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Voluntary Citizen or Civil Society Sector
No tunnel for the Luhri hydel project in Himachal
Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 12:07 PMVillagers win as SJVNL drops its tunnel plan for Luhri hydel project
![Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-kinnaur_392_1.jpg?itok=arqGizmS)
The nonexistent bridge in Punjab
Posted on 10 Aug, 2015 12:14 PMBakshish Singh once had 13 acres of farmland; now he only has one. He lost the rest in 2013 when the Beas river changed its course and started flowing near his house. Bakshish lives at Rampur Gaura village in Kapurthala district of Punjab, the state generally known for good roads, urbanised villages and wealthy farmers.
![The only connection of the island with mainland is through a pontoon bridge which the Public Works Department removes as the water level rises during monsoon.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2015-06-04_13.16.58.jpg?itok=3WUVM4up)
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-)
Delhi residents to be charged an 'environmental compensation fee'
Posted on 05 Aug, 2015 09:25 AMCharge fees, use funds to clean Yamuna: NGT
![Bid to clean Yamuna through 'environment compensation fee' (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/oshiwara_river.jpg?itok=ZK9QS8SJ)
Shivaji and Sardar Vallabhai Patel: Bigger than their proposed statues
Posted on 31 Jul, 2015 09:05 AMWhat do these two iconic figures -- Shivaji, the great Maratha leader and Sardar Vallabhai Patel, the ‘Iron Man of India’ -- have most in common? While one might think that it was their fight for the freedom of their motherland, albeit at different times, that is not all.
![Shivaji & Sardar Patel to be immortalised as statues (Source: Wikipedia & www.statueofunity.in)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/doit.png?itok=awjIm97b)
Water and the Missile Man
Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 01:32 PMDr. Kalam is no more but he lives on in the hearts of many through his quotes, beliefs, speeches and his acclaimed book India 2020: A Vision for the New Millenium among many others.
![The late APJ Abdul Kalam at the International Book Fair, Trivandrum, 2014](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/apj_abdul_kalam.jpg?itok=PWL1zKFL)
Flawed embankment strategy converts Bihar into a watery grave
Posted on 27 Jul, 2015 02:31 PMDr. Dinesh Kumar Mishra of Barh Mukti Abhiyaan, an authority on the river network of North Bihar speaks to India Water Portal about the flood problems, the skewed flood control policy of the Government, the Kosi breach of 2008 and the gargantuan interlinking of rivers project.
![Floods in Bihar (Source: Usha Dewani, IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods-bihar_1.jpg?itok=_xEsB1C0)
90% of malarial deaths happen in rural India
Posted on 24 Jul, 2015 07:07 AMStagnant puddles, which are a breeding ground for mosquitoes, follow the rains every year causing an increase in the incidence of water-borne diseases. Malaria is the third most common of these diseases in India after diarrhoea and typhoid.
![An Anopheles stephensi mosquito feasting (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200px-anopheles_stephensi.jpeg?itok=Uj6bpt-L)
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)
Maharashtra tops India in farmers' suicide during 2014
Posted on 20 Jul, 2015 10:21 PMMaharashtra recorded highest number of farmers' suicides during 2014
![A farmer working on his field](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14569782042_3a143f7122_z.jpg?itok=qKLpijk8)