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Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands
Adapting to floods and improving lifestyles could give us some clues to finding an alternative to embankments
Posted on 29 Oct, 2015 01:46 PMDr Molden, you have visited Dihiri in Dhemaji district and Borsala in Lakhimpur districts. Both these villages are the worst flood affected villages of the region. You also interacted with the communities in these two villages. What was the purpose of this visit? Please share your experiences.
![In conversation with Dr Molden (Source: Monoj Gogoi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dr_molden1.jpg?itok=TeSeZel0)
Srinagar's Dal Lake shrinks by 36% in the last 37 years
Posted on 26 Oct, 2015 09:43 PMStudy shows half of Srinagar's water bodies have disappeared in the past century
![Dal Lake in Srinagar (Source: McKay Savage via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-india_-_srinagar_-_020_-_reflection_on_dal_lake_3918582051.jpg?itok=lG4c4ATS)
Monsoon 2015: Nearly half of Indian districts reeling under drought
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 11:38 PMMonsoon leaves the country with 39% area still parched
![Drought affected area in Karnataka (Source: Pushkarv via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drought_affected_area_in_karnataka_india_2012_0.jpg?itok=ekkNdvhV)
Training on Monitoring and Evaluation of Development Interventions
Posted on 01 Oct, 2015 12:46 PMCourse Objectives:
At the completion of the training programme, the participants would be able to
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A pond comes to life
Posted on 22 Sep, 2015 10:42 AMIt had not rained for awhile and the tiny cracks in the earth in Bapugaon were opening up. This little village in Chaksu tehsil of Jaipur was yet again faced with a drought in the mid 1980s. The situation was aggravated in 1986 when the river Dhund, an important water source for Bapugaon, went dry. Since then, both the quantity and quality of water started deteriorating.
![More than just physical rehabilitation of a water body, says Kalyan ji of Bapugaon](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kalyan-ji-vdc-president-bapugaon1_1.jpg?itok=nFlR4AiS)
Sunderbans and Siachen glacier to become trans-boundary protected area
Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 10:25 PMSunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area
![Farm fields in the Sunderbans (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3603694941_cd511a01ae_z.jpg?itok=WavujP-B)
The curious case of Kolkata's missing water bodies
Posted on 25 Aug, 2015 12:26 PMMohit Ray of Vasundhara has written two books--"Five Thousand Mirrors: The Water Bodies of Kolkata”
![Bhukailash - a water body in Kolkata; Image: Mohit Ray](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bhukailash1.jpg?itok=LRgETpZh)
Catching rain in the land of "too much water"
Posted on 23 Aug, 2015 08:16 PMEven in the remotest village of Assam, you would often find one saying ‘paanir nisina daam’ (meaning as cheap as water) or ‘paanir nisina xorol’ (as simple as water) over a good bargain or an easy task. Water is, almost always, associated with simplicity and abundance.
But those were the good old days.
![Children drinking rainwater collected in tanks at Melamati Government Junior Basic School, Jorhat (Assam).](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rainwater_harvesting_tank.jpg?itok=YH_3r9q9)
Creaking cities, vanishing ecosystems
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:43 PMEcosystems are complex functioning units that include living as well as non living entities and build on interdependent relationships among these living resources, surrounding habitats and reside
![Ecosystems and their role in climate change resilience](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rivers_the_life_lines_of_communities_1.jpg?itok=O0hKOgra)
Mysore ranks first in Swachh Bharat rankings
Posted on 10 Aug, 2015 09:56 PMSouth India performs better in the Swachh Bharat rankings
![Mysore tops in Swachh Bharat Rankings (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2295195787_8d515ff28c_z_1_0.jpg?itok=uiNLWpPq)