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Droughts and Floods
Water Aid launches tool to track Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 25 Nov, 2014 11:15 AMAn interactive tool to monitor progress of toilet construction launched
![Toilet under construction in Karnataka](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8456951985_136ea1c01a_k_0.jpg?itok=bJ26Yo7E)
A science-policy nexus to combat disasters in India
Posted on 19 Nov, 2014 05:37 PMThe Uttarakhand floods last year, cyclones Phailin and Hud Hud, the untimely hailstorms in central India and the Malin tragedy in Pune – all examples of the many disasters that have hit the country.
![Floods in Bihar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods_in_bihar.jpg?itok=cksDjyy6)
Local weather stations greatly improve local crop production
Posted on 19 Nov, 2014 05:06 PM“In gram crops to control gram-pod borers, use pheromone traps”. While a statement like that most likely won't make sense to average people, it does to the farming community in the Sangamner taluka of Ahmednagar, Maharashtra. They have been trained to make sense of the agro-advisory provided by Vasundhara Sewaks.
![Onion seeds in farms (Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/51ed199b89319onion-seeds-cultivated-in-farms-in-kumbharwadi.jpg?itok=UBE50-gk)
The past is not a foreign country...we still do the same things for water here
Posted on 26 Oct, 2014 11:03 AMRaujibhai came to Dholavira with the excavation team of the Archeological Society of India when he was 19 years old.
![Ancient water structures at Dholavira](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15412763840_06febcc7fa_z.jpg?itok=NMGl6dkR)
A miracle in Mahewa
Posted on 08 Oct, 2014 09:14 PMThere is nothing special about Mahewa. It is a small ward in the town of Gorakhpur, far enough on the outskirts of the city, and it hasn't seem to have made up its mind on whether it is a city or a village. Part of it is in the form of 'bungalow colonies', part in the form of small farms. Small share-autos service the area.
![The impact of the Waste Management Committee](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/arun_swm.jpg?itok=S61y5W14)
Gujarat allocates 3 MLD of Narmada water to upcoming Coca Cola plant
Posted on 21 Sep, 2014 10:27 PMGujarat Government allocates Narmada water to Coca Cola plant at Sanand
![Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola_bottling_1629227g_0_0.jpg?itok=q-zOeXk0)
The Ganga has its own website!
Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:36 PMWater Ministry launches a portal on the Ganga river
![Ganga river at Kaudiyala](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172023818_988b81c090_b.jpg?itok=_BMcYkUd)
Furious Jhelum claims 160 lives
Posted on 08 Sep, 2014 06:19 PMJ&K reels under the worst flood in 60 years
![Floods wreak havoc in Jammu & Kashmir](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319712715_526f82ab7f_z.jpg?itok=zlTfG0ML)
Well revival effort sees many other benefits
Posted on 05 Sep, 2014 12:59 PMThe name of a place can tell one much about its history. Take Mokla talab, a village 62 km southeast of Udaipur for example. Mokla means sufficient in Rajasthani and talab means pond. The village was named after its overflowing talab. But what happens when the talaab is overflowing no more?
![Well lining has improved water availability](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sumitra_0.jpg?itok=6BXa_ZuD)
Ken-Betwa river link to divert 6,000 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve
Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 10:06 PMKen-Betwa river link to take away 10% of MP's Panna Tiger Reserve
![Map showing Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamunarivermap.jpg?itok=uSt78GHL)