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Karnataka announces two big water projects in its budget
Posted on 10 Jul, 2018 11:02 AMKarnataka budget focuses on big water projects, misses out on sustainability
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“Agriculture alone cannot provide for our teeming millions.”
Posted on 06 Jul, 2018 03:15 PMIn India, although we have approximately four months of monsoon (which is basically 45 days of effective rainfall), in drought prone areas, there are only 10-15 days of harvestable rain in the entire season. If you don't get enough rain during those days, it's a cause for worry.
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Indian villages look to Bhutan for water
Posted on 05 Jul, 2018 08:15 PMA lot has been discussed about the acute water crisis in many parts of India. But who would have thought some villages in rural West Bengal have to depend on a neighbouring nation for water?
![Damini Minj cycles long distance to collect water from Aiba basti. (Pic courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/damini_minj.jpeg?itok=eFDUPzQv)
Village steps up water revival effort
Posted on 04 Jul, 2018 02:33 PMLong before piped water supply became the norm, groundwater got extracted for use and rivers neglected, stepwells served as a major source of water for people.
![Stepwell in front of Khedamata temple at Modi village. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/42808802561_02b7cc64c0_o.jpg?itok=f8zo5PiE)
Climate hotspots to affect India's economy
Posted on 04 Jul, 2018 10:35 AMA study by the World Bank indicates that due to rising temperatures and changing monsoon rainfall patterns from climate change, India’s gross domestic product (GDP) may dip by 2.8 percent (amounting to $1177.8 billion) by 205
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Centre forms Cauvery Water Regulation Committee
Posted on 26 Jun, 2018 03:00 PMCauvery Water Regulation Committee comes into being
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Creating community leaders to tackle disaster
Posted on 25 Jun, 2018 05:01 PMTired from the Baidyanath dhamyatra (pilgrimage) in the nearby town of Deoghar, Nunlal Kamath is stealing a quick nap on a charpoy outside his house. His house is right on the western bank of Kosi, north Bihar’s river of sorrow, in a particularly flood-prone area where there are no high grounds or flood platforms nearby.
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Public hearing for green clearance a sham
Posted on 21 Jun, 2018 04:36 PMSupin, a tributary of river Tons and a part of river Yamuna gushes through the hilly tracts of Uttarkashi district. Like all rivers meandering through the lush terrains and forests of Uttarakhand, Supin too is being aggressively tapped for hydropower generation by the government.
![Public hearing for Jakhol Sankri hydropower project did not take consent of affected communities on a sensitive issue that impacts their lives. (Picture courtesy: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/protests-ph_0.jpg?itok=fjY5_aLm)
Teesta: Stuck between conflict and cooperation
Posted on 20 Jun, 2018 10:25 AMRiver Teesta originates at Tso Lamo, Sikkim, flows through West Bengal and then enters the Rangpur division in Bangladesh.
![The Teesta, upstream of the Gajaldoba barrage in West Bengal. (Image Source: Gauri Noolkar-Oak)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/teesta_upstream_gajaloba_barrage.jpg?itok=Vs0S_IgR)
Niti Aayog lauds Gujarat's water management
Posted on 19 Jun, 2018 10:49 AMGujarat tops Niti Aayog's composite water management index
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