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Voluntary Citizen or Civil Society Sector
‘Blue’ print for a model village
Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 01:08 PMOn October 11, 2014, the Government of India launched an ambitious scheme for village development – the Saansad Aadarsh Gram Yojana (SAGY).
![50 year old well in Thapewadi village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11797948633_2f4f8368ea_b_0.jpg?itok=wpTrcqUT)
Are we heading towards ecological and social suicide?
Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 10:17 AMIn the article titled 'A hundred days closer to ecological and social suicide' published in the Economic and Political Weekly, the author argues that the recent changes in the government do not seem to have helped in changing the environmental policies of the country. Rather, they reflect regressive actions that could lead to a large-scale assault on rules, laws
![The revived lake in Valni village, Nagpur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/valni_lake_0.jpg?itok=WKeqi2GM)
500 year old water structure in Rameshwaram rediscovered!
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 10:12 PMThe word 'Theertham' literally means ‘water’ but in Hindu mythology, it is usually the physical holy water body associated with a temple or deity.
![The 80 X 35 feet structure of Dharmar Theertham](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00947.jpg?itok=tMsd-7Zp)
ICIMOD wins UNFCCC's award for flood warning system
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 09:55 AMICIMOD wins accolade for its flood warning system
![Unsettling flood waters of Muzaffarpur, Bihar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2246719146_1b717bbdcf_z_0.jpg?itok=bN7I3jUP)
Poisonous encounters in Maharashtra
Posted on 23 Nov, 2014 03:32 PMA decade ago, Jamwadi village in Yavatmal, Maharashtra, was a famous tourist attraction due to its beautiful lake. Now, there is no lake to speak of thanks to the Raymond factory in Yavatmal. Wastewaster from the factory flows untreated into the lake, which is located 15 kms away.
![Contaminated water from the Raymond factory](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15230540627_18b0e3b27c_z2.jpg?itok=FnhvchWH)
Call for entries for the 3rd Edition of FICCI Water Awards 2014-15
Posted on 23 Nov, 2014 03:10 PMThe Water Awards are proposed for the following four categories so as to recognise efforts and build up a database of sustainable models across various sectors:
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Odisha becomes Centre's focus state for small hydel projects
Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:26 AMCentre chooses Odisha as a focus state for small hydel projects
![Small hydel project in Bilgaon](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9717153098_e9b12691fc_o.jpg?itok=hZvYF19k)
The past is not a foreign country...we still do the same things for water here
Posted on 26 Oct, 2014 11:03 AMRaujibhai came to Dholavira with the excavation team of the Archeological Society of India when he was 19 years old.
![Ancient water structures at Dholavira](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15412763840_06febcc7fa_z.jpg?itok=NMGl6dkR)
Tribals in Jharkhand plan for water security
Posted on 14 Oct, 2014 03:15 PM"Clean water", emphasized the woman. "'Close to the house. Whenever it is needed", she added. She was speaking at a village meeting organised to determine what was needed to make the village water secure. The discussions had begun with an attempt to define water security.
![A planning meeting in Bhawani Chowki](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/harkhand_lead.jpg?itok=OKf8FAu6)
Great things can happen when 'theirs' becomes 'ours'
Posted on 13 Oct, 2014 10:59 AMPriya Ramasubban personifies the words ‘good things come in small packages’. This sprightly, self motivated enthusiast, saw a marshy, polluted cess pool, hemmed in by an open tract of land, where labourers and migrants daily dipped in for their morning ablutions. Talking to people around, she realised that this soggy piece of wetland was once a lake.
![A lake once more: Kaikondarahalli Lake](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lake_0061.jpg?itok=IRvvTPts)