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International Issues
Mainstreaming India’s water and climate concerns: Reflections before COP-21
Posted on 28 Nov, 2015 12:07 PM“Climate Change has taken on political dimensions, that’s odd because I don’t see people choosing sides over E=mc2 or other fundamental facts of science!” - Neil deGrasse Tyson, astrophysicist
![INDCs will take centre stage at COP 21-UN Climate Change conference in Paris (Source: France Bleu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/x948x533_870x489_cop-paris-perspective-cropped.png.pagespeed.ic_.qw1uhfqt2w.png?itok=2XhSqYzC)
India needs to radically overhaul its water institutions
Posted on 23 Nov, 2015 09:53 PMThere was a recent report in the Times of India on how Singapore, listed among the 20 smallest countries in the world, made water management and conservation efforts over the years. What lessons can India, a mammoth country draw from this small but densely populated country?
![India's water sector: Endemic corruption and public apathy (Source: K N Balraj, IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/damscorruption.jpg?itok=36Bl2i_M)
China operationalises one of the biggest dams on the Brahmaputra
Posted on 20 Oct, 2015 07:01 PMChina's Zangmu Hydropower Project, one of the biggest dams on Brahmaputra, is operational
![Brahmaputra river in Tibet (Source: Luca Galuzzi via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0839_yarlong_tsangpo.jpg?itok=ILmR5yaj)
Access to water data: Implications for transboundary relations in the Ganges river basin
Posted on 05 Sep, 2015 12:21 PMCitizens right to access information on water, climate and environmental issues
![A view of the Sharada river at Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sharada_river_up_0.jpg?itok=B3RgdKdB)
India's groundwater: Invisible water, visible crisis
Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 06:13 PMMassive national effort needed to resolve India's depleting groundwater
![Water well in Purulia, West Bengal (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4483255321_b378863084_z.jpg?itok=qpxRCb3b)
Why a right to sanitation is necessary
Posted on 28 Aug, 2015 09:43 AMIndian activists have been campaigning for the last three years for a justiciable right to water and sanitation.
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Study reveals reduction in water flow of the Ganga in the Himalayan catchment areas
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:52 PMGanga catchment area has lost over 1500 billion cusecs of water flow: Study
![Ganga at Gadmukteshwar (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z_2.jpg?itok=zKMpR93i)
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PMAbout the conference
![Roundtable Conference and Book Launch](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_twitter_0.jpg?itok=c2Be6obs)
Nagpur Municipal Corporation in troubled waters
Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 09:41 AMThe Maharashtra State Accountant General (AG) recently exposed the hidden agenda of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its so-called best Public-Private Partnership model with regards to Nagpur's water supply.
![No 24x7 water supply for Nagpur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap_picture-small.jpg?itok=yPjNulr-)
Groundwater: It's not a source, it’s a resource
Posted on 02 Aug, 2015 08:11 AMSprings play an important role in the daily lives of thousands of communities in the hills and mountains of the Himalayas. However, in many places once reliable springs are drying up, presenting rural communities, and women in particular, with new challenges.
![A spring next to a temple in Uttarakhand is the source of the Ramganga river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15375369370_a525ebbdcc_z.jpg?itok=O1eBvKDA)