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Hydropower
Traditional water mills to solve Arunachal's growing power crisis
Posted on 04 Mar, 2024 03:01 PMTraditional water mills can be a promising solution to Arunachal's growing power crisis
![A traditional watermill in Himachal Pradesh. Image for representation purposes only. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2024-03/Gharat2.jpg?itok=lkImGkEE)
Bridging disparities: India's hydropower dilemma
Posted on 30 Sep, 2023 04:33 PMThe integral role of dams in shaping modern India, as highlighted in India's first Prime Minister Jawaharlal Nehru's speech, where he referred to them as the 'temples of modern India,' is undeniable.
![Baglihar Hydroelectric Power Project is built across the Chenab River at Doda district of Jammu and Kashmir (Image: ICIMOD)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/baglihar.jpg?itok=IfFNG7mr)
Demand for work under MGNREGA rises as monsoon plays truant
Posted on 17 Sep, 2023 12:15 PMRural job demand under MGNREGA rises as monsoon plays truant
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-09/MGNREGA1.jpg?itok=lz57mST0)
NITI Aayog panel likely to propose incentives for water efficiency
Posted on 15 Apr, 2023 11:32 AMNITI Aayog panel likely to propose incentives for efficient use of water
![Solutions that enable comprehensive reductions in water in agriculture (Image: WallpaperFlare)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/nature-water-green-garden-wallpaper-preview.jpg?itok=7qmTx-gA)
Prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
Posted on 01 Apr, 2023 04:49 PMHouse panel suggests prepaid cards for power to save groundwater
![Over exploitation of groundwater is due to wide cultivation of water guzzler paddy and sugarcane crops (Image: Thamizhpparithi Maari, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-04/A_Pump_irrigation.jpg?itok=raUuFXgl)
Decentralised solar transforming rural India
Posted on 02 Mar, 2023 09:51 PMDecentralised solar is transforming rural India
![Solar power use in a Tamil Nadu farm (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-03/Solar%20power.jpg?itok=MZROjsC4)
Study reveals Indian dams to lose 26% water storage capacity by 2050
Posted on 08 Feb, 2023 05:13 PMReservoir sedimentation is often seen as a site-specific process and is usually assessed at an individual reservoir level. At the same time, it takes place everywhere in the world. However, estimates of storage losses globally are largely lacking.
![Hirakud Dam is the longest dam in India (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2023-02/14075678201_ae90869126_o.jpg?itok=ejQYM6Ix)
Odisha’s untapped renewable energy potential
Posted on 17 Sep, 2022 04:10 PMThe International Forum for Environment, Sustainability & Technology (iFOREST) organized a major conference last month in Bhubaneshwar to start a dialogue on Odisha’s new Renewable Energy (RE) policy for 2022-30. Odisha’s present RE Policy was introduced in 2016, and is set to lapse at the end of 2022.
![Experts stressed on the need to remove barriers related to land, procedure, institutional capacity and finance, to attract investments in the sector (Image: Aiseinau, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp-images/Saul%C4%97s_elektrin%C4%97.jpg?itok=rWNqTyVK)
Etalin hydroelectric project: Centre grants nod, FAC approval awaited
Posted on 08 Jun, 2022 01:20 PMDespite concerns, Etalin hydropower project gets government nod, FAC yet to give clearance
![Upper Dibang Valley District, Arunachal Pradesh, India (Source: Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/Dibang_valley_%287453899412%29_0.jpg?itok=s-dHBT1j)
India's rank continue to fall in the global SDGs Report
Posted on 08 Jun, 2022 12:03 PMIndia ranks 121 in the global Sustainable Development Report, 2022
![Sustainable Development Goals adopted in 2015 as a part of the 2030 agenda. (Source: Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-06/sustainable_development_goals_0.jpg?itok=1qMmfVIk)