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Droughts and Floods
Ryots wronged, take protest to Delhi
Posted on 13 Apr, 2017 05:51 AMA woman stands with a begging bowl and a placard strung around her neck. An old man shuffles along barefoot in the street at Jantar Mantar, the official site of a farmers’ protest in the heart of New Delhi. He finds his way through a group of farmers gathered at the protest site on a hot summer afternoon.
![Tamil Nadu farmers protest for drought relief in Delhi.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/agitators-final.jpg?itok=wXCtxpeW)
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.
![A view of the stepwell. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_image_2.jpg?itok=Hhs9qrog)
Uttarakhand to conserve its natural resources
Posted on 04 Apr, 2017 06:21 AMUttarakhand takes decisions to save its natural resources
![The Ganga emerges from the Gangotri glacier in Uttarakhand. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9139589493_270208eef1_z_1.jpg?itok=9o-ezg5o)
Water in TN's reservoirs dips
Posted on 04 Apr, 2017 05:58 AMJust seven to eight percent water left in TN’s reservoirs
![TN farmers in the midst of a crisis. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_7_0_0.jpg?itok=KG-hzAP5)
No clean water for millions in rural India'
Posted on 28 Mar, 2017 06:12 AMSeven percent of rural India has no access to clean water: World Water Day report
![Water scarcity in rural India. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3895634655_e7ef79c2b5_z.jpg?itok=CqOauE3D)
No more thirst
Posted on 23 Mar, 2017 12:57 PMThis story is of Punawli Kalan village in Uttar Pradesh, where a community with the support of a women-led federation, solved its water woes by developing a community-owned water supply system.
![Water tank in Punawli Kalan village, Jhansi](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_tank.jpg?itok=lNTYzq5E)
Severe water crisis grips southern India
Posted on 07 Mar, 2017 01:47 PMSouthern India reels under drought-like conditions
![Parched land during drought in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204443460_8d38ce367a_z_0_0_0.jpg?itok=Eu-M31VU)
Election update: Its hills vs plains in Manipur
Posted on 04 Mar, 2017 05:33 PMThe key issue in the Manipur Assembly election is the ongoing economic blockade in the state, which, in turn, is attributed to the present government’s decision to
![A Manipuri family. (Source: Coffee Table Book, Government of Manipur)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manipuri-smile-gom.jpg?itok=sdrnIfcQ)
Panel clears hydel projects in Arunachal and J&K
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 04:18 PMArunachal’s Etalin and J&K’s Sawalkote hydel projects get clearance
![Pristine Arunachal Pradesh. (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-river_in_east_siang_district_arunachal_pradesh_0.jpg?itok=VSxk3SkU)
Maharashtra goes Doha for water
Posted on 22 Feb, 2017 12:02 PMThere was a time when the farmers of Yavatmal district depended completely on rainfed agriculture. That was before the introduction of Doha, a water harvesting structure by NGO Dilasa Sansthan in 2014. Farming changed drastically after that, something which Sitaram Kove, a 40-year-old farmer of Rajini village in the district, will vouch for.
![A Doha canal at Rajini village. (Source:Dilasa)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32946607735_41d5bf934b_z.jpg?itok=OpbC7zxH)