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Water Management
Facing uncertain rains, farmers dig in
Posted on 20 Apr, 2015 12:40 PMAmulya Soren couldn’t get stable yields in the kharif (monsoon) paddy in his farm. A member of the Santhal tribe, he was the beneficiary of a surplus land redistribution programme in Hirbandh block of Bankura, West Bengal. The undulating terrain in which his farm lies receives sufficient rainfall of about 1000 mm a year, yet sufficient irrigation was an issue.
![Farmers constructing happa; Image: PRADAN](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/villagers_are_working_in_happa_excavated_under_mgnrega.jpg?itok=654EXtkq)
Government makes yet another industry-friendly move
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 09:46 PMPollution index no more includes human health and environmental degradation
![Polluted water coming out of a factory](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15413955171_1b1ebda1be_z.jpg?itok=AiBjQm5h)
Water, through an artist's lens
Posted on 30 Mar, 2015 08:36 AMHow did your interest in filming water stories come about? Is there any particular issue on water that has interested you? What has guided your selection?
![Search for water (Source: Arjun Swaminathan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/arjun_photos_0.jpg?itok=t-mZmOGV)
Water Man of India wins 2015 Stockholm Water Prize
Posted on 23 Mar, 2015 09:04 PMRajendra Singh is the 2015 Stockholm Water Prize Laureate
![The Water Man of India (Source: SIWI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20150322raj300.jpg?itok=TI2CFpw3)
More than just 'a' day for water
Posted on 22 Mar, 2015 10:48 AMCome March and it's that time of the year again -- spring cleaning! On March 22, 2015, this takes on a slightly different meaning to some as it becomes a day to spring clean our attitudes towards water for yet another year. World Water Day looms large and with it, the current year's focus.
![World Water Day 2015](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wlw_un_2015.png?itok=E0dSP_vg)
Water for All & Other Poems: Poetry with a purpose
Posted on 06 Mar, 2015 05:06 PMAn engineer or an ecologist talking about water may not cause many heads to turn, but when they do it through poetry, there is a chance that more people will take notice.
![Water for all and other Poems](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/poem_water.png?itok=iQoUknnS)
A hard look at the strategy of fighting open defecation
Posted on 05 Mar, 2015 10:31 PMWith over 620 million defecating in the open in India, do we need a new approach to curb this practice? The force of habit is such that even households with toilets have around forty percent of adults defecating in the open. But, does curbing open defecation necessarily lead to significant improvements in child health outcomes like diarrhoea, anaemia, parasite infection and growth?
![School sanitation at Mysore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/school_sanitation_at_mysore.jpg?itok=TYKlv-NR)
Government fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:35 PMGovernment bends its own guideline, fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
![Pristine Arunachal Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9150061353_8a42dc3a53_z.jpg?itok=MtaOo8t1)
Budget cuts for Water and Environment Ministry
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:29 PMUnion Budget 2015-16 reduces funds for Water and Environment Ministry
![Budget allocation and planning](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8357660968_0b10ac746b_z.jpg?itok=6y4ksSl9)
Environment Ministry lied to Supreme Court about the Uttarakhand dam report
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 11:08 AMCentre presents an opposite picture in the Uttarakhand dam case
![Ganga at Kaudiyala](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172023818_988b81c090_b_0.jpg?itok=BhlLZ0Or)