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Groundwater
Loan waiver alone cannot solve farmers' woes: Experts
Posted on 04 Jul, 2017 02:26 PMNeed to tackle core issues to end farm crisis: Experts
![A farmer on his field. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9333357677_cf6dcc0618_z_0.jpg?itok=h_bC4AXx)
Power at play in water business
Posted on 03 Jul, 2017 05:49 AMThe informal water market plays a crucial role in meeting the drinking and domestic water security of peri-urban communities. The increasing reliance on private informal water vendors in all our study villages speaks of their significance.
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Saving soil health
Posted on 01 Jul, 2017 10:21 PMBhanu is bracing herself for an income loss this year. The wheat she sowed after bajra in winter did not give her the productivity expected. Her soil health is declining, she says. To top it all, she is afraid there will be deficient rainfall this year in her village in Ferozepur Jhirka in Mewat in Haryana.
![Farmers thresh paddy during harvest at Sangrur, Punjab. (Source: Neil Palmer, CIAT, 2011, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/threshing_harvest_sangrur_punjab_india-neil-palmer-ciat-2011-wikimedia-commons_0.jpg?itok=dQLRDtkc)
Every day is a dry day in Kovaipudur
Posted on 30 Jun, 2017 07:11 PMWith its pleasant climate and serene environment, Kovaipudur, a quaint township located in Coimbatore, was once known to be a haven for retired people. Kovaipudur is living out a nightmare now, one that has snowballed over the years.
![Rainwater harvesting is the way to go in water scarce regions. (Source: IWP Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kovai2.jpg?itok=tuK3pRwP)
What we should know about National Water Commission
Posted on 29 Jun, 2017 07:26 PMThe landmark report titled A 21st century institutional architecture for India's water reforms submitted by the expert committee chaired by Dr Mihir Shah on restructuring the
![Restructuring water governance. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kerala_2.jpg?itok=UieNosvW)
Every drop that matters!
Posted on 27 Jun, 2017 10:12 PMThe people of the Marathwada region have been facing severe water crisis for more than three decades. Despite adverse circumstances, the Akoladev panchayat in the Jalna district has set an example for other panchayats by solving their water woes through community participation and effective water harvesting measures that suit their geographic terrain.
![Jivrekha river, Akoladev (Source:Dilasa)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dscf2613es.jpg?itok=RaOu7rTb)
Green nod to Odisha's coal washery project cancelled
Posted on 20 Jun, 2017 11:10 AMGovernment cancels green nod to Odisha's coal washery project
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CGWA mandates NOCs for tubewells in Punjab
Posted on 06 Jun, 2017 07:29 AMNOCs for running tubewells must for Punjab industries
![Tubewells in Punjab. (Source: IWP Flickr photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14920806101_b54e9ea69d_z.jpg?itok=x8coY4eY)
Sourcing water: When informal is the norm
Posted on 05 Jun, 2017 11:02 AMIn the first hour of our field work in Malkaram--another village in peri-urban Hyderabad--for the project Ensuring Water Security in Metropolitan Hyderabad, one thing became very evident.
![People depend on informal sources of water in peri-Urban Hyderabad. (Source: SaciWATERs)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/saci_0.jpg?itok=x8CGxui5)
Clean Kali: All eyes now on government
Posted on 03 Jun, 2017 07:58 AMRampura, situated in Bulandshahr district in western Uttar Pradesh, is one of the 1,200 villages on the banks of the 300-km long East Kali, a tributary of the Ganges. The river is named after goddess Kali who, according to the Hindu mythology, is fierce and fights evil by ingesting it.
![The polluted Kali river. (Image source: Neer Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kali2.jpg?itok=U3G6_rDn)