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Irrigation
Sewage to blame, Dal turns dull
Posted on 17 May, 2018 01:09 PMSrinagar's prime tourist attraction, Dal Lake, is no more the scenic beauty it used to be. It's turning into an eyesore, thanks to sewage discharge and weed growth.
![A Kashmiri boy on a boat among lotus leaves on Dal Lake. (Pic courtesy: Safeena Wani/101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_lotus_leaves_in_dal_lake.jpg?itok=cVxOfNoa)
Call for Admissions for Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University
Posted on 08 May, 2018 03:59 PMEntering its second year, the Graduate Program of Water Science and Policy 2018 at Shiv Nadar University envisages a multi-disciplinary classroom, engagement and content delivered by some of the best minds globally – experts on water who have worked on ground realities, made policies and initiated change.
Anicuts affect Mahanadi's flow
Posted on 26 Apr, 2018 01:02 PMGopal Nishad, a fisherman in his early 40s, is frustrated that there is hardly any fish left in the Mahanadi’s basin at Pitaibandh due to the lack of water in the basin. This basin is located near Rajim-Nawapara in Chhattisgarh, the proposed site for the fourth anicut on the Mahanadi.
![Anicut on the Mahanadi basin at Rajim-Nawapara (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/41425163831_0d3d44336d_o.jpg?itok=6SrFogy4)
Uttarakhand braces itself for dry days
Posted on 20 Apr, 2018 08:09 PMLokesh Verma, a farmer from Nainital’s Chanfi village, says this is the third year in a row that he is bearing losses in agriculture. “I have lost around Rs 2 lakh and there’s a debt of Rs 70,000 to pay off. I grow strawberries, guavas and peas in my 15 bighas of land, but there is not enough water in the hills to irrigate crops properly,” he says.
![Lokesh Verma at his farm. (Pic courtesy: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lokesh_verma_in_his_farm_in_chanfi_village_in_nainital_courtesy_101reporters.jpg?itok=6lLGQ0KW)
Sharing water, reaping benefits
Posted on 14 Apr, 2018 05:06 PMAgriculture is of central importance to India’s economy with more than half of the workforce in the country depending on it for their livelihoods. However, it is increasingly being threatened due to climate-change-induced changing rainfall patterns and water scarcity having a negative impact on production.
![Sprinkler irrigation in Narayanganj block, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sprinkler_irrigation1.jpg?itok=y3R9pBiA)
Power play chokes Korba
Posted on 11 Apr, 2018 02:05 PMKorba in Chhattisgarh is an industrial area which has a significant number of coal mines and thermal power plants. Fly ash is a byproduct of the thermal power plants and has become a significant problem for the residents of Korba now.
![Fly-ash dust at CSEB thermal power plant in Korba.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370438100_3a1eff0088_z.jpg?itok=MziXG-X2)
India-UK Water Centre call for volunteers
Posted on 02 Apr, 2018 04:34 PMThe GFES initiative aims to support the collaboration between users and researchers in the earlier stages of water science and promote the assimilation of local knowledge and users experiences into research design to develop ideas for future India-UK water research.
New hydrogel to help drought-hit crops
Posted on 28 Mar, 2018 10:54 AMScientists have developed a hydrogel from the gum of guar (cluster bean) that can increase soil moisture and help farmers save their crops in case of water scarcity.
![A new hydrogel comes as a boon to drought-hit crops. (Photo: IWP Flickr photos; photo for representation only)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15256205423_9493d0bae4_z.jpg?itok=dX7dcH-H)
Government amends e-Waste Management Rules
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 05:07 AME-waste management rules amended to improve implementation efficiency
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Seeds of discontent
Posted on 22 Mar, 2018 06:40 PMSmall farmers are the key to ending poverty and hunger and promoting sustainable development. In India, small and marginal farmers—those who work on less than two hectares (five acres) of land—constitute 80 percent of all farm households, 50 percent of rural households and 36 percent of the total of all households. Sadly, the plight of these farmers is very distressing.
![Farming sector has a lot to worry about.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15203225381_ab9f199eae_z.jpg?itok=Yc-6WXvf)