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Rainfall and other forms of Precipitation
Spike in farmer suicides
Posted on 21 Aug, 2016 08:47 PMIndia witnesses 40 percent rise in farmer suicides in a year
![A farmer in his field. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_8_0.jpg?itok=OMozgQZX)
Encroachment behind Chennai floods: Panel
Posted on 21 Aug, 2016 08:36 PMEncroachment of lakes and riverbeds caused Chennai floods: Panel
![Rescue efforts during Chennai's floods. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23431905981_443a72901a_z_1.jpg?itok=FA3_adIr)
Interlinking project needs reanalysis: IIT Study
Posted on 16 Aug, 2016 09:53 AMNot enough water available for interlinking rivers: IIT study
![Interlinking of rivers (Source: NIH)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/interlinking1_0.jpg?itok=oK5Q7nxa)
Children of a lesser God
Posted on 09 Aug, 2016 10:32 PMIn what is considered the worst flood in a decade, the flood in Assam this year has swept over 2,800 villages away and submerged more than two lakh hectares of crop. More than 26 lakh people have been affected in 28 out of 34 districts of the state.
![Children take refuge in temporary shelters. (Photo source: Jhai Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13585182_1036590993084995_4720323691581569427_o_1.jpg?itok=S94sCDSM)
Assam, Bihar reel under severe flood
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:13 PMOne of the worst floods in Assam and Bihar
![Flood in Bihar. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2246719146_1b717bbdcf_z.jpg?itok=Nt9tLGWj)
Thanks to dirty water, Indian children stunted
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:39 PMIndia has largest number of stunted children in the world: Study
![Stunting in children highest in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9065795548_9bd67e75af_z.jpg?itok=g8iH93Xu)
Floods wreak havoc in many parts of the country
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 04:27 PMFloods grip many parts of the country
![Flooded Simen river in Brahmaputra basin (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319712715_526f82ab7f_z_1.jpg?itok=lgvWXFdx)
Farm ponds save village from drought
Posted on 21 Jun, 2016 09:09 AMVikram Patel, a 71-year-old farmer in Chidavad village of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh is one of the first farmers to have embraced the idea of farm ponds to increase the groundwater level in his farm.
![Vikram Patel near his farm pond in Chidavad.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0004es.jpg?itok=5l6BCsNU)
Environmental disaster in the face of climate change
Posted on 08 Jun, 2016 12:30 PMMarathwada has been witnessing severe drought over the last few years. This year has seen the worst with many farmer suicides reported [1].
![Farmers, stuck in the midst of a crisis (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_7.jpg?itok=8Kq2PgR5)
Bye bye El Nino; more rains this year!
Posted on 01 Jun, 2016 10:02 PMAbove normal rainfall for India as El Nino comes to an end
![Downpour in Bihar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2245920465_b010a7ff2f_z_1_0.jpg?itok=5v0q1y_u)