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Small farmers eye big fish in Jharkhand
Posted on 16 Jul, 2016 11:44 AMDhanmaniya Devi had never tasted a ‘good’ fish. “All we had during my childhood were the small varieties which come to rivers during monsoon. They are rarely seen now,” says the 65-year-old villager in Sildag of Palamau district in Jharkhand. This is why when her family reared the commercial variety fish last year, she was delighted.
![Fishing lines, tyre tubes as floats and make-shift wooden platforms are very commonly used. Source: Shubham Sharma.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/28237400365_7d403d7598_h.jpg?itok=dk4HVoUw)
Ganga revival projects launched
Posted on 09 Jul, 2016 10:36 PMCentre launches 231 projects under Namami Gange
![Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z_1_3.jpg?itok=oIi2_DU0)
Once a drain, now a sewer
Posted on 05 Jul, 2016 09:33 PMOriginally a darya (creek), locally known as Nizammuddin darya, Barapullah is a key drain of Delhi today. Barapullah gets its name from a pul (bridge) built across it by the then emperor Jahangir's chief eunuch, Mihir Banu Agha.
![Construction debris of the Barapullah flyover project chokes the nallah.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barapullah_elevated_corridor.jpg?itok=psADdBUW)
Water packaging units run without licence
Posted on 03 Jul, 2016 12:07 AMMost water packaging units operating without license: FSSAI
![Mineral water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bottles-60479_640_0.jpg?itok=2vLh62Na)
Call for nominations- Bhagirath Prayaas Samman 2016
Posted on 29 Jun, 2016 06:25 PMBhagirath Prayaas Samman was constituted in 2014 as an award to recognise efforts and initiatives for river conservation, in the first India Rivers Week jointly organised by Peace Institute, INTACH, Toxics Link, SANDRP and WWF-India. In India, numerous awards are given for excellent initiatives around water conservation, ut none on rivers.
Rural India walks more than 500m for drinking water
Posted on 25 Jun, 2016 09:13 AMRural India walks too far to quench their thirst
![Rural India walks far to get water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/17285080046_69d2e8c3d3_z.jpg?itok=bo_NWNeM)
Farm ponds save village from drought
Posted on 21 Jun, 2016 09:09 AMVikram Patel, a 71-year-old farmer in Chidavad village of Dewas district in Madhya Pradesh is one of the first farmers to have embraced the idea of farm ponds to increase the groundwater level in his farm.
![Vikram Patel near his farm pond in Chidavad.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0004es.jpg?itok=5l6BCsNU)
Karnataka, Tamil Nadu fight over Cauvery water sharing
Posted on 18 Jun, 2016 10:04 AMKarnataka and TN at cross roads over Mekedatu river project
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z.jpg?itok=olkOXRWc)
"Power firms lose Rs 2400 crores to water crisis"
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 08:54 PMPower firms’ loss due to water shortage is Rs 2400 crore this year: Greenpeace
![An NTPC thermal plant (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370453956_17dc80bf5b_z_1.jpg?itok=8q3-Me3B)
Art of Living pays NGT compensation
Posted on 12 Jun, 2016 08:43 PMArt of Living pays environment compensation
![Front view of the giant stage at the World Culture Festival under construction in February, 2016 (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_4_0.jpg?itok=VzEAdZp8)