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Rejuvenating traditional water system in Maharashtra
Posted on 02 Aug, 2016 09:44 AMMalguzari tanks were ponds made for water harvesting by the Malguzaars, who were zamindars or tenants in eastern Vidarbha, Maharashtra two centuries ago.These tanks provided water for irrigation and also increased the availability of fish for local consumption.
![Janbhora Malguzari tank in Bhandara](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/janbhora_tank_in_bhandara_district.jpg?itok=i28MQ1HM)
Riverbed off limits, farmers fume
Posted on 01 Aug, 2016 08:23 PMChampa Devi has been working as a sharecropper on a two-acre farm at Nilothi village in west Delhi. Until a few years ago, the water she used for irrigation came from the Najafgarh drain that empties into the Yamuna river. This form of cultivation using waste water was a norm in the area till sometime ago.
![Thousands of farmers like Champa Devi (in pic) who were growing edible crops or doing fodder cultivation on the riverbed and its floodplains took the brunt of the court’s decision.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/champa-kewat_0.jpg?itok=ot4vx_ZF)
NGT gets strict over notification of wetlands
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:53 PMNGT orders CWRA to meet every month for identification of wetlands
![A wetland in Assam. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11799415546_e40abe974f_z.jpg?itok=3N3TBXXj)
Thanks to dirty water, Indian children stunted
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:39 PMIndia has largest number of stunted children in the world: Study
![Stunting in children highest in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9065795548_9bd67e75af_z.jpg?itok=g8iH93Xu)
When Godavari spews venom
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 04:18 PMAccording to a report published by the Central Water Commission in 2015 on the status of trace and toxic metals in Indian rivers in the country, a large number of rivers in India are contaminated by heavy metals.
![Godavari river at Jayakwadi dam, Aurangabad (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/birds_at_jayakwadi.jpg?itok=GugDi_d4)
Towards mission, clean Ganga
Posted on 25 Jul, 2016 08:50 AMIt is common knowledge that the river Ganga, considered sacred by millions of Hindus, is polluted. It is so polluted that some stretches of the river are unfit even for bathing, particularly during the lean seasons.
![Varanasi 'ghats' on the bank of Ganga river (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/varanasi_ghats_0.jpg?itok=QE4kZ_D2)
NGT questions UP on potable water to villages
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:30 PMProvide potable water to villages: NGT asks UP government
![Polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hindon_river_1_0.jpg?itok=xyIK6K4l)
Kerala's lake islands sinking
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:17 PMSmall islands in southern Kerala lakes sinking
![A lake in Kerala (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5074397986_58a2682d31_z.jpg?itok=E_riz7s9)
State does a Nero while Kharun weeps
Posted on 18 Jul, 2016 09:30 AMAt sunrise, everything is luminous but not clear.
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
![Kharun river at Mahadev Ghat, Raipur.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/28024898401_fcdb4f002b_z.jpg?itok=hcVm6OPz)
Floods wreak havoc in many parts of the country
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 04:27 PMFloods grip many parts of the country
![Flooded Simen river in Brahmaputra basin (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319712715_526f82ab7f_z_1.jpg?itok=lgvWXFdx)