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Rainfall and other forms of Precipitation
Zabo: The art of impounding water
Posted on 06 Aug, 2014 01:37 PMLocated at an altitude of 1270 metres , Kikruma, a quaint village nestled in a rainshadowed area of Phek district of Nagaland is a wonder. Centuries ago, the village evolved a self-organizing system to take care of its water, forest and farm management. ‘Zabo’, which means 'impounding water', is an ingenious method of catching rainwater from running off the mountains.
![Ponds as reservoirs for paddy fields located below](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/zabo.jpg?itok=JWNhxrWJ)
Solutions to Indore's water problems don't have to be so expensive!
Posted on 02 Aug, 2014 01:46 PMIn the last five decades, Indore, in Madhya Pradesh, has witnessed a substantial increase in urbanisation and industrialisation. Its population has also increased from 5,60,936 in 1971 to 2,167,447 in 2011 (Census 2011).
![Waiting for water tankers in Indore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0184-1.jpg?itok=KVHKu2Zf)
Parliament gives nod to Polavaram irrigation project
Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 02:09 PMParliament passes the Andhra Pradesh Reorganisation (Amendment) Bill
![Godavari river delta in AP (Source: Aditya Madhav)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dowleswaram_barrage_near_rajahmundry_on_river_godavari.jpg?itok=pD8TIPzP)
Indian monsoon under recovery mode
Posted on 22 Jul, 2014 02:01 PMMonsoon covers entire nation, raises hopes of recovery
![Heavy rainfall in Muzaffarpur, Bihar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2245920465_b010a7ff2f_z.jpg?itok=VSDRp6Fu)
June 2014: The driest June in 113 years!
Posted on 08 Jul, 2014 09:40 AMIndia receives only 85.8 mm of rain this June
![June 2014: driest since 1901](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11187099345_653d8def04_z.jpg?itok=I7d3Om38)
Compensate affected farmers: HC to Narmada Authority
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 09:07 AMHigh Court raps Narmada Authority over incomplete canal work
![State of an irrigation canal at Khargone district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9713919205_c25c00559b_z.jpg?itok=jlifJWn-)
Global surface temperature breaks earlier records
Posted on 24 Jun, 2014 05:30 PMGlobal surface temperature breaks past records
![Severe heat hits all (Source: Deccan Chronicle)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/india_heat_kand_2.jpg?itok=SDfucfsM)
IMD predicts less rainfall thanks to strong El Nino
Posted on 17 Jun, 2014 11:02 PMStrong El Nino, less rainfall this year: IMD
![IMD predicts strong El Nino (Source: MSN Weather)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8b6194db8b950dfdc5b48d52fc67.jpg?itok=HDENOAu3)
Water allocation to stay the same for Telangana and Andhra
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 11:08 AMTelangana formed but no change in water allocation
![Telangana boundaries (Source: Aditya Madhav)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/telangana_express_secunderabad_-_sirpur_express_route_map.png?itok=FIw9sBg2)
Sunshine water in Uttarakhand
Posted on 21 May, 2014 10:50 AMChurerdhar, a mountain village in Uttarakhand suffered from a lack of safe potable water. Here, hand pumps used to dry up in the summer and a natural spring 1.5 km away from the cluster of homes that housed 300 people, was the only other source of water. That was its plight in 2002.
Existing water sources
![Sunshine water for Chureddhar Village, Uttarakhand](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pic1_0.png?itok=Pif70zb7)