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Bangalore's water mafia explained!
Posted on 29 May, 2015 09:20 PMWater tankers are a common sight in most Indian cities and so are tanker businesses that extract and deliver groundwater via trucks or tractors to hundreds of residential neighbourhoods at a negotiated price. Most of these are informal or unauthorised.
Who are the water mafia and how do they operate?
![Private lorry tankers getting their fill](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/private_lorry_tankers.jpg?itok=s98a0qvM)
Does 24x7 water supply help reduce water storage or hoarding in urban areas?
Posted on 27 May, 2015 01:23 PMUrban water supply can be classified into two categories -- formal and informal. A formal system usually means piped delivery, at least partly treated, and regulated by a utility.
![Water, a valuable resource (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_1.jpg?itok=04UjWgsb)
Standing Committee Report: Safe drinking water and sanitation
Posted on 15 May, 2015 08:49 PMThe National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) SBM (G) are the two flagship programmes of the government implemented by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, a nodal Minis
![Safe drinking water, a scarce resource](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/news_this_week_0.jpg?itok=Pme59Cdc)
Watershed development in India: Learning through experience
Posted on 25 Apr, 2015 11:18 PMIndia's water availability in the future is predicted to be bleak if proper steps are not undertaken to deal with the management of the available water resources in the country. The report titled 'Watershed development in India
![Water, a valuable resource](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/climate_change_2.jpg?itok=Rkr5ugqD)
Causes of agrarian stagnation: A tale of two regions
Posted on 25 Apr, 2015 06:25 PMVidarbha region in Maharashtra has continued to be in the news over the years because of its severe agrarian crisis with reports of severe droughts, loss of crops and increasing farmer suicides. Relief packages have done very little to solve these problems.
![Farmer couple ploughing their fields](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_6.jpg?itok=oCL51JDS)
Indian wetlands under threat!
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 11:58 AMA wetland is defined as land area that is saturated with water, either permanently or seasonally, and maintains an ecosystem of its own.The factor that distinguishes wetlands from other land forms or water bodies is the vegetation of aquatic plants which grow in its highly water saturated soil [1].
![Deepor beel, Assam (Source : India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/deepor_beel_1.jpg?itok=EjWLt_vN)
The slow poisoning of the Baitarani river in Odisha
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 01:29 AMRiver basins in India have been found to be highly vulnerable to contamination. Recent evidence shows that a large number of water sources including rivers, lakes and surface water in India are polluted due to untreated sewage, agricultural runoff and most importantly, due to unregulated industries.
![The Baitarani, Odisha (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/baitarni_ruver.jpg?itok=CYzd26j2)
Predicted impacts of droughts on agriculture and food production
Posted on 12 Apr, 2015 10:56 PMClimate change has been predicted to create increasing risks for the agricultural sector thus inversely affecting agricultural production and farm incomes in India. These risks have already manifested in the form of increasing intensity and extent of droughts, floods, temperature rise and fall, and other calamities in the country.
![Severe droughts (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/droughts_2.jpg?itok=YiBlkOGR)
Constructed wetlands as a cost effective cleaning option
Posted on 25 Mar, 2015 01:18 PMHyderabad, which is India's fourth largest city, has a population of almost 7 million. The Musi river, originating from the Anantagiri hills, divides the city into north and south. The River flows through the city and joins the Krishna in Nalgonda.
![Musi river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/musi_river.jpg?itok=6rE7kEvA)
Punjab's groundwater crisis: A bye product of the govt's short sighted policies?
Posted on 23 Mar, 2015 05:26 PMPunjab has made great progress in grain production following the technological revolution in agriculture in the 1960s. The state achieved this through subsidised use of high yielding variety seeds, fertilisers and irrigation.
![Farmer in Punjab (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_punjab.jpg?itok=Rr8tAFri)