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Sustainability
The Little Rann of Kutch
Posted on 19 Jul, 2017 03:13 PMHow often does one get to experience a terrain that is as dramatically transformative as The Little Rann of Kutch? With changing seasons, it adorns itself with different landscapes, thus, completely shifting shape, its functions and appeal.
![The Little Rann of Kutch (Image source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rann_of_katch_small.jpg?itok=QhoK53I5)
Managing willows in Wular lake
Posted on 10 Jul, 2017 05:07 AMThe devastating flood in 2015 in the Kashmir valley affected more than 2.5 lakh houses and displaced about 5.5 lakh people. The economic loss was massive.
Many researchers and experts believe that careful conservation and protection of the lakes, ponds and wetlands in the Kashmir valley could have reduced the scale of the devastation to a large extent.
![Wular lake seen from Saderkote Park. (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200px-wular_lake.jpg?itok=g6TBwWlr)
Uttarakhand against living person status to rivers
Posted on 04 Jul, 2017 02:04 PMUttarakhand challenges living person status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers, moves SC
![Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172025486_d2b794f518_z_1_1.jpg?itok=9QNXKJeh)
The good clams of Ashtamudi
Posted on 03 Jul, 2017 08:03 PMSpanning an area of 61 sq km, the Ashtamudi lake is considered the gateway to the backwaters of Kerala. While the lake on the outside radiates with natural beauty, there is a notable treasure nesting deep within its waters--the short-neck clams.
![(Source:Ken Hammond, Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/littleneck_clams_usda96c1862.jpg?itok=CyX-J2gJ)
Why save the vultures?
Posted on 30 Jun, 2017 04:28 PMVultures are nature’s own cleanup crew. These scavengers are known to be immensely effective in managing animal waste by feeding on animal carcasses that, otherwise, have no other ways of disintegrating quickly.
![Griffon Vulture (Source:Thermos,Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/900px-eagle_beak_sideview_a.jpg?itok=BsrCj693)
What we should know about National Water Commission
Posted on 29 Jun, 2017 07:26 PMThe landmark report titled A 21st century institutional architecture for India's water reforms submitted by the expert committee chaired by Dr Mihir Shah on restructuring the
![Restructuring water governance. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kerala_2.jpg?itok=UieNosvW)
Every drop that matters!
Posted on 27 Jun, 2017 10:12 PMThe people of the Marathwada region have been facing severe water crisis for more than three decades. Despite adverse circumstances, the Akoladev panchayat in the Jalna district has set an example for other panchayats by solving their water woes through community participation and effective water harvesting measures that suit their geographic terrain.
![Jivrekha river, Akoladev (Source:Dilasa)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dscf2613es.jpg?itok=RaOu7rTb)
Seed of doubt
Posted on 21 Jun, 2017 05:30 PMSigns of mustard aphid, a key pest of the mustard crop appeared predictably in November last year in Dinesh’s farm. Drifting across the open green fields, it landed on the tender leaves of the mustard crop. “It sets in November during the flowering and pod bearing stage of the crop and lasts till January.
![Opposition to GM mustard intensifies in India. (Image: Swadeshi Kheti)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gm_0.jpg?itok=UIyo7z0H)
Policy contradictions and water woes
Posted on 13 Jun, 2017 05:51 PMThe serious implications of privatisation of natural resources like water, which is often brought under the overarching umbrella of market reforms, often evade us.
![People take water from a common water point. (Source: SaciWATERs)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/saci7_0.jpg?itok=YYMsBG6n)
Maharashtra farmers get farm loan waiver
Posted on 13 Jun, 2017 09:18 AMMaharashtra government announces farm loan waiver to genuine farmers
![A farmer on his field. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14569782042_3a143f7122_z_0_0.jpg?itok=sbS-Tje2)