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Success Stories and Case Studies
Women leading the charge in water transformation and conservation
Posted on 06 Mar, 2024 03:11 PMAs a woman achieves power, the barriers will fall
![Image for representation (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-03/women-water.jpg?itok=9ntd1XDA)
Participatory irrigation management brings water back to communities
Posted on 27 Aug, 2021 02:59 PMThis case study documents the experiences of Canal Repairing of Pawla MI Tank in Nandurbar district of Maharashtra. It highlights the approach strategies applied by the Development Support Centre (DSC) and the lessons learnt from field implementation.
![Evening Dialogue on Community Governance on Canal Irrigation Management (Source: Development Support Center)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-08/IMG_20201021_184443.jpg?itok=veaDpRrE)
Not all heroes wear capes, some fight amongst us
Posted on 04 Jun, 2021 06:40 PMThe entire world is going through an environmental crisis which calls for a transformational change. It is time we take responsibility and work together as a community to find bold, creative and innovative solutions to restore our planet.
![Meet the water warriors who made a significant change in their own unique way (Image Source: Environment Club)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-06/Water%20warriors_0.jpg?itok=1ovrGJcI)
2020: Crammed in disasters, yet filled with hope
Posted on 17 Jan, 2021 04:30 PMThe year 2020 came with numerous disasters, not just COVID-19, a pandemic that brought the planet to a standstill, but many other natural calamities. During the year, the country suffered from cyclones, extreme rainfall, floods and locust attacks.
![All was not negative for 2020 in the water sector as many states and districts gained credit for themselves (Image Source: IWP Flickr Album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/2295713140_38059b8ec1_c.jpg?itok=m7MF2hCh)
MNREGA helps a village in Bihar become flood proof
Posted on 20 Sep, 2020 07:08 AMHarpur Bochha is a village in Vidyapatinagar block of Samastipur district of Bihar. The village, which has a population of about 11.5 thousand people and 2349 houses, remained inundated with rain and floodwater throughout the year followed by waterlogging.
![MNREGA comes to the rescue of Harpur Bochha (Source: Umesh Kumar Ray)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20200826-wa0048.jpg?itok=aSjxiBkh)
Bringing springs to life: Ensuring water security for Baigas in Madhya Pradesh
Posted on 12 Jul, 2020 07:41 PMNested amongst the Satprura hills lies Kapoti, a village in the Dindori district of Madhya Pradesh. This region is known as Baiga Chak and is inhabited by Baigas, a vulnerable tribal group.
![Children wash hands at a stand post installed in a Primary school at Kapoti Village in Karanjiya, Dhindori, Madhya Pradesh, India (Source: WaterAid India)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_pv_wateraid_2019_day_3-85-min.jpg?itok=34He4lcO)
Be wise, water wise - Students get on a mission to combat water crisis
Posted on 24 May, 2020 09:13 AMIn the past few years, India has undoubtedly developed remarkably, but not enough to eradicate all the problems it has been facing, including the shortage of water.
![Students of Oasis International School participate in an initiative to help combat water crisis in a village (Image Source: Oasis International School)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/be_wise1.jpg?itok=3mSIqcUX)
Collective action against Coronavirus
Posted on 18 May, 2020 02:09 PMEven as I sat down to write this the Jeevan Raths have rolled out and are serving migrants essentials - food, water and sanitary
![PC: The Jeevan Rath Collaborative](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/whatsapp_image_2020-05-14_at_9.07.24_am_0.jpeg?itok=7FfdkGIe)
Developing an effective participatory groundwater monitoring program at village level
Posted on 16 May, 2020 03:52 PMThe ‘Managing Aquifer Recharge and Sustaining Groundwater Use through Village-level Intervention’ (MARVI) project is being undertaken since February 2012 with the overall aim to improve the security of irrigation water supplies and enhance livelihood opportunities for rural communities in India.
![One of the Bhujal Jankaars measuring groundwater levels manually (Image: Basant Maheshwari)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/monitoring_of_water_table_in_dug_wells-bj_hari_ram_gadri.jpg?itok=Y3bYQ2KT)
How local democracy is solving water issues in southern Rajasthan
Posted on 09 Sep, 2019 09:48 AMWhile most parts of the country are facing a water crisis, here’s a case from the arid state of Rajasthan, where decentralized initiatives are solving water issues. Dungarpur in southern Rajasthan has exemplified how community participation with local level planning processes are working towards improving rainwater harvesting and recharge of groundwater.
![Community pond in Doja after the first pre-monsoon rain. Pic credit: Rajat Kumar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_3328.jpg?itok=9WovwWSF)