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Surface Water
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)
Sutlej Yamuna Link canal row intensifies
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:44 AMSC sets aside Punjab's order quashing water-sharing agreement with Haryana
![Satluj river, Punjab (Source: Harpreet Riat/Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/syl_0.jpg?itok=AsIKteTG)
A city pond of its Aayi
Posted on 10 Nov, 2016 10:21 PMMuthirapalayam has figured prominently in Pondicherry’s water supply map for a couple of centuries, dominating especially during the French regime. Though the burgeoning population has necessitated the commissioning of alternate supply routes and source wells, the story of Muthirapalayam is like no other.
![Aayi Kulam is now completely dried up.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/30783709811_604dbf4782_z.jpg?itok=dqUZcg5A)
Angry, swirling waters
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 09:55 PM“The gravity of the Kedarnath disaster in June 2013, which killed thousands of people, shocked the public almost to the point of numbness”... begins the forward by Bill Aitken in Hridayesh Joshi’s account of the disaster Rage of the river: The untold story of the Kedarnath disaster. It’s a sentence which will whirl in your mind while you read Joshi’s book.
![Gori floods (Source: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gori_floods_0_0.jpg?itok=_JV7wkqA)
Kerala declares its districts drought-hit
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 09:51 AMAll 14 districts in Kerala have been declared drought-hit
![Parched land during drought in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204443460_8d38ce367a_z_0.jpg?itok=mJGyq9eV)
MGNREGA facing fund crunch
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 09:30 AMMore fund over the budgetary allocation sought for MGNREGA
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0.jpg?itok=K-PALuaF)
Should wildlife suffer in the name of water?
Posted on 06 Nov, 2016 09:47 PMSet in India-ka-dil, Madhya Pradesh, is the unending expanse of Panna.
![Ken river flows through Panna tiger reserve. (Source: K Gagan, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ken-river-panna-tiger-resreve-k-gagan-wikimedia-commons.jpg?itok=bMyWQzRZ)
Reviving pond naturally
Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 09:51 PMFor hundreds of years, tanks, both big and small, served people and cattle alike in Tamil Nadu. Chennai’s neighbouring district of Kancheepuram was the the wealthiest when it came to water through these means.
![The renovated Samathamman temple pond in Kooram.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/30616277851_48164d7f9b_z.jpg?itok=knBf6Gm1)
Maha battle over water
Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 12:07 PMIt’s a battle that dates back to 1957. Two states of India--Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Odisha--have fought fiercely over the water of the Mahanadi they share. When Chhattisgarh was carved out of MP in 2000, it inherited both the Mahanadi and the conflict with Odisha over its water.
![Mahanadi river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc05648tps.jpg?itok=RqUC3Qns)
Saving inland fisherfolk
Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 06:07 AMIn his late 30s, Nilesh Heda is a renowned expert on issues related to fishing communities and wetland ecology. While doing his PhD on fish diversity, he worked with the fishing communities in Vidarbha in Maharashtra.
![Dr Nilesh Heda](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nilesh-small.jpg?itok=TfuyIHdO)