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Groundwater
Simhastha leaves farmers fuming
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 07:38 PMRamesh Mali, a farmer in his late thirties, looks at his farmland nervously. It has been 13 days since the Simhastha Maha Kumbh festival, 2016, concluded. The district administration had acquired his four bigha land (approximately 0.64 hectares) for the festival. The barricades and the concrete left on his land give us the idea that the land is not fit for farming this season.
![Kshipra at Mangalnath Ghat, Ujjain](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0285es.jpg?itok=t5zxZWcE)
Restructuring water governance for future
Posted on 02 Jun, 2016 12:40 PMWith increasing concern over water security, water governance worldwide is undergoing a gradual change.
![Water governance for future water security (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a_full_well_0.jpg?itok=85lpEmRc)
Young professionals lead the way in water and sanitation
Posted on 31 May, 2016 12:22 PMHirehandigola village in Gadag district of North Karnataka is an unsurprising picture of rural India.
![Hirehandigola village, North Karnataka](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hirehandigola_village_image1.jpg?itok=KmSU2K6F)
Blessed waters of Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah baoli
Posted on 31 May, 2016 10:52 AMThe legend has it that in the year 1321-22, mystic and 14th century Sufi saint
![Hazrat Nizamuddin Dargah 'baoli': An inherent part of a greater spiritual experience](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/26653266723_d51b5d0fae_z.jpg?itok=bYeAw7dZ)
Subarnarekha is dying. Who’s responsible?
Posted on 28 May, 2016 05:46 PMIt would not be an exaggeration to say Subarnarekha (Line of gold) is a film that left an indelible mark on Indian cinema. The film, by Ritwik Ghatak, is inspired by a river by the same name and narrates the reality around the river which flows through the present day Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
![India’s steel city dumps its waste into Subarnarekha, the river of gold](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/subarnarekha-mango.jpg?itok=A1X24JKt)
Water management for climate resilient agriculture
Posted on 12 May, 2016 11:04 AMAlthough agriculture is the largest source of livelihood for people in India, its share in the gross domestic product (GDP) has been declining over time with
![Agriculture and climate change (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rainfed_agriculture_0.jpg?itok=G0EYZ02K)
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)
Good monsoon expected this year
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:20 PMGood southwest monsoon expected this year as El Nino declines
![Downpour in Bihar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2245920465_b010a7ff2f_z_1.jpg?itok=BH5qj8kp)
NGT slams Railways for using groundwater illegally
Posted on 05 Apr, 2016 09:47 AMRailways using groundwater 'indiscriminately and illegally': NGT
![Indian Railways (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wap-4_class_locomotive_of_indian_railways.jpg?itok=ZelgE4Vl)