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Conserving Palk Bay
Posted on 28 Nov, 2017 04:04 PMThe Palk Bay is a 15,000 sq km biodiversity conglomeration nestled between the island nation of Sri Lanka and South East Peninsula India with a coastal length of 250 km on the Indian side.
![The Palk Bay (Source: GIZ)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/palk_bay.jpg?itok=hf4m_5Ho)
Toilet use in Uttarakhand: A mountainous issue
Posted on 23 Nov, 2017 02:36 PM“Sometimes I go for open defecation, sometimes I use the toilet. It’s not like I always have to use the toilet. When I go for work here and there, I defecate in the jungle,” says Renu from one of the remote villages in Tehri Garwal district of Uttarakhand when asked why she does not use latrines every day.
![Tanks and canals form the water supply system in a remote Uttarakhand village. (Image source: Chicu Lokgariwar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_supply_uttarakhand.jpg?itok=Xpm9y6Bi)
India Industry Water Conclave on Nov 28, 2017 at FICCI, New Delhi
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 10:12 AMThe theme for the Conclave this year is “Water Use Efficiency: An Imperative for India” to highlight the imperative of water use efficiency in the industry, agriculture and urban contexts.
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Are people in villages less thirsty?
Posted on 18 Oct, 2017 07:49 PMIn India, there has been a stunning growth of inequality in the last 25 years and a spectacular growth of inequality in the last 15 years. It is not just a question of wealth and income; inequality is visible in every sector. It is visible in water whether (it is) water for irrigation or drinking water.
![An upcoming building in Mumbai has a pool on every floor. At the same time, migrant labourers rely on tapping municipal leakages for their drinking water. India has more inequality than the rest of the world.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cover_image_0.jpg?itok=j5oDER5y)
What it means to be water rich
Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 06:16 AMI grew up in the Konkan, drinking water from a well that was filled by rainwater, filtered through the area's laterite aquifers and “fortified” by the leaves shed by the jackfruit tree above it. And then I moved to Pune, where I came across a cloudy, salty, heavy liquid that passed for water.
![One bottle of water or 65 open wells? That's the Rs 65 lakh question!](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/beverly_cover_0.jpg?itok=ha8ANcgg)
Saving kunds of Vrindavan
Posted on 23 Sep, 2017 12:16 PMVrindavan, the small dusty twin town of Mathura in Uttar Pradesh, has a special place in the Hindu mythology. This is where Lord Krishna is believed to have spent most of his childhood and adolescence. The river Yamuna straddles through the town, a hot destination for thousands of devotees lining up for a dip in it every day.
![Ancient man-made small water bodies known as kunds are being revived through an NGO's efforts. (Image source: Braj Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/brahma_kund_after_restoration_1.jpg?itok=K0y3gezG)
Citizens participate in mapping Bengaluru’s groundwater
Posted on 14 Sep, 2017 11:34 AMThe problem of Bengaluru’s water is well known.
![Talapariges, the small traditional water bodies of Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr photo by Mallikarjuna Hosapalya)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2640566205_ea69994db4_z_2.jpg?itok=Dlm0bh_1)
Does farm loan waiver save farmers from loan sharks?
Posted on 12 Sep, 2017 10:43 AMThe Devendra Fadnavis government in Maharashtra has decided to expand the coverage of Rs 34,022-crore farm loan waiver scheme to extend the benefit to farmers indebted since 2009. The government had earlier said 89 lakh farmers would benefit from the scheme. The expansion of the scheme's ambit means the number of farmers, as well as the amount, will rise.
![A poor farmer is always at the mercy of loan sharks. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_9.jpg?itok=rAwnlas6)
Tackling encephalitis: The sanitation connect
Posted on 04 Sep, 2017 04:58 AMGorakhpur is back in the news with 42 more children dying in 48 hours at one of the biggest hospitals here--Baba Raghav Das Medical College Hospital or BRD hospital.
![Sanitation plays an important part in preventing encephalitis. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sanitation_encephalitis_0.jpg?itok=zyJOchTd)
Mangroves: The green coast guard
Posted on 23 Aug, 2017 07:09 PMIn our effort to make space for infrastructural developments, India's green cover is declining at an alarming rate. The overall mangrove cover in the country stands at 4,740 sq. km., which is 0.14 sq. km of India’s overall geographical area.
![Mangrove nursery (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mangrove_nursery_0.jpg?itok=bf68a-Aa)