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Groundwater
An oasis of hope in the land of suicides
Posted on 07 Sep, 2014 10:05 AMYavatmal, a district in Maharashtra, has gained popularity more for the number of farmer suicides than anything else in recent years. Since 2001, more than 2700 cases of suicide have been registered in this district alone. Poor water availability, low agriculture production and increasing debts are the major causes for suicide.
![A check dam constructed by Dilasa in Dhangarwadi](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0020tp.jpg?itok=cuDwWboO)
Well revival effort sees many other benefits
Posted on 05 Sep, 2014 12:59 PMThe name of a place can tell one much about its history. Take Mokla talab, a village 62 km southeast of Udaipur for example. Mokla means sufficient in Rajasthani and talab means pond. The village was named after its overflowing talab. But what happens when the talaab is overflowing no more?
![Well lining has improved water availability](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sumitra_0.jpg?itok=6BXa_ZuD)
Sparkle in the mountains: The indigenous 'Hydroger'
Posted on 04 Sep, 2014 10:50 PMIt is a labour of love. For 10 years, the team at Nagaland Empowerment of People through Economic Development (NEPeD) held this experiment close to their hearts- a daunting task that is lighting up lives in far-off villages in the mountains of Nagaland today. The hydroger has made way for many to diversify their income through new activities and reduced women’s day-to-day drudgery.
![Hydroger machine at Logwesunyu village, Nagaland](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hydroger_machine.jpg?itok=iMx0H3Fc)
Increased subsidy for toilet construction
Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 03:33 PMHigher monetary incentives for toilet construction and delinking sanitation mission from MGNREGS
![Toilet under construction in Karnataka](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8456951985_136ea1c01a_k.jpg?itok=zmgx6ULC)
Monsoon delivers a hard blow to farmers
Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 09:30 AMHigh food Inflation has been pinching Indians for the last few months and with the current monsoon not being very generous to farmers, the situation is only expected to worsen. As of August 29th, rainfall deficiency in the country was 18 per cent, a much improved figure from the 41 per cent deviation recorded at the start of monsoon.
![Amount of rainfall (Source: IMD)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/august_29.jpg?itok=N9iDgM-2)
Coca Cola scraps plan to expand bottling plant at Varanasi
Posted on 25 Aug, 2014 10:43 PMCoca Cola to look for other options within state for plant
![Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola_bottling_1629227g_0.jpg?itok=LYcwbP05)
Himachal Pradesh's forests make way for Renuka Dam
Posted on 19 Aug, 2014 01:31 PMForest clearance granted to the proposed Renuka Dam
![Forest cover of Himachal Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11579822395_e321877c14_z.jpg?itok=DX5kPVzm)
Solutions to Indore's water problems don't have to be so expensive!
Posted on 02 Aug, 2014 01:46 PMIn the last five decades, Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, has witnessed a substantial increase in urbanisation and industrialisation. Its population has also increased from 5,60,936 in 1971 to 2,167,447 in 2011 (Census 2011).
![Waiting for water tankers in Indore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0184-1.jpg?itok=KVHKu2Zf)
People of a semi-arid Rajasthan village battle Coca Cola
Posted on 27 Jul, 2014 10:23 PMKaladera, a small village about 40 km from Jaipur has always been known for its chaubandi (mud resist printing) and natural dyeing but it has been getting a lot of attention since 1999. No, it's not because of the handicraft but because of Coca Cola, which set up a bottling plant there.
![Borewells go deep in Kaladera, Rajasthan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/borewells_being_sunk_deeper.jpg?itok=MlgzrSBd)
House of solutions
Posted on 25 Jul, 2014 06:30 PMMany scientists and researchers have been trying to find solutions to problems related to urban water supply, wastewater management and reduction of energy use in urban areas but very few have succeeded. Rahul Banerjee is one who has.
![Rahul Banerjee's sustainable house at Indore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rahul_banerjee_house.jpg?itok=gLc1ONiv)