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Gujarat among the most water-starved states in India:UN
Posted on 15 Apr, 2014 09:10 PMGujarat among the most water-starved states in India: UN
![Water scarcity in Gujarat (Source: WebGovernments)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/angola_water-scarcity2.jpg?itok=zdFFQVPg)
Close 23 out of 24 hydel projects in Uttarakhand: SC committee
Posted on 15 Apr, 2014 09:09 PMSC committee rejects 23 of 24 hydel projects in Uttarakhand
![Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand (Source:Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bhagirathi_river_at_gangotri.jpg?itok=hDOTjpWB)
IPCC alarms India of a severe water shortage
Posted on 06 Apr, 2014 06:23 PMIPCC releases its climate change report, alarms India of severe water shortage
![Himalayan lake in Sikkim (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/crows_lake_in_north_sikkim.jpg?itok=IPuk8tu-)
Water for friends- for free!
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 03:17 PM“Water flows humbly to the lowest level. Nothing is weaker than water, yet for overcoming what is hard and strong, nothing surpasses it.”– Lao Tzu
![Water reservoir at Mima village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/woman_collecting_water_from_village_reservoir_at_mima.jpg?itok=_VxgT34p)
Ancient engineering marvels of Tamil Nadu
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 02:06 PMSouth India has a rich tradition of tanks with the three southern states of Tamil Nadu, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh contributing to close to 92% of the total irrigation by tanks in the 1970s. Two decades later, this number dwindled to close to 53%. A decade after that, in 2001, the total contribution of tank irrigation in all of India was estimated to be just around 5.18%.
![Small tank near Thalambedu in Kanchipuram](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_3089.jpg?itok=X7wSgRFV)
Alternative farming method in Karnal
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 01:24 PMKalwaheri is a village of over thousand households comprising mostly of small farmers and landless people tucked away in Karnal, Haryana. The district, once the birth place of the Green Revolution, is now far from green.
![Seed-fertilizer drill in use at Kalwaheri village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/harpreet.jpg?itok=OkzwG7VV)
Fishing for shrimp in Haryana’s farmlands
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 01:08 PMMile after mile of saline lands line the Delhi-Rohtak-Bhiwani stretch of the highway. Here, the land wasn't always saline, it became that way thanks to canal irrigation. Farmers have used extensive surface water, which has led to an increase in groundwater levels. This leads to the twin problem of waterlogging and salinity.
![Tiger shrimp production at Rohtak; Source: CIFE](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tiger_shrimp_copy.jpg?itok=qERI59bu)
South Sikkim adapts to climate change
Posted on 02 Apr, 2014 12:11 AMClimate change poses a threat to all. Be it forests, water or agriculture- it affects everything. India's Northeast, particularly, has witnessed a great deal of this impact. Sikkim, the physical bridge between the Northeast and mainland India, is also bearing the brunt of climate change in a myriad ways with agriculture and water bearing the most pronounced repercussions.
![Climate change affects agriculture](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/climate_change_affects_agriculture.jpg?itok=96RBXwIo)
Maharashtra reels under hail storms and unseasonal rainfall
Posted on 31 Mar, 2014 11:23 PMMaharashtra reels under hail storms
![Unseasonal rainfall in Mumbai (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mumbai_india_monsoon_clouds.jpg?itok=VCfmAvle)