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Urban Water
No 'paani' for the 'aam aadmi'?
Posted on 17 Jan, 2014 12:50 AMAs one of his first orders of business, Delhi's Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal has announced a new water policy for Delhi-ites.
![Water coming soon](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aap-water-coming-soon.jpg?itok=KK89SEJ_)
Which way will the water flow?
Posted on 15 Jan, 2014 11:07 PMIn the 60-odd years since we began managing our own resources, we have managed to throttle and poison all our rivers, suck our groundwater resources nearly dry and shave our forests bald. This is despite a great deal of effort, time, thought and resources that have gone into this 'management'.
![Ramaswamy Iyer, former Secretary Water Resources](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ramaswamy_iyer.jpg?itok=ma1-lOMP)
Free water for the Capital
Posted on 08 Jan, 2014 12:04 PMTwo days into power, AAP announced free water
![Free water but for how long? (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aap.jpg?itok=ffvPL_Bw)
Environment Minister Moily takes controversial decisions
Posted on 29 Dec, 2013 06:54 PMNew Environment Minister brings in new polices
![Environment Minister Moily (Source: Livenewz)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/moily.jpg?itok=ulYcGEjx)
A peak at the future: Simulating Coonoor’s water situation
Posted on 23 Dec, 2013 03:40 PMThe Nilgiris have undergone an incredible amount of change in the last 10 years. Coonoor, an area well endowed with natural resources, is the second largest tourist destination here. However, over the last year (2012-13), the town has been reeling under a water crisis [1].
![Coonoor Land Use Map](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coonoor_landuse_map.jpg?itok=gQm0BCWV)
Coca Cola plant in UP lowers groundwater level
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:41 PMCoca Cola plant in Mehdiganj lowers groundwater level
![Mehdiganj protest (Source: AID Kolkata Newsletter)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/page1_mehdiganjprotest.jpg?itok=98gcR0O7)
Bihar villagers against asbestos plant
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:40 PM10,000 Bihar villagers file petition against asbestos plant
![Asbestos inflammation (Source: Adam Cohn, Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/asbestos.jpg?itok=a_qW1nQg)
Yamuna Nama: a book review
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 05:51 PMThe Yamuna Manifesto -or Yamuna Nama- is a bilingual book with passages in both Hindi and English, published as part of the Yamuna Elbe project. In five deceptively short sections, the book takes us from the birth to the river to its future.
![Yamuna river (Source: www.pilgrimageindia.net)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna-manifesto_1.jpg?itok=4DIn58eM)
Troubled waters of the Northeast
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:12 PMOn a train journey from Nagaland, a friend and I began talking on the subject of water. He said to me, "You have so much water in the Brahmaputra Valley and your lands are always flooded but we have to struggle for a drop of water in the hills".
![Hills of Northeast India Source: Wikipedia](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/smds_1.jpg?itok=2SQkvJwK)
Invite to the 11th International Exhibition & Conference on 'EverythingAboutWater', Ministry of Urban Development (MoUD), Delhi
Posted on 14 Dec, 2013 06:43 PMFor more information on the conference, please click here.
To register for the same, click here.
Download the brochure and the agenda below.
![Conference on ' EverythingAboutWater'](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/expo_2014.png?itok=S6Wv6o-n)