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Surface Water
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)
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)
Improved sanitation can reduce diarrhoea cases by 47%
Posted on 14 Jan, 2014 06:41 PMImproved sanitation can reduce diarrhoea cases by 47%: World Bank
![Sanitation means good health (www.thinkaboutit.eu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sani.jpeg?itok=Im7AC4gH)
Big steel firms illegally mined Rs. 45,000 Cr worth
Posted on 14 Jan, 2014 06:40 PMCorporates like Tata Steel, Essel Mining violate green laws in Odisha
![Illegal Ironore mining in Odisha (Indialatest.org)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/iron.jpeg?itok=hDuUZdUm)
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)
Free water for the Capital
Posted on 08 Jan, 2014 12:04 PMTwo days into power, AAP announced free water
![Free water but for how long? (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aap.jpg?itok=ffvPL_Bw)
Despite government funding, only 30% urban slums have toilets
Posted on 08 Jan, 2014 12:03 PMWelfare schemes not of much use to urban slums
![Toilet-less in urban slums (Source: bbc.co.uk)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet_5.jpg?itok=7pYsNCqQ)