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May 8, 2024
Ecosystem-based approach to water management: Key to Karnataka’s water future
What is the ecosystem based approach to water management? How can it help in solving the water woes of states in the Deccan Plateau?
An ecosystem based approach to water management (Image Source: India Water Portal)
January 25, 2024
Decoding the moody monsoon
This report by CEEW discusses the findings of a study on India’s first sub-district -level monsoon variability assessment to decode changing rainfall patterns across India during the southwest and northeast monsoon.
The moody monsoon (Image Source: Mayank Makhija via IWP Flickr photos)
August 16, 2023
Raindrops and Ripples
India Water Portal is hosting a photo competition on World Photography Day. Hurry, send us your photos before 31st August!
May 8, 2023
Adaptation and mitigation for monsoon extremes in the Indo Gangetic Plains
Warming will not only lead to a decline, but also trigger monsoon extremes in the Indo Gangetic Plains.
A woman wades through knee-deep water with her belongings. (Picture courtesy - 101Reporters) (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
May 4, 2023
The changing face of monsoon
Climate change is expected to have significant impacts on the Indian monsoon
As per the India Meteorological Department (IMD), instances of heavy rainfall have increased by almost 85% in the country since 2012 (Image: Marina, 2009,Wikimedia Commons)
April 4, 2023
Forests, water fountains of the skies
Forests greatly help in maintaining the water balance of nature by storing water during monsoons and making this water available during dry seasons. India urgently needs to save its forests to prevent droughts and the adverse effects of climate induced global warming.
Forests and soil moisture can act as buffers to store water during dry spells (Image Source: India Water Portal)
Europe's Rhine river inspires the Ganga revival
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:13 PM

Ganga clean-up takes its inspiration from the Rhine river
Ganga river at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Mysore ranks first in Swachh Bharat rankings
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 10 Aug, 2015 09:56 PM

South India performs better in the Swachh Bharat rankings
Mysore tops in Swachh Bharat Rankings (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)
Reflections on managing water: A book review
Scarcity, pollution, inequity, floods and drought -- words that are synonymous with water today. Is the water crisis for real or is it simply a case of mismanagement?
Indira Khurana
Romit Sen
Shilpi Jain
Posted on 06 Aug, 2015 05:40 PM

Water, a valuable resource that is magical and mystical, is both mistreated and misunderstood today. Jacques Yves Cousteau once said, "We convenientl
Water reflections: A new way of thinking & innovation
From abandonment to water abundance: Is it possible?
People know that water is crucial, and yet apathy abounds. Dr. Indira Khurana talks candidly on the issues concerning water and how this precious resource can be better managed.
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 06 Aug, 2015 05:39 PM

Dr.
The earth is water rich, but water is still scarce (Source:India Water Portal)
India set to become water scarce in 10 years
News this week
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 04 Aug, 2015 10:20 PM

India set to become water scarce in 10 years time: Govt tells Parliament
Water scarcity: A reality in 2025? (Source: Wikipedia)
Flawed embankment strategy converts Bihar into a watery grave
The engineering solutions put in place to tackle the issue of floods has created more problems than solutions in Bihar, says Dinesh Mishra in an interview.
Dinesh Kumar Mishra
Posted on 27 Jul, 2015 02:31 PM

Dr. Dinesh Kumar Mishra of Barh Mukti Abhiyaan, an authority on the river network of North Bihar speaks to India Water Portal about the flood problems, the skewed flood control policy of the Government, the Kosi breach of 2008 and the gargantuan interlinking of rivers project.
Floods in Bihar (Source: Usha Dewani, IWP)
Maharashtra tops India in farmers' suicide during 2014
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Jul, 2015 10:21 PM

Maharashtra recorded highest number of farmers' suicides during 2014
A farmer working on his field
Maharashtra's plan to seed clouds may sprout nothing
Altering cropping patterns and improving water management processes are better ways for the state to deal with drought than experimenting with inconclusive science.
Manu Moudgil
Posted on 15 Jul, 2015 10:19 PM

History tells of various methods by which people called upon the rains -- music, dance and religious rituals. The government of Maharashtra, however, plans to try out cloud seeding.
A Cessna 210 with cloud seeding equipment (Source: Wikipedia)
Heavy rains disrupt life in North India
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 14 Jul, 2015 09:49 AM

Monsoons in the North affect people and wildlife
Monsoon affects life in North India
Mantra for the Char Dham: Don't Panic!
The monsoons regularly lead to road blocks and panicking pilgrims being airlifted out of Garhwal. Can this repeated narrative change especially since the Char Dham isn't an ancient practice at all?
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 13 Jul, 2015 07:36 AM

'To be or not to be' may well be the new mantra for people undertaking the Himalayan Char Dham pilgrimage this year.
Pilgrims enroute to Kedarnath (Image: Sundaram + Annam)
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