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Land Acquisition
Towards a new horizontal water federalism
Posted on 09 Oct, 2019 08:04 PMThe execution of India’s institutional framework for preventing and solving conflicts over river water is still evolving. A new thinking on federalism in the field of water management to meet local aspirations and national ambition is needed.
![Odisha and Chhattisgarh have locked horns over the distribution of waters of the Mahanadi river at Hirakud dam (Image: Makarand Purohit, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mahanadi_0.jpg?itok=M4wrDxqS)
River as a cultural mosaic
Posted on 02 Oct, 2019 10:41 AM"River conversations are critical to re-evaluate histories, reconnect civilisations, cultures and peoples, ideas and regions and open streams of thought for a future with exciting possibilities," says Kishalay Bhattacharjee, Associate Professor and Vice Dean, Jindal School of Journalism and Communication who has conceptualized a new series of quarterly river conversations.
![Yamuna near Taj Mahal (Image: Flickr Commons, CC BY-NC-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna_6.jpg?itok=sCZ_ivE3)
India’s target to combat land degradation and desertification
Posted on 01 Oct, 2019 05:44 PMIndia finally announced that it would increase its targets of restoring degraded lands from 21 million hectares to 26 million hectares[1].
![Combating desertification and land degradation in semi-arid regions of Maharashtra, India (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desertification6.1.jpg?itok=bK5U13kg)
Thousands ignored while Sardar Sarovar dam fills to capacity
Posted on 10 Sep, 2019 02:50 PMSardar Sarovar dam fills up while ignoring thousands in submergence area
![Sardar Sarovar Dam via Wikimedia Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam_1.jpg?itok=RHj1SRg1)
Hydropower in the Himalayas: Potential and risks
Posted on 21 Aug, 2019 11:01 PMWorldwide, the demand for energy has risen significantly and quickly, leading to serious impacts on environmental sustainability and hindering global efforts to mitigate climate change. Hydropower, a leading renewable option has the additional benefits of water storage for agriculture and other uses.
![Hydel project near Kullu (Image: Nadir Hashmi, Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hydel-project-near-kullu-nadir-hashmi.jpg?itok=OOo5z_NY)
P Sainath: The water crisis is not caused by drought
Posted on 13 Aug, 2019 11:47 AMP Sainath has been documenting stories from rural India for over three decades now.
![Picture: The semi-arid regions of the Moyar-Bhavani River basin in Tamil Nadu. Picture credit: Prathigna Poonacha, Tanvi Deshpande; Indian Institute for Human Settlements from India Water Portal on Flickr. Picture used for representational purposes only](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24357205781_759ee198e1_z.jpg?itok=Pc70ynmu)
Springing back to life
Posted on 25 Jul, 2019 12:48 PMIn popular imagination, steeped in consumer culture, the hills are exotic and aesthetically sublime places to find solace away from busy urban life. This kind of imagination conveniently ignores and de-contextualizes the hills and the problems they face today. The Himalayas, often known as the Water Tower of Asia, are revered because many of the world's important rivers originate from them.
![Image source: Water Practitioners Network](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/0b159c_8c017bcfec9c421b9830502eafbd4979_mv2.png?itok=5FtAdI25)
Dibang hydel project gets approval
Posted on 24 Jul, 2019 04:27 PMCabinet approves Dibang hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh
![People protesting Dibang Hydropower Project (Source: SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dibang_hearing_boycott_1_march_12th_0_0_0.jpg?itok=jJIBXNCA)
Gender in hydropower development: A long way to go
Posted on 22 Jul, 2019 04:44 PMLarge dams, back in the game?
![Hirakud, India's oldest dam (Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hirakud_dam.jpg?itok=mvoT5Q7L)