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Groundwater Recharge
SC orders shifting of IPL matches out of Maharashtra
Posted on 03 May, 2016 02:49 PMShift IPL matches out of Maharashtra: SC
![Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (Source: Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wankhede_icc_wcf.jpg?itok=IYTiWDLd)
The Dying Springs of Chirimiri'
Posted on 01 Apr, 2016 06:04 PMChirimiri Coalfield is a part of Central India Coalfields, located in Koriya district, Chhattisgarh.
![Coal mining in Chirimiri](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0086tps.jpg?itok=tgRn4QET)
Saved by tanks: The story of Puducherry’s Bahour commune
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 10:13 AMThe East Coast of India is very much unlike its western counterpart both in terms of physiography and climatology.
![The Manapet tank in Bahour has an ayacut of around 110 acres, most of which is now urbanised (Image: Seetha Gopalakrishnan, IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24937329615_8f42b8b924_z.jpg?itok=7YlOGpGH)
Alarm bells ring for Delhi’s groundwater
Posted on 25 Jan, 2016 01:19 PMDelhi, home to 16.75 million people, is in the grip of a major water crisis. Statistics by the Delhi Jal Board for the year 2011 suggest that the water deficit stands at about 250 million gallons per day with the supply being 830 million gallons per day.
![Residents say they are forced to flout the groundwater extraction norms with illegal groundwater pumps in Narela in North-west Delhi due to insufficient and poor quality of water supplied.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/residents.jpg?itok=KvYNHZMG)
Can recurring droughts in Maharashtra be offset by participatory groundwater management (PGWM)?
Posted on 20 Jan, 2016 09:02 AMMaharashtra is the fourth state following Karnataka, Chattisgarh, and Madhya Pradesh to seek out relief from the Union government thanks to more than 15,000 of its villages across Marathwada and parts of Western Maharashtra reeling under drought in 2015 [1].
![The role of PGWM to deal with droughts in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20150902_100418.jpg?itok=sjoH-2S3)
Reminiscence by the riverside
Posted on 20 Dec, 2015 03:02 PMThe river Mutha, lovingly called 'Muthai'--meaning 'mother Mutha' in Marathi--is dying a slow death thanks to rapidly urbanising Pune which is depositing huge amounts of untreated sewage and dirt in its waters. However, the situation was different earlier. The river was revered and was a part of the everyday lives of the people in the city.
![A view of the river Mutha, as she flows through Pune (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mutha_3.jpg?itok=CyxpkHxc)
The importance of women in natural resources management
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 12:40 PMAlthough the state of Uttarakhand is rich in water and forest resources, its watersheds are under threat of wasting and erosion due to decreased forest cover, faulty agricultural practices, hydrologic imbalances and natural calamities. The growing population is further increasing the pressure on natural resources.
![Hill women and natural resources management (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/men_women_and_mountains.jpg?itok=77M_gTlx)
Tackling water salinity in Mewat, Haryana
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 11:16 AMWhat is the exact problem as regards groundwater salinity, fluoride and water scarcity in Mewat, Haryana? Is the area underlain with saline groundwater aquifers? What is the status of surface water in the area? Can it not reduce dependence on groundwater?
![Tackling salinity in Mewat (Source: Lalit Mohan Sharma)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chart1.jpg?itok=zZnHHDrh)
High pressure recharge well to the rescue of school children in Mewat, Haryana
Posted on 10 Nov, 2015 11:34 AM356 students and the teachers of Government Middle School in Sukhpuri village of Mewat district, Haryana are a happy lot now that they have access to potable water right within their school premises
![School children of Sukhpuri reap the benefit of HPRW (Source: Sumathi Sivam)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sehgal.jpg?itok=G9BMRaOE)