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One river, two names and a 14-year-long dispute
Posted on 10 Mar, 2016 07:09 PMThe Mandovi river is picture perfect. She is the wide, placid river fringed by the coconut palms and dotted by the boats that we think of when we think of Goa.
![The serene Mandovi is the focus of a bitter dispute between Karnataka and Goa](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mandovi_rural.jpg?itok=FEI1CPOh)
Villagers in Puri, Odisha return to agriculture after a 32 year hiatus
Posted on 09 Mar, 2016 10:43 AMWater logging has been a persistent problem for farmers in the coastal areas of Puri, Odisha. Construction of national highways has affected the natural water drainage system and has changed the lands of thousands of farmers since 1980.
![Canal restoration in Puri district (Source: Regional Centre for Development Cooperation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00009-eds.jpg?itok=DHG5vrYm)
World Culture Festival poses threat to the Yamuna
Posted on 07 Mar, 2016 10:11 PMActivists oppose Sri Sri Ravi Shankar's World Culture Festival along the Yamuna flood plains
![Yamuna river in New Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z.jpg?itok=aLkUfWUd)
Environment Ministry completes re-categorisation of industries based on Pollution Index
Posted on 07 Mar, 2016 09:59 PMNew categorisation of industries
![CSEB power plant in Korba (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/national_thermal_power_corporation_ltd._plant_in_korba_0_0.jpg?itok=GuojAF3_)
Bundelkhand women forge friendships for water
Posted on 07 Mar, 2016 03:09 PMSirkoo, a 39 year old woman in Bundelkhand, Uttar Pradesh, walked 8 km every day to fetch water. As a woman, it was obviously her responsibility to ensure the household's water availability. This put an additional stress on her already depleted health as well as time--until she decided to tackle the issue head on.
![Water Literacy campaign for Jal Sahelis (Source: Parmarth Samaj Sevi Sansthan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/js.png?itok=eEEhUKi_)
Better waste management for cleaner Chandigarh
Posted on 02 Mar, 2016 02:07 PMChandigarh is famous for its wide roads laid out in geometrical precision. Large, green spaces adorn the stoic but neatly arranged rectangular habitations called sectors.
![Chandigarh does not have a specific waste segregation system yet.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2016-02-26_14.40.12.jpg?itok=9wYJu3a1)
Rs 38,500 crore allocated for MGNREGA in Budget 2016
Posted on 29 Feb, 2016 09:56 PMAgriculture, rural development and social sector is the focus of Budget 2016
![Labourers building check dams under MGNREGS (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5498477595_b432f838e5_z_0_1_0.jpg?itok=YLz4mHDs)
Jharkhand's octogenarian water warrior
Posted on 28 Feb, 2016 01:39 PMIt was 1961. Simon Oraon, a Class IV school drop-out began his journey against drought in Bedo, a tribal block of Ranchi, Jharkhand. An idealistic young man, he along with his fellow villagers began constructing earthen dams to capture rainwater for recharging groundwater.
![A water body revived at Bedo, Ranchi](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bedo-water-body.jpg?itok=AQS1hghD)
Water for Profit: Experiences from America and India
Posted on 27 Feb, 2016 12:15 PMIn January 2016, the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) Employees Union and residents of Nagpur yet again protested the privatisation of water services in the city.
![NMC Employees Union and residents of Nagpur protest water privatisation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20160202-wa0006.jpg?itok=zdavytl4)
5 crore people cleanse themselves at the cost of 5000
Posted on 24 Feb, 2016 09:38 PMThe Ujjain Simhastha (Kumbh Mela) in Madhya Pradesh will begin on April 22, 2016 and go on for a month. The event, held once every 12 years, holds religious significance to Hindus, and throngs of people--approximately 5 crore over the month--take a holy dip in the Kshipra river during this time.
![Early morning at Ramghat, Ujjain](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24524490811_206362fc69_o.jpg?itok=QnmHHdrP)