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No more thirst
Posted on 23 Mar, 2017 12:57 PMThis story is of Punawli Kalan village in Uttar Pradesh, where a community with the support of a women-led federation, solved its water woes by developing a community-owned water supply system.
![Water tank in Punawli Kalan village, Jhansi](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_tank.jpg?itok=lNTYzq5E)
Bottled water MRPs to remain the same everywhere
Posted on 14 Mar, 2017 10:19 AMNo difference in MRPs of bottled water at different places
![Mineral water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bottles-60479_640_0_0_0.jpg?itok=bmPg6KPE)
India faces severe water crisis
Posted on 14 Mar, 2017 09:56 AMStorage levels dip in country's major reservoirs: Government
![A reservoir in Coorg, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2351879076_a1c278859e_z.jpg?itok=4byOT_8I)
Water worried no more
Posted on 10 Mar, 2017 01:44 PMLocated 10 km from the Yavatmal city in Maharashtra, the Nilona reservoir has been the primary drinking water source for its residents since 1972. As in many other parts of the country, the 1990s saw the city growing and the population increasing. The Yavatmal residents, who had not experienced water shortage till then, started facing acute drinking water shortage.
![Nilona dam, Yavatmal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32903532661_9a565ef048_o.jpg?itok=Obb-O92W)
River loses battle for survival against soft drinks
Posted on 06 Mar, 2017 09:07 PMMadras HC dismisses plea to stop supply of Tamirabarani water to Coca-Cola and Pepsi
![Coca-Cola bottling plant. (Source: S. Subramanium via Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola_bottling_1629227g_0_1_0.jpg?itok=S_6bsbdE)
Election update: Its hills vs plains in Manipur
Posted on 04 Mar, 2017 05:33 PMThe key issue in the Manipur Assembly election is the ongoing economic blockade in the state, which, in turn, is attributed to the present government’s decision to
![A Manipuri family. (Source: Coffee Table Book, Government of Manipur)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manipuri-smile-gom.jpg?itok=sdrnIfcQ)
Effluent treatment plant a must for industries: SC
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 08:03 PMSC gets strict with industrial units
![A creek near a thermal power plant. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31283510824_3a389abcff_z.jpg?itok=TWHu81m9)
Act to clean up the system
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 01:53 PMWith the Right to Information (RTI) Act coming into force in the year 2005, the country saw many RTI activists making the most of it to demand the rights and entitlements of the people from the government. Pushpa, warmly known as Pushpa RTI, is one of them.
![Women at Jan Jagriti Sanvad organised by Lok Shakti Manch. (Source: Lok Shakti Manch)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lok-shakti-manch-jan-jagriti-sanvad.jpg?itok=DGOmhjR3)
No change in Krishna water sharing ratio: Panel
Posted on 20 Feb, 2017 08:54 PMCommittee rules out any change in Krishna water sharing ratio
![Krishna river (Source: Wikipedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna-river.jpg?itok=ClsR1LXS)
A watered-down scheme
Posted on 16 Feb, 2017 12:25 PMIn November 2011, the government of Madhya Pradesh sanctioned Rs 493 crore to 37 Urban Local Bodies (ULB) for drinking water supply projects under the Chief Minister’s Urban Drinking Water Supply Scheme (CMUWSS) along the lines of the Urban Infrastructure Development Scheme for Small and Medium Towns (UIDSSMT).
![Source:India Water Portal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/himachal_photos_032tps.jpg?itok=TFsAaZcI)