on 12 Oct, 2015 09:30 PMGanga and its tributaries, except the Ramganga show increased dolphin numbers
![The Gangetic Dolphin (Source: Arati Kumar Rao)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gangetic_dolphin1_0.jpg?itok=3NaZwNAa)
Step back in time into 'Ugrasen ki baoli'
Posted on 12 Oct, 2015 08:28 AMTucked away in a quiet by-lane of Delhi's busiest commercial centre Connaught Place, Agrasen or Ugrasen ki baoli waits imperially for a lost traveller to reach its steps.Called
![The old and the new: Ugrasen 'baoli' against the backdrop of Delhi.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/final.jpg?itok=58_6Q7_0)