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Success Stories and Case Studies
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)
Ice Stupas: Water conservation in the land of the Buddha
Posted on 30 Sep, 2015 10:03 AMLiving in the mountains
![Ice Stupa: Made from artificial glaciers, they store wasting winter water that melts & feeds farms when water is scarce (Source: The Ice Stupa Project)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4th_april_0.jpg?itok=k-F3-pvN)
A pond comes to life
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 10:42 AMIt had not rained for awhile and the tiny cracks in the earth in Bapugaon were opening up. This little village in Chaksu tehsil of Jaipur was yet again faced with a drought in the mid 1980s. The situation was aggravated in 1986 when the river Dhund, an important water source for Bapugaon, went dry. Since then, both the quantity and quality of water started deteriorating.
![More than just physical rehabilitation of a water body, says Kalyan ji of Bapugaon](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kalyan-ji-vdc-president-bapugaon1_1.jpg?itok=nFlR4AiS)
Piped water scheme changes the lives of Odisha villagers
Posted on 19 Sep, 2015 05:55 PMIn India, about Rs.70,000 crore
![Anup Munda showing his functional toilet at Bandha Bhuin](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0155es.jpg?itok=66FjeYB7)
Shimla school goes from students bathing every other day to swimming daily!
Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 10:26 PMMathew Jacob, estate supervisor at Bishop Cotton School (BCS) in Shimla, remembers when he took his students walking in single file to the nearby stream to wash and bathe
![Four storage tanks are linked to 1350 sqm of rooftop area at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2012-02-20_14.36.30.jpg?itok=cIzSZ3Z4)
Can India become groundwater secure?
Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:59 PMOver the last few months, rains--whether they flooded India enough or not--have certainly flooded the news.
![Depleting groundwater levels in the country (Source:Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/borehole_tubewell.jpg?itok=ev_t_mC7)
Catching rain in the land of "too much water"
Posted on 23 Aug, 2015 08:16 PMEven in the remotest village of Assam, you would often find one saying ‘paanir nisina daam’ (meaning as cheap as water) or ‘paanir nisina xorol’ (as simple as water) over a good bargain or an easy task. Water is, almost always, associated with simplicity and abundance.
But those were the good old days.
![Children drinking rainwater collected in tanks at Melamati Government Junior Basic School, Jorhat (Assam).](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rainwater_harvesting_tank.jpg?itok=YH_3r9q9)
Why did Urmila have to suffer?
Posted on 27 Jul, 2015 08:11 PMUrmila can neither walk upright, nor run about, nor do her chores easily. She is loved in her parents' house and they do not grudge her the extra care she requires. In rural India, this state of affairs does not last long for a girl, especially since she's only six years old.
![Children dance during the inaugration of the safe water supply system in Kalapani, Madhya Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kalapani.jpg?itok=LLTSHHjn)
The sacred springs of Sikkim
Posted on 16 Jul, 2015 09:31 AM"Faith is taking the first step even when you don’t see the whole staircase". - Martin Luther King, Jr.
![Devithan at Kolbung village, Namthang](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/devithan.jpg?itok=RDhhaeuT)
Sikkim conserves its Tsomgo lake
Posted on 09 Jul, 2015 11:10 AMThere are about 227 lakes and wetlands in Sikkim, many of which are revered by the people as holy.
![Tourists at Tsomgo Lake, Sikkim](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tourists_at_tsomgo_lake2.jpg?itok=LByjh7Wz)