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Can MGNREGA come to the rescue of rainfed agriculture?
Posted on 30 Jun, 2015 10:29 PMThe National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which continues to be the largest public employment program involving Rs.34,600 crore in a period of just five years since its implementation, was enacted on August 25, 2005 and renamed as the
![The future of rainfed agriculture in India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rainfed_agriculture.jpg?itok=9mH-Z2SQ)
Govt approves Rs 4,845 crore for Krishna-Marathwada irrigation project
Posted on 30 Jun, 2015 09:10 AMKrishna-Marathwada irrigation project worth Rs 4,845 crore gets Govt nod
![Krishna river near Vijayawada (Source: Bhanutpt)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna_river.jpg?itok=6_AFCZkG)
Who's to blame for Shimla's water shortage?
Posted on 30 Jun, 2015 09:03 AMMost tourists visiting Shimla won’t know that they are walking on a water tank when they wait to get their pictures taken or go horse riding on Ridge road but they will know that the city faces water shortage -- their hotel bathrooms have messages asking them to use water judiciously.
![The Ridge houses Shimla's first underground water tank](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04664.jpg?itok=bW-oMV7W)
80% of India's surface water is polluted
Posted on 29 Jun, 2015 08:55 PMDomestic sewerage responsible for 75-80% of water pollution in the country
![Yamuna river in Agra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2449965048_3684c8f1bb_z_0.jpg?itok=LpcBGugT)
The link between climate change, drought and migration in Chhattisgarh explained
Posted on 29 Jun, 2015 09:59 AMClimate change has resulted in drastic seasonal fluctuations leading to erratic rainfalls and prolonged droughts in India. This has been posing an increasing threat to the agriculture and food security of the country, with increasing stress on rural livelihoods and resources such as land, soil, water and forests.
![Climate change, poor rainfall and drought (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/droughts_2_0.jpg?itok=_LuW4NGx)
Enter ‘leg first’ in water-bound Kangra Fort
Posted on 25 Jun, 2015 11:41 AM"Kangra Fort was so well guarded that it was safer to enter ‘leg first’", says the present scion of the erstwhile Katoch family ( Kat means sword,
![Ruins of the Kangra fort whisper the story of a bygone era](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_2.jpg?itok=2BsetvuQ)
World running out of groundwater: NASA
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:15 PMHumans are consuming groundwater rapidly: NASA
![A dried up well](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2661983010_93aeb6c690_z.jpg?itok=X6wIVRvG)
Himachal fails to construct 109 micro hydel projects due to lack of funds
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:10 PMConstruction of 109 Kuhl projects proposed in Himachal, still on papers
![Kuhls, the irrigation channels in Himachal Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03452_0_0.jpg?itok=VwkRxfXF)
Udaipur's water threatened by India's largest reserve of phosphate
Posted on 22 Jun, 2015 10:01 AMHuddled in the Aravali range in the southern part of Rajasthan about 26 km from Udaipur, is the largest reserve of phosphate in India.
![Piles of overburden (waste) dumped near the mine pits of Jhamarkotra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jhamarkotra-mines.jpg?itok=du5hYN1A)
Surplus yet lacking: Water supply schemes in Punjab
Posted on 21 Jun, 2015 10:22 AMA small river flows past the village of Teja Rohela in Fazilka district, Punjab, crosses the border a couple of kilometres away, and enters Pakistan.
![Body of a puppy floating in one of Punjab's public water supply tanks](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04551.jpg?itok=od2VnEon)