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Droughts and Floods
Swollen rivers engulf houses and erode banks wreaking havoc in Bihar
Posted on 04 Sep, 2020 08:16 PMFloods coupled with erosion increase the woes of Bihar
![Erosion due to floods in Ganga river (Source: Umesh Kumar Ray)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20200816-wa0020.jpg?itok=HPCssSsP)
Webinar Series - Critical Engagement with Floods in India
Posted on 03 Sep, 2020 03:49 PMAbout the webinar:
Swachh Survekshan 2020: Indore tops in cleanest city category
Posted on 25 Aug, 2020 09:19 PMIndore once again tops the Swachh Survekshan 2020 in the cleanest city category
![Clean road near Pardesipura, Indore. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0112tps_1.jpg?itok=ndA7hDGg)
With no food on their plate, people seek government help
Posted on 20 Aug, 2020 04:44 PMFor about last three weeks, Dhananjay Kumar along with his wife and children have been living on the embankment under their plastic shed following the late night July floods that submerged their house.
![Flood water enters Chanchalia village. (Image source: Umesh Kumar Ray)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_20200812_124348.jpg?itok=IXgcmgKl)
Livestock rearers and fishers bear the brunt of cyclone Amphan
Posted on 18 Aug, 2020 10:14 AMThe Amphan cyclone that struck the Sundarbans in the month of May this year has wreaked havoc in the area destroying lives and livelihood. A lot of the locals living in the Sundarbans depend on animal husbandry and fishing to earn a living. The cyclone destroyed animal rearing shelters and swept away most of the cattle and domestic animals.
![The Amphan swept away the chicken coops and other domestic animals. This is Anup Bhakta standing with one of the few goats left after the storm. (Image: WaterAid, Subhrajit Sen)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a1_0.jpg?itok=VRi6ZBiW)
Locals struggle with WASH issues post-Amphan
Posted on 17 Aug, 2020 12:17 PMUN’s recognition of safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right recently hit a decade and this makes us ponder even more about the situation in the Sundarbans after the Amphan cyclone. The destruction caused by Amphan in the Sundarbans poses a massive threat to the very right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation of the people living there.
![Having no source of water is proving to be extremely difficult for the people living in the Sundarbans. (Image: WaterAid, Subhrajit Sen)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/w5.jpg?itok=J4P7V49H)
Gender-sensitive response to the climate crisis
Posted on 14 Aug, 2020 11:19 AMA crowd of people jostling by the ticket counter at Jhansi railway station in Uttar Pradesh; men and women, some with families in tow, boarding trains to Delhi, Lucknow, Mumbai and other big cities. These are common sights during the summer months at Jhansi, a major town and railway junction.
![Women and girls spend a considerable amount of their time in fetching water. (Image: Romit Sen)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic_2_1.jpg?itok=W61Cp1SI)
Monsoon experiences a countrywide deficit of 10 percent in July
Posted on 12 Aug, 2020 08:27 AMMonsoon 2020: Countrywide deficit of 10 percent in July; September may have heavy rains
![July experiences rain deficit of 10 percent (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5074883626_33da0b2985_z_0_0.jpg?itok=0wiNPoII)
Amphan’s impact on farming and livelihood in Sunderbans
Posted on 11 Aug, 2020 05:46 PMThe Amphan cyclone has disfigured the lives of people living in the Sundarbans. Houses have been torn apart, farms have been filled with brackish water making the land unsuitable for farming and betel leaves have been destroyed. People in the Sundarbans are in a life-threatening situation with makeshift shacks to live in and no means to earn a living.
![Betel (popularly used in paan) plantation is a major occupation in the Sundarbans. Pulak Bhakta is assessing the damage done to his plantation right after Amphan. The plantation is spread over two and a half bigha of land. According to Pulak, the total loss he has suffered is around INR 3 lakhs. Pulak already bears the burden of a loan which he had taken to set up his plantation. His future seems uncertain and bleak now. (Image: WaterAid/ Subhrajit Sen)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/l1_0.jpg?itok=H8B88b9L)
Banking on rainwater harvesting
Posted on 11 Aug, 2020 10:27 AMNational Water Mission’s (NWM) has launched a campaign ‘Catch the rain’ on a pan India basis to nudge the states and stakeholders to create appropriate rainwater harvesting structures (RWHS) suitable to the climatic conditions and sub-soil strata before the onset of monsoon.
![As a part of the campaign, work is being done on various interventions such as water for productive use, improving irrigation practices, creating water recharge structures (Image: Pikist)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rain-river-lake-landscape-reflection-trees-weather.jpg?itok=AtNNMf1F)