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Irrigation
Can Madurai's dying tanks be revived?
Posted on 19 Mar, 2015 09:34 PMMadurai, Tamil Nadu's second largest city, is now filled with buildings and roads which are eating into its age old network of tanks and canals. This change did not happen overnight. It began in the late 19th century by the British when they merged several hamlets to establish their headquarters in the region.
![A tank on the outskirts of Madurai, Tamil Nadu](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/10425612205_05c2e28e41_z.jpg?itok=W4TFW1Oa)
Land Bill opposed in the Rajya Sabha
Posted on 17 Mar, 2015 04:28 PMOpposition to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill
![Construction activity on what was once a farm land](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5639268765_9469163fd6_z.jpg?itok=5hy28p0l)
Slow poisoning of the Harike wetland
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 09:58 PMKnown as "Hari-ke-Pattan", this wetland is the largest in the Tarn Taran Sahib district of the Punjab in northern India and has the Harike Lake in its deeper part [1]. Its rich biodiversity plays an important role in maintaining the hydrological balance in the catchment area. It also supports a vast range of migratory birds including a number of globally threatened species [1].
![Harike wetland (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/harike_wetland.jpg?itok=JZDMR3d_)
Unseasonal rains damage crops worth Rs 10,000 crore
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 08:47 PMRabi crop damaged in north and central India
![Rainy clouds hovering over Manipur's farmland](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3206231070_40e219a2bf_z.jpg?itok=w2nXwjmy)
Embankments: Engineering solutions or problems?
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 05:12 PMMahananda, a major River of north Bihar rises in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It meets the Ganga after a journey of 376 km through the flat lands of Bihar, West Bengal and Bangladesh. It would spill its banks because of the flat slopes, causing deluge and waterlogging in the Katihar district of Bihar.
![Floods in Bihar; Image: Usha Dewani](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods-bihar.jpg?itok=vHHpqWvW)
Keepers of a complex irrigation system in Bihar
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 12:28 PMFor as long as local records exist, the countryside of South Bihar has witnessed a lone man striding across the fields night and day. In the past, he was accompanied by a lantern and a lathi. Today, his companions are a bicycle and a mobile phone. He is the Bandhwe, a man charged with overseeing the irrigation channels of the area.
![Rameshwar Yadav, Bandhwe of Jamune Dashayan Paine](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yadav_cover.jpg?itok=TEIAVSge)
Environment Ministry lied to Supreme Court about the Uttarakhand dam report
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 11:08 AMCentre presents an opposite picture in the Uttarakhand dam case
![Ganga at Kaudiyala](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172023818_988b81c090_b_0.jpg?itok=BhlLZ0Or)
Karnataka government exposed on Yettinahole project
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 10:40 AMYettinahole project called a drinking water project only to circumvent guidelines
![River Netravathi (Source: SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03688.jpg?itok=NO7LpyyH)
Small farming needs a budget boost
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 10:02 AMThe agriculture sector has been playing a significant role in shaping India’s overall growth trajectory. What promising initiatives should the Budget 2015-16 come up with? Should it extend timely credit facilities to farmers belonging to all the farming categories? Should it extend crop insurance facilities to all farmers and for all crops?
![Farmer in Palamau; Image: VSK, Palamau](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_in_palamau.jpg?itok=W2ORIguh)
Mhadei Tribunal favours Goa
Posted on 17 Feb, 2015 08:39 PMGoa relieved, as tribunal restrains work on Maharashtra's Virdi dam
![A dam in Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6034678974_4132052980_z.jpg?itok=GBxCZzn6)