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Conservation - Reducing Water Usage
Saving inland fisherfolk
Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 06:07 AMIn his late 30s, Nilesh Heda is a renowned expert on issues related to fishing communities and wetland ecology. While doing his PhD on fish diversity, he worked with the fishing communities in Vidarbha in Maharashtra.
![Dr Nilesh Heda](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nilesh-small.jpg?itok=TfuyIHdO)
Centre drafts National Water Framework Bill 2016
Posted on 17 Oct, 2016 09:19 AMBill to manage river basins out
![Ganga at Garmukhteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_b_0.jpg?itok=7r5iZrd-)
Voices that go unheard
Posted on 08 Oct, 2016 09:45 AMMinket Lepcha always felt close to nature and the environment since her childhood, thanks to her upbringing in the picturesque Darjeeling. Though she had spent many years in Delhi, studying and working in corporate firms, her interest in community development, environment and culture brought her back to her home town.
![Minket Lepcha receives Young Green Filmmaker award at WIFF 2016](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thumb_dsc08212_1024.jpg?itok=wzjrKK2A)
Greywater recycling for toilet use
Posted on 22 Sep, 2016 10:31 PMJalSevak Solutions present a feasibility study for implementation of JalSevak greywater recycling system at a tribal students' hostel in rural Maharashtra.
![Triple benefits of JalSevak.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/benefits_of_greywater_recycling.png?itok=nQBUXD4i)
Saving the catchment area
Posted on 07 Sep, 2016 09:39 PMRiver Yamuna, the largest tributary of river Ganga, is the most threatened river system in the country. It faces over abstraction of water and increasing pollution load (municipal and industrial) throughout its course.
![Thapana stream in Mandoli village shows dense vegetation in riparian zone and fish flocking the stream.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_image_3.jpg?itok=3DNp0dbr)
Accept refuse: A lesson in wastewater management
Posted on 31 Aug, 2016 01:05 PMThe demand, supply, availability and access of water resources do not always match. Going by the UN estimates, by the year 2022, India is expected to surpass China's population to become the most populous country in the world.
![Constructed wetland at ICRISAT's Patancheru campus.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water4crops.icrisat.png?itok=DjEWpVtQ)
UP unable to protect Yamuna, Taj Mahal: NGT
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:37 PMNGT raps UP government over Yamuna's pollution near the Taj Mahal
![Yamuna river near the Taj Mahal. (Source: Ekabhishek via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/taj_mahal_reflection_on_yamuna_river_agra.jpg?itok=-hUAdhMj)
Rejuvenating traditional water system in Maharashtra
Posted on 02 Aug, 2016 09:44 AMMalguzari tanks were ponds made for water harvesting by the Malguzaars, who were zamindars or tenants in eastern Vidarbha, Maharashtra two centuries ago.These tanks provided water for irrigation and also increased the availability of fish for local consumption.
![Janbhora Malguzari tank in Bhandara](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/janbhora_tank_in_bhandara_district.jpg?itok=i28MQ1HM)
Farm ponds save village from drought
Posted on 21 Jun, 2016 09:09 AMVikram Patel, a 71-year-old farmer in Chidavad village of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh is one of the first farmers to have embraced the idea of farm ponds to increase the groundwater level in his farm.
![Vikram Patel near his farm pond in Chidavad.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0004es.jpg?itok=5l6BCsNU)
A river comes to people
Posted on 13 Jun, 2016 08:28 PMGajanand Sharma is excited about the monsoon this year. He is building an anicut on the small stream that runs through his farm. “After the rain, the land will be filled with water and then I will sow wheat and reap record production in this area,” he prophesises. This forecast doesn’t come from his knowledge of astrology, but that of geology, gained over the years.
![A temple and a small pond at the origin of Nanduwali.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/new_1.jpg?itok=z39XAlQE)