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Society, Culture, Religion and History
Water, water, everywhere
Posted on 09 Sep, 2016 05:42 PMThe city of Udaipur is all about its lakes. If Pichola gets the maximum tourist footfall, the scenic beauty of Fateh Sagar invites solitude lovers. The Udai Sagar lake in the east, which remained the first line of defence for the city, now meets the industrial need for water.
![Pichola lake attracts maximum tourists.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0401.jpg?itok=LCXruAWk)
The nature of trade
Posted on 07 Sep, 2016 11:30 PMKanchi Kohli is a researcher, writer and campaigner working on environment, forest and biodiversity governance in India and their interface with trade and industrialisation.
![The environment, sustainability and business interests. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/enviroment1_0.jpg?itok=1fyYQQLs)
People of two states join hands to save the Mahanadi
Posted on 07 Sep, 2016 04:29 PMThe Mahanadi is the lifeline of the people of both Chhattisgarh and Odisha, as it the most important water source for the farmers and other citizens of both these states to meet their domestic and livelihood needs.
![Panel Discussion on the inter-state water dispute between Chhattisgarh and Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/forum_meeting.png?itok=nZc5xNA1)
SC urges Karnataka to share water with TN
Posted on 06 Sep, 2016 09:18 AMRelease water to Tamil Nadu: SC to Karnataka
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_river.jpg?itok=HqvX2P0_)
Training Workshop on Understanding and Resolving Water Conflicts in India
Posted on 05 Sep, 2016 04:36 PMDignity and self-respect to drive Swachh Bharat
Posted on 29 Aug, 2016 01:14 PM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9065802504_edf977b46b_z.jpg?itok=0G-Q9Wwu)
Manual scavenging: The caste connection
Posted on 24 Aug, 2016 09:07 PMManual scavenging has been glorified since the time of Mahatma Gandhi. It hasn’t changed now with prime minister Narendra Modi describing it as an “experience in spirituality”. Manual scavenging is dehumanising. And despite the laws created to abolish it, the news of manual scavenging and manual scavengers dying in sewers and septic tanks are not unheard of.
![A manual scavenger at work. (Source: Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manual_scavengers_0_0.jpg?itok=M7D42-e1)
Water warriors at work
Posted on 24 Aug, 2016 09:31 AMThe pitiful state of some of the water bodies in the country, coupled with the sheer apathy of the government, have forced some well-meaning citizens to come out of their comfort zones and make a difference. Some of these efforts, like the Puttenahalli lake in Bengaluru that is now overflowing with clean water, have been successful, while others are ongoing.
![Citizens of Udaipur get together to remove water hyacinth from the Pichhola lake.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/udaipur.jpg?itok=rqIe7sEd)
Forts of fortune: How the Marathas saved water
Posted on 20 Aug, 2016 02:27 PMIn the olden times, people knew the importance of water and had devised a number of techniques to manage and conserve water resources. These efforts not only met the drinking water needs of the people, but also helped the survival of livestock and agriculture in areas where perennial rivers were absent and the population depended on rains and often faced water scarcity or droughts.
![One of the hill forts in Maharashtra. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sinhagad_fort_0.jpg?itok=B8RWoERd)
Staying afloat, one stepwell at a time
Posted on 19 Aug, 2016 01:09 PM"Jatene dekho utene bawri" (wherever you look, there’s a stepwell). This is how the woman standing on the threshold of her house, in the walled city of Jodhpur, told us when we asked where we could find stepwells in her neighbourhood.
![Toorji ka jhalra, one of the step ponds that attracts tourists in Jodhpur.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0148.jpg?itok=4eDC2J_l)