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Sustainability
Nagpur Municipal Corporation in troubled waters
Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 09:41 AMThe Maharashtra State Accountant General (AG) recently exposed the hidden agenda of the Nagpur Municipal Corporation (NMC) and its so-called best Public-Private Partnership model with regards to Nagpur's water supply.
![No 24x7 water supply for Nagpur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap_picture-small.jpg?itok=yPjNulr-)
India set to become water scarce in 10 years
Posted on 04 Aug, 2015 10:20 PMIndia set to become water scarce in 10 years time: Govt tells Parliament
![Water scarcity: A reality in 2025? (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4415664247_4129da70ec_o.jpg?itok=QwXO0pkA)
Hindon clean-up, a prerequisite to cleaning the Ganga
Posted on 22 Jul, 2015 11:17 AMCome monsoon and the situation in the Hindon river is truly troubling. Large stretches of the river continue to suffer toxic contamination.
![The polluted Hindon (Source: Hindi Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hindon_river_1.jpg?itok=AtvPniBy)
What are the odds of a dam burst?
Posted on 11 Jul, 2015 10:48 AMOne of history’s worst dam bursts took place in Gujarat in 1979 when the four-kilometer long Machhu Dam II on the Machhu River collapsed. This led to a deluge in the industrial city of Morbi located five kilometers downstream as well as surrounding rural areas destroying thousands of homes and lives. While this was a tragedy, it was by no means an isolated one.
![Sardar Sarovar Dam (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam_2006_india_0.jpg?itok=pBR_Wrfg)
Living rivers, dying rivers: Ganga and the river systems of Bihar
Posted on 10 Jul, 2015 11:11 AMIntroduction: The Ganges
The first discussion was on June 4 2011, in which Rama Rauta and K C Sivaramakrishnan shared their experiences of working with the government and people’s organisations to save the Ganga.
![Kosi river, Bihar (Source:Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kosi_2.jpg?itok=gGuKPd5T)
Groundwater as commons demonstrated in Mahbubnagar, Telangana
Posted on 08 Jul, 2015 05:37 PMBy the year 2000, farmers in Mahbubnagar, Telangana could see how risky their investments on groundwater had become. The area barely received 600 mm of annual rainfall, and just 15 percent of its area was under irrigation.
![Collectivising groundwater for protecting rainfed crop; Source: WASSAN](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12a_1.jpg?itok=-Gly_c97)
Can MGNREGA come to the rescue of rainfed agriculture?
Posted on 30 Jun, 2015 10:29 PMThe National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), which continues to be the largest public employment program involving Rs.34,600 crore in a period of just five years since its implementation, was enacted on August 25, 2005 and renamed as the
![The future of rainfed agriculture in India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rainfed_agriculture.jpg?itok=9mH-Z2SQ)
Govt approves Rs 4,845 crore for Krishna-Marathwada irrigation project
Posted on 30 Jun, 2015 09:10 AMKrishna-Marathwada irrigation project worth Rs 4,845 crore gets Govt nod
![Krishna river near Vijayawada (Source: Bhanutpt)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna_river.jpg?itok=6_AFCZkG)
Micro approach to fight growing water crisis
Posted on 18 Jun, 2015 10:45 AMKarnataka is planning the world's biggest micro irrigation project by bringing 7 lakh hectares of land under drip and other systems, and along with
![Sprinklers cover 2.86 percent of total irrigation land in India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14628694347_8a31fe6349_k.jpg?itok=Wx6A3BJ6)