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Ecology and Environment
Water for everyone
Posted on 08 Sep, 2016 05:55 PMThe management of water resources in India has always been a challenge. From the British era till now, the various governments that ruled India have grappled with the fundamental issue of water equity.
![Pradeep Purandare](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pradeep_purandare.jpeg?itok=UyKDlXVr)
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)
Water brings two villages alive
Posted on 07 Sep, 2016 11:23 AMIt had been a chaotic morning. With so many people bustling around the small house, Avani was looking forward to celebrating her only son's second birthday. Graciously, her husband agreed to have the celebration at Avani’s mother’s place this time. Her mother made all the arrangements for the pooja and prasadam while Avani was to take care of the guests.
![Dangsari village in Uttarakhand.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dangsari_location.jpg?itok=Li6BPTuY)
![Access to drinking water, a basic human right. (Source: IWP flicker photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/handpump_1.jpg?itok=76mUN645)
SC urges Karnataka to share water with TN
Posted on 06 Sep, 2016 09:18 AMRelease water to Tamil Nadu: SC to Karnataka
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_river.jpg?itok=HqvX2P0_)
Training Workshop on Understanding and Resolving Water Conflicts in India
Posted on 05 Sep, 2016 04:36 PMThe desert that blooms
Posted on 31 Aug, 2016 12:41 PMRain has just abated but the clouds are threatening to burst again. “Not a good time to visit, what with reducing light and imminent showers,” I tell myself. “Don’t worry, it would be a light drizzle, if at all,” the person at the ticket counter assures. My guide, Sachin, a young, stout man with a winning smile, arrives from a tea break armed with binoculars and a slim guide book.
![The desert park in its full glory during monsoon.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_image_1.jpg?itok=8rjzTBsH)
Damn the dams, say the displaced
Posted on 30 Aug, 2016 12:28 PM"If you are to suffer, you should suffer in the interest of the country.”
- Jawaharlal Nehru, speaking to villagers who were to be displaced by the Hirakud Dam in 1948.
![The Hirakud dam](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14075678201_097f9dcec5_z_2.jpg?itok=PsMY8lM6)
Poor dam management behind Bihar flood
Posted on 29 Aug, 2016 12:17 PMFarakka behind Bihar flood: CM
![Farakka Barrage by Sudip Burman via Google Maps, Feb 2012](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farakka_barrage_-_google_maps1_0.jpg?itok=VwYO_i1V)
Telangana, Maharashtra sign pact for Godavari projects
Posted on 29 Aug, 2016 09:44 AMTelangana, Maharashtra sign pact for irrigation projects across Godavari
![A dam in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9196595119_2dfb3dfedd_z_0.jpg?itok=tiCmamDn)