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Policies, Laws and Regulations
Can we save our farmers?
Posted on 02 Jun, 2017 09:22 AMThe year 2009 was an exceptionally dry year for Maharashtra. There was an acute shortage of water. The farmlands went dry. The farmers, unable to pay their debts, were a worried lot. Lakshman Ambilkar of Kinni village in the Yavatmal district of Maharashtra was one such farmer who could not take it anymore. He killed himself, leaving a young, distraught wife to fend for herself.
![A devastated farmer Kalu Ram Nishad of Mohamara village. (Pic:India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9501930722_c1b4e041d7_z.jpg?itok=VubSa8Y2)
Ken-Betwa river link approved
Posted on 30 May, 2017 12:26 PMForest panel clears Ken-Betwa river link
![Ken-Betwa river link shown on a map. (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ken_betwa.jpg?itok=7_ssPXTn)
Nainital lake drying up, human activities to blame
Posted on 30 May, 2017 11:52 AMNainital lake is drying up, environmentalists concerned
![A view of the Nainital lake. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nainital_lake.jpg?itok=WMKAjvik)
NGT serious about Yamuna revitalisation project
Posted on 23 May, 2017 11:22 AMRs 5000 fine on those dumping waste on Yamuna floodplains
![Garbage piled up near the Yamuna river. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935427348_b6fdcf3d09_z_1_0.jpg?itok=UfAwZsYD)
Centre asks states to prepare for monsoon failure
Posted on 16 May, 2017 10:20 AMCentre urges states to gear up for possible monsoon failure
![A community well (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5498514389_bab7a444d1_z.jpg?itok=uxYtRJ6o)
A case of vanishing greens
Posted on 12 May, 2017 06:48 PMKokapet, one of the study villages for the project ‘Ensuring Water Security in Metropolitan Hyderabad’, was the first village that we visited for field work. Even though we refer to them as ‘villages’, there was very little that we found village-like here.
![A farmer at work. (Source: SaciWATERs)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/saci5.jpg?itok=dNvoLVEX)
A look inside your water tanker
Posted on 11 May, 2017 01:59 PMIn Hyderabad, water tankers are the dominant source of daily water supply. Research for the project Ensuring Water Security in Hyderabad Municipal Area gave us some insights into the quality of water carried by these tankers. When the water is pumped from borewells in villages, it is not always transferred to tankers immediately.
![Water tankers queue up to be filled.(Source:SaciWATERs)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/saci4.jpg?itok=yr7lFKZF)
Disappearing lakes and politics of corruption
Posted on 11 May, 2017 12:32 PMMallampet is a village in Quthbullapur Mandal. It is located about 5–6 km from the municipal boundaries of the Hyderabad city. Like many other villages, Mallampet too has witnessed the disappearance of its lakes, but not all of them are from natural causes. A close study of the political nexus has revealed the interesting case of lake encroachment.
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Now, Narmada is also a living entity
Posted on 08 May, 2017 08:19 PMFollowing Ganga and Yamuna, Narmada river also gets living entity status
![Narmada river (Source: Wikipedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/narmada_river.jpg?itok=FiraGLvm)
Now a human, Ganga receives its first legal notice
Posted on 02 May, 2017 08:42 AMAfter becoming a human entity, Ganga river receives first legal notice
![Ganga near Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z_1_0_0.jpg?itok=BP0273zh)