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Rs 10,000 crore boost for fisheries
Posted on 06 Feb, 2018 01:08 PMRs 10,000 crore set aside to boost fisheries, aquaculture and animal husbandry: Budget 2018-19
![Fishing livelihoods (Picture courtesy: Conservation India)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fisheries_conservation_india.jpg?itok=gBWWpNpV)
Open water data for integrated water science
Posted on 23 Jan, 2018 03:30 PMUnderstanding water in all its forms in every part of the water cycle is vital to ensuring its sustainable and equitable management. Whether there is a scarcity of water or an excess of it, knowing precisely the quantum of water, whether underground in aquifers, embedded in the soil as soil moisture or in numerous lakes, reservoirs and rivers is vital.
![Image courtesy NASA](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gpm_accumulation_1080p.00336_print.jpg?itok=3aY_HYy-)
Alternative Futures: India Unshackled
Posted on 22 Jan, 2018 10:39 AMAlternative Futures: India Unshackled is a book that brings together scenarios of an India that is politically and socially egalitarian, radically democratic, economically sustainable and equitable, and socio-culturally diverse and harmonious.
![Alternative Futures: India Unshackled](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cover_image_0.png?itok=7RK-oBj-)
Waste away, Ambikapur shows way
Posted on 19 Jan, 2018 11:37 AMAmbikapur has become a role model for all the urban local bodies (ULBs) in Chhattisgarh for its successful solid liquid resource management (SLRM). Thanks to Ritu Sen, former collector of Ambikapur and her team for taking the initiative to clean the city and for bringing the women's self-help groups (SHGs) together for this noble cause.
![A worker carries household waste to the SLRM centres at Ambikapur.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24777072857_f0051e8b46_o.jpg?itok=84SLa6ZZ)
Solar power solves water supply issue
Posted on 10 Jan, 2018 09:28 AMThe Makhala village is located in the Amravati district in the southwestern Satpura mountain ranges. Situated at 959 m above mean sea level, this Maharashtra village has 352 households with a population of 1045. Although accessible by road in all seasons, the village is isolated and surrounded by forests. The nearest village is Semadoh at a distance of 12 km.
![Makhala village in Amravati district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/38175014604_d6e0a57579_z.jpg?itok=4XiBBOWN)
Protest in Chennai to save the Ennore Creek
Posted on 09 Jan, 2018 08:59 AMSaving the Ennore Creek: Chennai fisherfolk stage Jal Satyagraha
![The Ennore creek smothered on all sides by thermal power plants. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31283510824_3a389abcff.jpg?itok=BPdjFSc1)
IRCTC to use excess groundwater from mines
Posted on 03 Jan, 2018 10:13 AMIRCTC signs MoU with Coal India to extract groundwater from mines
![Water at coal mines in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/33389296166_7846b8aff6_z.jpg?itok=stT_vj4o)
Hotels and industries polluting the Ganga to be sealed
Posted on 27 Dec, 2017 11:43 AMHotels, industries, ashrams polluting the Ganga to be sealed
![Ganga river at Sangam, Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ganga_river_sangam_0.jpg?itok=7gH9p0KB)
Does sanitation really matter to us?
Posted on 04 Dec, 2017 04:05 PMSocial media has brought the world to our desktop where information is available at the click of a button. The issues now are not just related to a particular community, region, state, or country; they are global. We get attached to them directly or indirectly and share our opinions on them, which is an easy and powerful way to contribute towards addressing issues we care about.
![An initiative to prepare women to be sanitation ambassadors to provide strength to sanitation drives in their villages.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sm1.jpg?itok=ufvb-qyo)
For a better Bandi
Posted on 01 Dec, 2017 05:12 PMA seasonal river in Pali, Rajasthan, the Bandi is nothing short of a sewer. The textile town has witnessed rampant industrial growth, raw sewage discharges and toxic contamination of its waters. The river, which is devoid of lean season flow, is polluted up to 55 km downstream. The river water is unfit for drinking as well as irrigation.
![Mahaveer Singh Sukarlai speaks at the India Rivers Day.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mahaveer-lead.jpg?itok=nliH7Zo7)