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Society, Culture, Religion and History
Rift over Indus Water Treaty continues
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:45 PMConflict between India and Pakistan over Indus Water Treaty continues
![Indus river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9245084431_9e540906f3_z.jpg?itok=q7FwhF27)
Traditional ways to water security
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:15 PMAlthough droughts are not new in India, we are seeing more of it of late.
![A traditional pond in the fort city of Charkhari, Bundelkhand. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a_traditional_talaab_in_bundelkhand.jpg?itok=ivm9x0ou)
Wai celebrates Krishnabai Utsav
Posted on 29 Nov, 2016 01:22 PMThe Krishnabai Utsav, a festival celebrating and revering the river Krishna as it flows through Wai, begins tomorrow in the town of
![The river Krishna at Wai (Source: Makarand Shende)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/river_krishna_4.jpg?itok=vNYOKtz7)
Flood risk to Himalayan hydropower projects: Study
Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 11:57 AMGlacial lakes pose flood risk to 441 hydel projects in Himalayan region
![A glacier-fed stream in Himachal Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14642767669_a7d9f260c9_z.jpg?itok=Qr9h-sMy)
No land for nomads
Posted on 24 Nov, 2016 10:38 PMDhangars, a semi-nomadic group in Maharashtra, are traditionally pastoralists.
![Dhangars are pastoralists in Maharashtra. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dhangars_1.jpg?itok=28ZUcaGF)
Twin lakes of Bhoj
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 10:10 PMThe Bhoj wetland is situated in the heart of Bhopal district in Madhya Pradesh. The wetland consists of two man-made lakes--the upper lake and the lower lake.
![Raja Bhoj statue at the upper lake.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0119tp1s.jpg?itok=KmSnJ-rd)
SYL crisis: Punjab demands payment for water
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 06:21 AMThree states will have to pay for water: Punjab House
![Yamuna river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_holy_yamuna_river.jpg?itok=YC7oGAZb)
Understanding Groundwater: A course by ACWADAM, January 2-17, 2017
Posted on 19 Nov, 2016 09:36 AMAbout: Advanced Center for Water Resources Development and Management (ACWADAM) is conducting a fifteen-day training programme on basic hydrogeology or groundwater science, for professionals from civil society organisations or NGOs.
Water sharing: Beyond economic concerns
Posted on 15 Nov, 2016 11:49 AMThe Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin is the third largest river flow system in the world with an annual runoff about 1,150 billion cubic meters (BCM) and the peak outflow of 1,41,000 cumecs.
![The lower Ganga, just upstream of Farakka, displays bank cutting and erosion. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farakka_barrage.jpg?itok=q7gAzwtQ)
NGT raps Delhi government over air pollution
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:59 AMEnvironment minister calls Delhi pollution 'emergency situation'
![Delhi shrouded in smog. (Source: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy/Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5543835085_26a8a47275_b.jpg?itok=HV-L0Ghf)