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Sustainability
Kerala floods and after
Posted on 27 Sep, 2018 05:11 PMEvery time there is a huge flood in India with massive loss of lives and extensive physical damage, there is a hue and cry. Especially, if this takes place in an area not normally prone to such floods. Assam and Bihar, for instance, are regularly laid waste by floods and so, there is not much agitation over that anymore.
![The floods in Kerala have taken nearly 400 lives and have displaced around 1.2 million people. (Image: Ranjith Siji via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-kerala_flood_2018_-_angamaly-_img_20180818_084500_0.jpg?itok=-ARq7XxK)
Jaundice grips Raipur
Posted on 20 Sep, 2018 04:09 PMThe family of Somesh Manikpuri of Amasivani colony in Raipur is still in shock of his sudden demise from jaundice in May this year. Six similar deaths have been reported from Raipur since April 2018. Memsingh Chandrakar, a resident of Naharpara, another locality in Raipur, was also affected by jaundice in May.
![A view of the Shakti Nagar slum area in Raipur. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13892294904_3c6caa28c1_z.jpg?itok=-KvA0O71)
Ganga clean up: It’s all talk and no action
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 12:06 PMAs the Ganga emerges from the glaciers and glides along the foothills of the mighty Himalayas through the towns and cities with their sprawling ghats, engineered embankments, hydroelectric dams, and interrupted flows at barrages, the icy chilliness of its waters is lost.
![The Ganga at Garhmukteshwar (Image: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gadmukteshwar_sunset_1.jpg?itok=zkh85N_I)
The art of saving a river
Posted on 03 Sep, 2018 03:01 PMRiver Mutha, the pride of Pune, lovingly called 'Muthai' or 'mother Mutha', is dying a slow death, thanks to the rapidly urbanising city which is depositing huge amounts of untreated sewage and dirt in its water. The pollution of the river is consistently rising.
![The highly polluted Mutha river as it flows through Pune. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mutha_3_0.jpg?itok=p8TOpcMf)
Footwear industry pollutes, villagers put their foot down
Posted on 23 Aug, 2018 08:09 PMAs per the regional plan 2021 chalked out by the national capital regional planning board in 2005, Bahadurgarh, a small town in Haryana is a part of the Delhi metropolitan area. The town, located in Jhajjar district, is growing at a fast pace.
![Leftover materials tossed out by the factories at the footwear park. These will end up in landfills and pollute the environment. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rubber-raw-compressed.jpg?itok=XYtRUGH4)
Desertification: Not just a North Indian problem
Posted on 16 Aug, 2018 10:30 AMIndia is highly vulnerable to desertification.
![Increasing desertification is a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desertification.jpg?itok=SlL6nMqG)
The Mahanadi tussle: Why Chhattisgarh and Odisha spar
Posted on 08 Aug, 2018 05:08 PMThe interstate dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the Mahanadi's water is an ongoing one and it looks like both the state governments have no interest in finding a long-term solution.
![The Hirakud dam on the Mahanadi (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14075678201_097f9dcec5_z_4.jpg?itok=AMvouM06)
Challenges of being a ‘Prerak’
Posted on 27 Jul, 2018 01:35 PMMost of Etawah, a city on the banks of the Yamuna river in Uttar Pradesh, has plenty of stories to share about their favourite leader Daddaji or Mulayam Singh Yadav, one of the former chief ministers of Uttar Pradesh. The area bordering the ravines near Chambal, on the other hand, resounds with tales of dacoits like Phoolan Devi, Seema Parihar and Nirbhay Gujjar.
![Divyanshu Seth and Aishwarya Mishra (second and third from left in the first row) during a menstrual hygiene management session. (Pic courtesy: Divyanshu Seth)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/padman_challenge_completed_by_district_etawah_by_sessions_on_mhm_across_villages.jpg?itok=QzWbZuJL)
Submit Concept Notes for Breakthrough Solutions for Efficient Water Use in Agriculture
Posted on 16 Jul, 2018 03:01 PM
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