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Manhole-cleaning robot completes trial run
Posted on 06 Mar, 2018 11:50 AMManhole-cleaning robot Bandicoot successfully completes trial run in Thiruvananthapuram
![Team behind Bandicoot. (Picture courtesy: Scroll)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bandicoot.jpg?itok=NzccUzVe)
Revised draft of CZMP for Chennai released
Posted on 27 Feb, 2018 02:53 PMRevised Coastal Zone Management Plan frees up large swathes of coastal land for development
![Ennore creek in Chennai (Picture: IWP Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32005696281_54bd33c028_z_0.jpg?itok=I-1_kPBb)
Tamil Nadu and Kerala squabble over Siruvani waters
Posted on 27 Feb, 2018 02:37 PMTamil Nadu objects to Kerala diverting excess water from Siruvani dam
![Water flows from the sluices of the Siruvani dam. (Picture courtesy: Deccan Chronicle)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/siruvani.jpeg?itok=DW9yXNe3)
Rajim kumbh: Leave Mahanadi alone
Posted on 25 Feb, 2018 07:35 PMAround 25 lakh pilgrims across the country took a holy dip in the Mahanadi during the Rajim kumbh festival held in Rajim from January 31-February 13, 2018. For this annual religious extravaganza at the confluence of the Mahanadi, Sondur and Pairi rivers in Chhattisgarh, the state government organised various religious events.
![The entrance of the CG government's culture and tourism exhibition venue at Rajim kumbh 2018.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/39552161754_733ac9e88a_z.jpg?itok=dXwR-Jp6)
Creating art from waste
Posted on 24 Feb, 2018 01:18 PMCities like Pune are in the midst of a garbage crisis. There is garbage strewn all over which is not just unsightly, it is also found to be polluting the city's water resources.
![Amita and Nandan have started a unique enterprise, Aarohana, that turns plastic from garbage into useful products.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aarohana_final1.jpg?itok=OXyHT3UC)
Millions wait for toilets and water
Posted on 24 Feb, 2018 10:31 AMGoI allocations for the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation is Rs. 22,357 crores
![The state of water supply and sanitation continues to be poor in India.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_1.jpg?itok=WMhiPZqo)
Atal Bhujal Yojana to be implemented soon
Posted on 20 Feb, 2018 05:31 AMCentre to fast track Atal Bhujal Yojana to help manage groundwater efficiently
![Water is a fast depleting resource. (Picture courtesy: India Today)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/groundwater-leopard-2-647_062015070022.jpg?itok=fegBY-GD)
How Kakaddara village won water cup
Posted on 19 Feb, 2018 06:33 AMEvery year, thousands of villages in Maharashtra get affected by droughts. Experts say that the reasons for recurrent droughts include a lack of policy framework, technical knowledge and community participation as well as poor implementation of government programmes.
![A farm pond in Kakaddara.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0072tps.jpg?itok=pZ5lfMej)
Invisible water wizards
Posted on 16 Feb, 2018 02:00 PMIndia has long undervalued one of its most precious resources—water. Today the country’s chronic mismanagement of water has led to drought in nearly 2,00,000 villages. According to the World Bank data, Indian farmers use almost 70 percent of the total groundwater that is drawn in the country each year. Shockingly, India uses more groundwater annually than China and the United States combined.
![Through SRDS method, monsoon rain is channelled back through borewells into the underground aquifers where it can be conserved for future use.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/srd_water_tchnique-2_0.jpg?itok=OEP_i6gO)
Haphazard measures to combat drought
Posted on 15 Feb, 2018 01:54 PMThe Manjara river rejuvenation work was implemented in Latur, Maharashtra under the leadership of Art of Living and RSS Jankalyan Samiti in the summer of 2016.
![The map of Manjara river along with the barrages and the river rejuvenation site. (Source: Authors)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/figure1_10.jpg?itok=EAtLYnv5)