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Irrigation
Princely' private ponds
Posted on 07 Mar, 2014 10:14 AMCharkhari, a princely state of India in the colonial period was once a beautiful settlement founded by Saurabh Singh Bundela, a Rajput King. Acceded to India post-Independence, the town is now located in Mahoba, Uttar Pradesh. The place was home to intricate water management systems in the past.
![A talab in the fort city of Charkhari](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/charkhari.jpg?itok=xNS1h9D6)
Wildlife Board approves controversial irrigation projects in Maharashtra
Posted on 05 Mar, 2014 11:23 PMMaharashtra's controversial irrigation projects get a green signal
![Irrigation canal in Maharashtra (Source:Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/siphontubes.jpg?itok=BJpjacHM)
A school for 'dropouts'
Posted on 24 Feb, 2014 04:29 PM'Development through Education and Education through development’ is the motto of Vigyan Ashram, a residential school situated in Pabal, Maharashtra. Dr.Kalbaug founded Vigyan Ashram on the principles of natural systems of learning.
![An Ashram built by its students, for its students](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/10291576885_e132b3de6c_o.jpg?itok=UetsQdfu)
Adapting to a changing climate
Posted on 24 Feb, 2014 04:24 PMMeghalaya, the wettest place in the world till date, has started facing the consequences of climate change. In the recent past, the state has seen pronounced variability in rainfall. This has given rise to myriad problems in the predominantly agricultural state.
![Arecanut is susceptible to climate change impact](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dscn8254.jpg?itok=uTyk2jpc)
Farm like the rishis!
Posted on 09 Feb, 2014 08:20 PMIt all started in the eighties when Friends Rural Centre, a group of Gandhian Quakers in Rasuliya village, near Hoshanagabad, Madhya Pradesh came in contact with Masanobu Fukuoka.
![Results of no till farming; Image: Titus](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/no_till_farming-titus_0.jpg?itok=5y8_isS0)
Pooling borewells and opportunities
Posted on 03 Feb, 2014 12:48 PMGamalibai is a farmer in Malkaipeta Thanda, a small tribal hamlet of the Lambadi community in Ibrahimpur village, Ranga Reddy district in Andhra Pradesh. She does not have much in common with the image of the hearty, prosperous farmer that beams at us from posters selling agricultural machinery.
![Gamalibai on her farm](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_1.jpg?itok=hYaSZuUH)
Power corridors for each river basin in Himachal
Posted on 29 Jan, 2014 12:28 PMPlans to create power corridors for each river basin on its way
![Hydropower transmission (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/power_transmission_1.jpg?itok=zdR5zUPt)
The profitable toilet
Posted on 27 Jan, 2014 12:29 PMWhen Panchamlal Mahto was a toddler, he would frequently squat and poop as the urge took him irrespective of where he was. His mother would take a handful of ash and sprinkle it over the 'gift'. The ash would absorb the liquid, enabling the whole mess to be easily swept away. Back then, Vinita was still not born.
![An Eco-san toilet with a kitchen garden next to it](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1030749.jpg?itok=m8O-t8FL)
Channel Mandakini to its original course: GSI
Posted on 21 Jan, 2014 03:29 PMGSI report suggests channeling Mandakini river
![Uttarakhand floods (Source: The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/uttarakhand_flash_floods.jpg?itok=oCyVmOsp)