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Centre initiates moving water to concurrent list
Posted on 23 Jan, 2017 08:05 PMProcess to move water to concurrent list begins
![Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z_0.jpg?itok=L9MiurgT)
Acquired lands lay barren, SC questions states
Posted on 16 Jan, 2017 12:11 PMWhy are lands acquired from farmers barren? SC asks states
![Women farmers protest against land acquisition (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sundari_protest_0.jpg?itok=f7pxz7Py)
State of rivers goes south
Posted on 14 Jan, 2017 05:40 PMAt a time when the government’s attention is steered towards the concerns of the northern rivers like the Ganga and the Yamuna, it is seldom that the polluted rivers of the south India come up for discussion.
![Water-borne litter in Salem, Tamil Nadu. (Source: Parvathisri, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water-borne_litter_in_salem_tamil_nadu_india-parvathisri-wikimedia-commons_0.jpg?itok=Y5QZTdyg)
Maharashtra gears up for irrigation projects
Posted on 09 Jan, 2017 10:14 AMMaharashtra approves cost overrun in irrigation projects, set to complete Gosikhurd project
![Irrigation canal from the Bhima dam, Maharashtra (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irrigation_canal_taking_off_from_the_dam_0_1.jpg?itok=Q_jAYiNI)
States fail to tackle groundwater crisis
Posted on 09 Jan, 2017 09:52 AMA majority of states fail to stop overexploitation of groundwater
![A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/27560459605_dd7aeae4a2_z_0.jpg?itok=1_nCY7wm)
A water worried year in a nutshell
Posted on 07 Jan, 2017 08:13 AMThe year 2016 was eventful, to say the least when it comes to the water scenario in the country. The year saw severe droughts affecting 33 crore people across 10 states.
![The Cauvery river at Hogenakkal, Karnataka](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_1.jpg?itok=yNoFIWde)
The sea mouths crisis
Posted on 06 Jan, 2017 11:21 PMLingaraj Jena is a worried man. At 86, he is one of the older fishermen in Berhampura village, an island on the Chilika lake in Odisha. Though he no longer goes for fishing due to old age, he is worried about the opening of new sea mouths; he knows it is not good news for the fishing communities he is a part of that depend on the Chilika for their livelihood.
![A view of the Chilika in the evening.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/30347858053_a6bb48c3f4_o.jpg?itok=6KFn0RE8)
Ecologists challenge Bharti's remark on Ken-Betwa
Posted on 05 Jan, 2017 11:20 AMNo final approval for Ken-Betwa river link as claimed by Centre
![The Ken-Betwa river link shown on a map. (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamunarivermap_2_0_0.jpg?itok=jy3tCri5)
When riverbed becomes real estate
Posted on 02 Jan, 2017 08:17 PMShalu’s household was evicted from Koyla Basti of the Yamuna pushta (embankment), a massive slum cluster on the banks of the Yamuna river in the year 2004. Earthmoving machines bulldozed thousands of homes at the site which was to host the Commonwealth Games of 2010.
![Forced evictions before the Commonwealth Games. (Source: Housing and Land Rights Network)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna-eviction-hrln.jpg?itok=qUyG5488)
NGT takes note of Chambal river e-flow
Posted on 25 Dec, 2016 06:54 PMNGT seeks MP, Rajasthan's opinion on maintaining e-flow in Chambal river
![Chambal river near Kota (Source: Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chambal_river_near_kota_rajasthan.jpg?itok=UbW1wZoC)