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Conservation - Reducing Water Usage
What we should know about National Water Commission
Posted on 29 Jun, 2017 07:26 PMThe landmark report titled A 21st century institutional architecture for India's water reforms submitted by the expert committee chaired by Dr Mihir Shah on restructuring the
![Restructuring water governance. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kerala_2.jpg?itok=UieNosvW)
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.
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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
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Centre gears up to tackle water shortage
Posted on 18 Apr, 2017 11:50 AMGovernment releases fund for water conservation under MGNREGS
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When streets get smart
Posted on 17 Apr, 2017 05:13 AMIndia's urbanisation continues unabated but most of its 53-million plus cities offer an appallingly low quality of life.
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Bengaluru water crisis: Gain from rain
Posted on 16 Apr, 2017 08:29 PMThe next big war is said to be for water and it might happen sooner than we think. If the current water scenario across Karnataka and most parts of India is anything to go by, we might just be the generation to start this war.
![A hand pump in Bangalore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3407806436_3d63ac5a97_z.jpg?itok=k6T4PvIq)
Well, as unique as this
Posted on 10 Apr, 2017 05:12 PMThe annual droughts in Maharashtra have put tremendous pressure on the available water resources in the state.
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Water in TN's reservoirs dips
Posted on 04 Apr, 2017 05:58 AMJust seven to eight percent water left in TN’s reservoirs
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A sip of seawater
Posted on 11 Mar, 2017 09:15 PMPopulation growth estimates suggest that India will be supporting over 1.5 billion inhabitants by 2050 if the present growth rate of 1.9 percent per year continues.
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Water worried no more
Posted on 10 Mar, 2017 01:44 PMLocated 10 km from the Yavatmal city in Maharashtra, the Nilona reservoir has been the primary drinking water source for its residents since 1972. As in many other parts of the country, the 1990s saw the city growing and the population increasing. The Yavatmal residents, who had not experienced water shortage till then, started facing acute drinking water shortage.
![Nilona dam, Yavatmal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32903532661_9a565ef048_o.jpg?itok=Obb-O92W)