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Society, Culture, Religion and History
National seminar on affordable and acceptable sanitation for rural India, 2016
Posted on 14 Jan, 2016 08:25 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2366204790_ca2c825712_z_2.jpg?itok=zB5zDygh)
Right information and collective strength of people triumph!
Posted on 04 Jan, 2016 08:25 PM"More than eight villagers in Padapadar have died due to water-borne diseases such as typhoid, diarrhoea, jaundice, etc.
![A hand-pump installed at Padapadar village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hand-pump-s.jpg?itok=sMH90Kqr)
Defunct Delhi power plant could soon turn into a waste-to-energy unit
Posted on 04 Jan, 2016 09:48 AM![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9682791581_50ce54be8c_z.jpg?itok=6kZ7L9Cf)
The Last Builder of Naulas in Chatola, Nainital
Posted on 03 Jan, 2016 05:57 PMNo temple is as venerated in Uttarakhand as the little unassuming naulas. These small hut-like structures dot the mountains and hold within them a great treasure--water. Usually made of stone masonry with pyramid-like slate roofs, every naula respresents within it a residing spirit which can range from a simple stone piece to an ornately carved statue.
![Ratan Singh Bisht is one of the few people today who constructs naulas](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ratan_ji_2.jpg?itok=EwQaVryw)
Indigenous knowledge helps fisherfolk cope with floods
Posted on 03 Jan, 2016 05:39 PMDhemaji is one of the most flood-affected districts in Assam. Although the majority of its population depends on agriculture and sericulture, fishing and driftwood businesses are also practised on a smaller scale. People of Dhemaji are intimately associated with fish culture and capture for their livelihoods.
High frequency of floods and its effect on livelihoods
![Fisherfolk, traditional knowledge, and coping with disasters (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fishing_deepor_beel.jpg?itok=rintJUge)
Lounging by Laknavaram Cheruvu in Telangana
Posted on 24 Dec, 2015 01:21 PMErstwhile undivided Andhra Pradesh, like its neighbours Tamil Nadu and Karnataka, is a land of tanks. The ‘Cheruvus’, ‘Eris’ and ‘Keres’, as they are known in the respective regional languages, are irrigation tanks dug centuries ago by kings and philanthropists to feed thousands of acres of thirsty paddy fields.
![Laknavaram Cheruvu in Warangal, Telangana](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23281447282_6103da0757_z_0.jpg?itok=tTpnDic8)
Life and water at Rachenahalli lake
Posted on 22 Dec, 2015 02:04 PMRachenahalli is one of the few living lakes in north Bangalore. It is connected to water bodies upstream and downstream, particularly Jakkur Lake on the north-east. Both these lakes have been rejuvenated at substantial costs by the Bangalore Development Authority over the last decade.
![Rachenahalli Lake (Source: Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0779.jpg?itok=UJuMHPvI)
The importance of women in natural resources management
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 12:40 PMAlthough the state of Uttarakhand is rich in water and forest resources, its watersheds are under threat of wasting and erosion due to decreased forest cover, faulty agricultural practices, hydrologic imbalances and natural calamities. The growing population is further increasing the pressure on natural resources.
![Hill women and natural resources management (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/men_women_and_mountains.jpg?itok=77M_gTlx)
No new construction to be taken up on the Ganga: Government
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 11:11 AMGovernment decides not to allow new construction on the Ganga
![Ganga river at Sangam in Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934020083_c28c745673_b_0_0.jpg?itok=Cw6f7xDL)
A thousand streams spring back
Posted on 15 Dec, 2015 12:58 PMGovind Ram has seen the worst and best that man can do to nature.
![A view of Sahastradhara region from the ropeway (Source: Dr Umesh Behari Mathur/ Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8541717855_a6f0d5fd51_b.jpg?itok=rqEk-lnS)