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Droughts and Floods
Spike in farmer suicides
Posted on 21 Aug, 2016 08:47 PMIndia witnesses 40 percent rise in farmer suicides in a year
![A farmer in his field. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_8_0.jpg?itok=OMozgQZX)
Encroachment behind Chennai floods: Panel
Posted on 21 Aug, 2016 08:36 PMEncroachment of lakes and riverbeds caused Chennai floods: Panel
![Rescue efforts during Chennai's floods. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23431905981_443a72901a_z_1.jpg?itok=FA3_adIr)
Interlinking project needs reanalysis: IIT Study
Posted on 16 Aug, 2016 09:53 AMNot enough water available for interlinking rivers: IIT study
![Interlinking of rivers (Source: NIH)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/interlinking1_0.jpg?itok=oK5Q7nxa)
Children of a lesser God
Posted on 09 Aug, 2016 10:32 PMIn what is considered the worst flood in a decade, the flood in Assam this year has swept over 2,800 villages away and submerged more than two lakh hectares of crop. More than 26 lakh people have been affected in 28 out of 34 districts of the state.
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Assam, Bihar reel under severe flood
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:13 PMOne of the worst floods in Assam and Bihar
![Flood in Bihar. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2246719146_1b717bbdcf_z.jpg?itok=Nt9tLGWj)
Community effort saves mangroves
Posted on 04 Aug, 2016 09:52 AMCome monsoon, the villages in the Sundarbans islands witness nature’s fury with floodwaters overriding all boundaries and inundating huge tracts of land. As such, the earthen embankments, stretching to 3600 kms on the 54 inhabited islands out of a total of 102 in the Sundarbans, protect scores of people from floods and tidal waves.
![Mangroves of Sundarbans. (Source: Nature Environment & Wildlife Society - NEWS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/plantation_sites.jpg?itok=2lWryLUA)
Floods wreak havoc in many parts of the country
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 04:27 PMFloods grip many parts of the country
![Flooded Simen river in Brahmaputra basin (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319712715_526f82ab7f_z_1.jpg?itok=lgvWXFdx)
Pipara women realise pipe dream
Posted on 01 Jul, 2016 12:03 PMThe cracks on the parched land of Bundelkhand are waiting for the monsoon to quench the thirst of its arid landscape. Despite the wide-spread drought here, Pipara, one of the villages in the region, stands apart as the only one that has not run completely dry.
![Women fill water from one of the taps at Pipara.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0063es.jpg?itok=E5g14DvX)
Delhi water tanker scam: Sheila Dixit to be probed
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:19 AMFormer Delhi CM Sheila Dikshit to be probed in water tanker scam
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Karnataka, Tamil Nadu fight over Cauvery water sharing
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:04 AMKarnataka and TN at cross roads over Mekedatu river project
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z.jpg?itok=olkOXRWc)