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Rivers
Knowing Kamla’s sorrow could control Bihar floods
Posted on 08 Jun, 2016 07:41 PM“When I was a boy, a family and their livestock could feed on just one crop for three years,” says Jugal Mandal of Sakhwar village in Darbhanga district. “For the last five years though, the village fields have been fallow because we have not had water,” he adds.
![A young girl leads her buffaloes in search of water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/searching_for_water.jpg?itok=L_wHaDjl)
At Simhastha, govt fishes in Kshipra’s troubled waters
Posted on 05 Jun, 2016 07:05 AMThe Madhya Simhastha Maha Kumbh festival, the religious extravaganza that happens once in every 12 years, was held in Ujjain from April 22-May 21, 2016.
![Kshipra before Shahi Snan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0220es.jpg?itok=IOXdBOPj)
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)
Subarnarekha is dying. Who’s responsible?
Posted on 28 May, 2016 05:46 PMIt would not be an exaggeration to say Subarnarekha (Line of gold) is a film that left an indelible mark on Indian cinema. The film, by Ritwik Ghatak, is inspired by a river by the same name and narrates the reality around the river which flows through the present day Jharkhand, West Bengal and Odisha, before draining into the Bay of Bengal.
![India’s steel city dumps its waste into Subarnarekha, the river of gold](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/subarnarekha-mango.jpg?itok=A1X24JKt)
Formulate National Plan on drought management: SC to Centre
Posted on 17 May, 2016 05:28 PMSC directs Centre to prepare National Disaster Plan, implement MGNREGA, Food Security Act to tackle drought
![Drought affected area in Karnataka (Source: Pushkarv via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drought_affected_area_in_karnataka_india_2012_0_0_0.jpg?itok=iZdPKjyI)
Two states, a canal and a river
Posted on 17 May, 2016 11:21 AM‘Jat’ reservation and the rampage on a canal
![Munak canal to check seepage losses along the Western Yamuna Canal and to augment its supply](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/munak-clc1.jpg?itok=zfYuvxf_)
Drought-hit States seek more funds from Centre
Posted on 10 May, 2016 02:21 PMUP, Maharshtra and Karnataka seeks more funds from Centre to tackle drought
![Nation suffers from one of the worst drought (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204443460_8d38ce367a_z_1_0.jpg?itok=kENSBz5M)
NGT disallows any construction around Bengaluru lakes
Posted on 10 May, 2016 09:59 AMNo construction around Bellandur-Agara lakes: NGT
![Residential complexes around a lake in Bengaluru (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23458775979_100e74c42f_z_0.jpg?itok=IVf9DqFw)
SC orders shifting of IPL matches out of Maharashtra
Posted on 03 May, 2016 02:49 PMShift IPL matches out of Maharashtra: SC
![Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (Source: Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wankhede_icc_wcf.jpg?itok=IYTiWDLd)
Heat wave claims 300 lives; Telangana, Odisha and Andhra worst hit
Posted on 03 May, 2016 11:37 AMHeat wave claims 300 lives across the country
![Heat wave engulfs the country (Source: PTI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/heat_wave_man_washes_head_with_cold_water_0.jpg?itok=h5u9OxZo)