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Renuka raises crucial questions
Posted on 18 Jul, 2017 05:48 AMWhen I meet Puran Chand, an activist in the forefront of the anti-Renuka dam struggle, he dictates from the two much-thumbed pages of his notebook the several objections he has against the government’s plan for the rehabilitation of people displaced by the Renuka dam.
![The opening of the header tunnel for Renuka dam has already been constructed.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/renuka_cover.jpg?itok=E1yKx550)
Urbanisation: Pushing farmers out of fields
Posted on 17 Jul, 2017 02:46 PMA dominant characteristic of a peri-urban site is its transition out of an agrarian economy due to industrialisation and urbanisation. This usually manifests in the form of agricultural land either left barren or sold for developmental activities and farmers and agricultural labourers looking for an alternative source of livelihood.
![Agriculture is slowly vanishing from peri-urban areas. (Source: SaciWATERS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/saciwaters_blog.jpg?itok=dXCvzwlQ)
Managing willows in Wular lake
Posted on 10 Jul, 2017 05:07 AMThe devastating flood in 2015 in the Kashmir valley affected more than 2.5 lakh houses and displaced about 5.5 lakh people. The economic loss was massive.
Many researchers and experts believe that careful conservation and protection of the lakes, ponds and wetlands in the Kashmir valley could have reduced the scale of the devastation to a large extent.
![Wular lake seen from Saderkote Park. (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200px-wular_lake.jpg?itok=g6TBwWlr)
Uttarakhand against living person status to rivers
Posted on 04 Jul, 2017 02:04 PMUttarakhand challenges living person status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers, moves SC
![Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172025486_d2b794f518_z_1_1.jpg?itok=9QNXKJeh)
A jungle comes to the city
Posted on 02 Jul, 2017 01:56 PMIt’s July now and the temperature is slowly dipping in Delhi. Only a few migratory birds wintered at the Yamuna biodiversity park remain. Others have left for Central Asia and Siberia. Some species of summer terrestrial migrants are expected to arrive while some others can be seen enjoying the park’s wetlands.
![Black spotted butterfly at Yamuna biodiversity park. (Image: Prabhmeet Singh, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200px-black_spotted_butterfly.jpg?itok=t7rKYcWY)
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)
Guidelines eased for India-Nepal Pancheshwar project
Posted on 27 Jun, 2017 09:04 PMIndia eases assessment guidelines for India-Nepal Pancheshwar project
![Mahakali River (Source: A. J. T. Johnsingh, WWF-India and NCF)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sharda_or_mahakali_river_ajtj_p1020802_1.jpg?itok=TqZiGjKC)
Government allows closure of Sardar Sarovar dam gates
Posted on 20 Jun, 2017 10:42 AMCentre gives permission to close Sardar Sarovar dam gates
![Sardar Sarovar dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam_0_0.jpg?itok=T_6kB0oK)
Power play in Kinnaur
Posted on 07 Jun, 2017 12:23 PMLippa is a small village in the Kinnaur region in Himachal Pradesh, close to Asrang wildlife sanctuary. On May 27, the village witnessed hectic activity as the gram sabha was to decide the fate of a hydroelectricity project to be constructed near the village. The project demands the water from the Kerang stream be diverted for power.
![People believe that tunnels such as these cause irreversible damages to the environment.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kinnaur_dams.jpg?itok=4zH9z6at)