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Groundwater
Closing the loop
Posted on 09 Jan, 2017 03:58 PMWith a total population of 1200, Sonnahallipura village in Hoskote taluk of Bangalore Rural district has 250 homes. This village was chosen by the Rotary Club of Bangalore, Indiranagar to start a micro-credit programme for 10 women’s self-help groups (SHG) and a low-cost sanitary napkin manufacturing unit.
![The RO plant in Sonnahallipura village.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20160811-wa0030.jpg?itok=eHn_w5xw)
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)
Hyderabad water bodies unfit for even irrigation
Posted on 25 Dec, 2016 07:19 PMMost of Hyderabad water bodies reduced to cesspools
![Himayat Sagar lake in Hyderabad (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/himayat_sagar_lake_with_common_coots_in_hyderabad_w_img_8638.jpg?itok=NmK10jCB)
Saving the Ganga, one step at a time
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:11 AMAn aerospace engineer from IIT, Kharagpur, Siddharth Agarwal could have been drawing a fancy salary like any other 25-year-old if he hadn’t followed his passion.
![Siddharth Agarwal (Photo credit-Siddharth Agarwal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12916694_10153341192037373_5456143043051880350_o.jpg?itok=05KgJG4m)
Breathing life into Baitarani
Posted on 12 Dec, 2016 12:13 PMPranab Choudhury has been actively engaged with the causes of the poor and the environment for more than a decade.
![Pranab Choudhury](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thumb_dsc0041_1024.jpg?itok=Zn5i5BzD)
Flood risk to Himalayan hydropower projects: Study
Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 11:57 AMGlacial lakes pose flood risk to 441 hydel projects in Himalayan region
![A glacier-fed stream in Himachal Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14642767669_a7d9f260c9_z.jpg?itok=Qr9h-sMy)
Understanding Groundwater: A course by ACWADAM, January 2-17, 2017
Posted on 19 Nov, 2016 09:36 AMAbout: Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM) is conducting a fifteen-day training programme on basic hydrogeology or groundwater science, for professionals from civil society organisations or NGOs.
WASH away Ujjain woes
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 10:31 PMDespite all the hype around Swachh Bharat Mission, the situation on the ground remains dismal. The city of Ujjain is located on the western part of Madhya Pradesh on the Malwa Plateau and is primarily a religious tourism centre due to the Mahakal temple.
![Open well in Hira mill ki chaal slum situated next to an open drain resulting in its water getting polluted.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hira_mill_well.jpg?itok=zVYsnMse)
This year witnesses record agricultural output
Posted on 24 Oct, 2016 07:17 AMNormal monsoon leads to record agricultural output this year
![A farm in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15878165733_764873e893_z.jpg?itok=sJJ0g_KO)
Selling packaged water above MRP punishable offence
Posted on 17 Oct, 2016 09:02 AMJail term for selling packaged water above MRP: Government
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