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Ecology and Environment
Borewells: Boon or bane for women?
Posted on 23 May, 2019 08:29 PMTamil Nadu is one of the most water-vulnerable states in India that depends heavily on groundwater for irrigation. As high as 56 percent of land in the state is currently irrigated by groundwater and the remaining by tanks and canals.
![Collecting water, a daily backbreaking task of women. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bagledi_0.jpg?itok=YGsHv6Yc)
Reservoir storage in western India below normal: CWC
Posted on 23 May, 2019 04:49 PMThe recent data from the Central Water Commission (CWC), released on May 9, 2019 reveals a reassuring situation of water storage in the river basins of India. The overall water storage in the 91 reservoirs monitored is slightly more (105 percent) when compared to the average water storage over the last 10 years, the data shows.
![Mulshi dam reservoir in Maharashtra (Image: Rohit Gowaikar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mulshi_1.jpg?itok=8DbjGyT9)
Drought advisory issued to western and southern states
Posted on 22 May, 2019 11:30 AMCentre issues drought advisory to six states
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Pre-monsoon rainfall deficient: IMD
Posted on 22 May, 2019 11:14 AMIndia witnesses 22 percent deficient pre-monsoon rainfall this year: IMD
![Pre-monsoon rainfall deficient this year. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319697485_dfcb31cdcc_z_0_1.jpg?itok=ZhdIhrxJ)
Cyclone Fani ravages Odisha's ecological hotspots
Posted on 15 May, 2019 06:12 PMOdisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone
![After a cyclonic storm (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31271823450_83ef86ea47_z_0.jpg?itok=sk56-vBG)
What happens when you throw away pencil cells?
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:33 PMA recent study by Toxics Link, an environmental research and advocacy organisation on batteries titled Dead and buried: A situational analysis of battery waste management in India estimates that 2.7 billion pieces of dry cell batteries are being consumed annually in India.
![The evolving framework of end-of-life battery management could be inclusive of the informal chain of collectors and segregators. (Image: Toxics Link)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/battery.jpg?itok=VBAqoo1w)
Only 37 percent of world’s long rivers free flowing
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:02 PMA little over a third of the world's 246 long rivers remain free-flowing, as per a study by a team of 34 international researchers, including those from McGill University in Canada and World Wildlife Fund India.
![Pancheshwar dam on Mahakali river is feared to break the natural flow connectivity of river. (Image: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_7.jpg?itok=JouaRezl)
Call For Entries: 7th Woodpecker International Film Festival 2019
Posted on 08 May, 2019 09:24 PMCall For Entries - 2019
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Cyclone Fani hits Odisha, 35 dead
Posted on 07 May, 2019 03:36 PMCyclone Fani, strongest to hit India in 20 years, causes widespread destruction in Odisha
![A cyclonic storm that hit India in 2016. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31642433665_20dc424529_z_1.jpg?itok=3-l9LqYc)
Earthquake-triggering stresses travel far
Posted on 07 May, 2019 11:24 AMSeismic activity triggered by human actions like the construction of large reservoirs or injection of wastewater into the ground for oil and gas production can have far greater implications than previously thought, a new study has revealed.
![The destruction after an earthquake. Photo by Krish Dulal via Wikimedia commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krish_dulal_cc_by-sa_4.0_httpscreativecommons.orglicensesby-sa4.0_0.jpg?itok=aBQv4Pw3)