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Delhi to amicably settle water dispute with Haryana
Posted on 05 Jun, 2018 07:14 AMDelhi Jal Board decides to withdraw all cases against Haryana to amicably settle water dispute
![The parched Yamuna (Photo courtesy: The Indian Express)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/river_yamuna_-_the_indian_express.jpg?itok=sWnt8Drb)
Water supply crisis hits Shimla hard
Posted on 29 May, 2018 11:55 AMShimla reels under severe water crunch
![No water supply for seven consecutive days in Shimla leaves residents angry. (Photo courtesy: The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/shimla_water-_the_hindu.jpg?itok=dmzWxMVJ)
Not enough water, villagers look for solution
Posted on 25 May, 2018 06:03 PMThere seems to be no end to the drinking water crisis in the Bemetara district in Chhattisgarh. It is only becoming worse with every passing day. More than 40 percent of all the hand pumps installed in the district have run dry due to the depletion of groundwater level.
![Women of Bagledi struggle to get a pot of drinking water from one of the four stand posts.(Pics: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/28119050528_f158f99ed1_z.jpg?itok=eVRuZp_D)
Will boats float on Yamuna?
Posted on 23 May, 2018 11:38 AMHere's some good news for the people of Delhi. If the Centre is to be believed, Delhi is going the Kochi way and Yamuna waters will keep the traffic burden off the road much like Kochi’s backwaters and rivers.
![Yamuna in Delhi (Image: Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/del.jpg?itok=mOXhJyqk)
Centre’s draft Cauvery Management Scheme approved
Posted on 22 May, 2018 10:29 AMSC approves Centre’s draft scheme for sharing Cauvery river water among riparian states
![Draft scheme expected to ease distribution of Cauvery water.(Picture courtesy: Hindustan Times)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_water_0.jpeg?itok=AiCcR9Rg)
Indore bags India's cleanest city tag
Posted on 22 May, 2018 10:17 AMSwachh Survekshan 2018: Indore, Bhopal and Chandigarh emerge as India's top three clean cities
![Indore is India's cleanest city. (Picture courtesy: India.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/indore_swachh.jpg?itok=eRasndG0)
Sewage to blame, Dal turns dull
Posted on 17 May, 2018 01:09 PMSrinagar's prime tourist attraction, Dal Lake, is no more the scenic beauty it used to be. It's turning into an eyesore, thanks to sewage discharge and weed growth.
![A Kashmiri boy on a boat among lotus leaves on Dal Lake. (Pic courtesy: Safeena Wani/101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_lotus_leaves_in_dal_lake.jpg?itok=cVxOfNoa)
Hyderabad's sewage-filled drains cleaned manually
Posted on 15 May, 2018 07:50 AMAhead of monsoon, workers made to clean stormwater drains filled with sewage in Hyderabad
![Manual scavenging in a new avatar (Picture courtesy: The New Indian Express)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manual_scavenging_hyderabad.jpg?itok=SFsKIc2k)
Centre submits draft scheme on Cauvery water sharing
Posted on 15 May, 2018 07:07 AMCentre submits draft scheme on Cauvery river water sharing to the Supreme Court
![Contentious Cauvery (Picture courtesy: NDTV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery-ndtv_2.jpg?itok=EniOp-8a)
Disappearing waters of The Himalayas
Posted on 14 May, 2018 12:01 PMDelhi’s Jor Bagh metro station is the site of an ongoing photographic exhibition with thought-provoking images and narratives exploring escalating water crises Indian and Nepal Himalayas face.
![The photograph titled 'Nainital: Changing landscape in the Himalayas'. Image: Toby Smith, Pani-Pahar series](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead-pani-pahar.jpg?itok=FH-Uggvg)