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Society, Culture, Religion and History
Rurals move away from agriculture: Assocham
Posted on 02 Feb, 2014 10:08 PM'Rural job profile observes a significant change'
![Decline in agriculture (Source: Neil Palmer, CIAT)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/agriculture_2.jpg?itok=tWCtzlzi)
Authority bans sale of packaged drinking water without BIS mark
Posted on 02 Feb, 2014 10:07 PMNo sale of packaged drinking water without BIS mark: FSSAI
![Packaged drinking water (Source: Ricardo Bernando)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/packaged_drinking.jpg?itok=SGwZ2XWM)
Invite to 'Aimbootham Vizha – a Celebration of Five Elements of Nature', Poovulagin Nanbargal, Chennai
Posted on 30 Jan, 2014 01:25 PMAimbootham Vizha – a celebration of Five elements of Nature.
![](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/poovulagin_nanb.jpg?itok=6pNaH6Te)
Bird sanctuary Chilika designated 'Destination Flyways'
Posted on 29 Jan, 2014 12:29 PMChilika lagoon named as 'Destination Flyways' by UN
![Chilika bird sanctuary, Odisha (Source:Aditi Pany)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chilika_lagoon_0.jpg?itok=LtxgZQia)
Channel Mandakini to its original course: GSI
Posted on 21 Jan, 2014 03:29 PMGSI report suggests channeling Mandakini river
![Uttarakhand floods (Source: The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/uttarakhand_flash_floods.jpg?itok=oCyVmOsp)
More people power equals more progress
Posted on 20 Jan, 2014 09:42 AMClean surroundings, clean water and a clean toilet – as much as Cuttack, in Odisha is a thriving centre of trade and commerce, it lacked these three basic necessities. An exploratory survey was conducted in 2009 to understand why the city hadn't reached a better state of cleanliness.
![Community based management (Source: NFI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/community_based_mgt.png?itok=hc_euxQ1)
Which way will the water flow?
Posted on 15 Jan, 2014 11:07 PMIn the 60-odd years since we began managing our own resources, we have managed to throttle and poison all our rivers, suck our groundwater resources nearly dry and shave our forests bald. This is despite a great deal of effort, time, thought and resources that have gone into this 'management'.
![Ramaswamy Iyer, former Secretary Water Resources](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ramaswamy_iyer.jpg?itok=ma1-lOMP)
Sikkim's citizens say NO! to dams
Posted on 13 Jan, 2014 02:18 PMHydropower is considered as 'green' power and the Sikkim Government's policy has been to synchronize development imperatives with conscious efforts on environment sustainability. This paper presents the results of a survey carried out among communities living along a 54-km long project affected stretch of the Teesta river.
![Dams intensify the impact of earthquakes](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sikkimdam_from_sikkimonlineinfo.jpg?itok=xv3-wQj4)
Small schemes, big impact
Posted on 13 Jan, 2014 01:54 PMDespite being endowed with adequate rainfall, most parts of the Himalayas are considered water-stressed for both agricultural and domestic purposes. This is mainly due to the seasonality of precipitation, which is concentrated to the monsoon months. It remains dry for rest of the year.
![A recharge pit under construction (Source: HIMCON)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chaal_construction_jpg.jpg?itok=KwEImPNU)
Resource-rich Sikkim must save for its future
Posted on 13 Jan, 2014 01:30 PMThe term ‘water tower’ has been widely adopted to express the importance of mountains in providing freshwater to downstream areas. In fact, more than half of humanity relies on freshwater from mountain regions (UN's Food and Agriculture Organisation).
![A Mohaan, the source of springs or dharas.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mohaan.jpg?itok=e8RtDymj)