Amita Bhaduri
Food security with flood, drought-resistant rice crops
posted 5 years ago![Determining the long-term effects of the flood-tolerant rice variety Swarna-Sub1. (Image: Centre for Effective Global Action)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/long-term-diffusion-and-impact-of-flood-tolerant-rice.jpg?itok=HSTvKOIV)
GHG emissions, water footprints of dietary patterns
posted 5 years ago![As India continues in its nutrition transition, people currently consuming the rice and low diversity pattern will be likely to adopt more diverse diets (Image: Senthil T S K, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ready_rice_fields.jpg?itok=PUx0K4LP)
Understanding the Yamuna and life around it
posted 5 years 1 month ago![The Yamuna river and its people (Image: Shashwat Jain, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_yamuna.jpg?itok=4YUS0-YP)
Monsoon to arrive late, less rain expected: Skymet
posted 5 years 1 month ago![Monsoon in Sikkim Himalayas (Image: Marina, Wikimedia Commons, CC-A-2.0-Generic)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-monsoon_in_himalayas_sikkim_india.jpg?itok=kbwPCqxy)
Environmental implications of Pancheshwar dam
posted 5 years 1 month ago![The proposed Pancheshwar dam raises concern about safety due to seismicity, slope instability and large sediment mobilization. (Image: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pancheshwar.jpg?itok=jkFFx9Sp)
Reservoir storage in western India below normal: CWC
posted 5 years 1 month ago![Mulshi dam reservoir in Maharashtra (Image: Rohit Gowaikar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mulshi_1.jpg?itok=8DbjGyT9)
What happens when you throw away pencil cells?
posted 5 years 1 month ago![The evolving framework of end-of-life battery management could be inclusive of the informal chain of collectors and segregators. (Image: Toxics Link)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/battery.jpg?itok=VBAqoo1w)
Only 37 percent of world’s long rivers free flowing
posted 5 years 1 month ago![Pancheshwar dam on Mahakali river is feared to break the natural flow connectivity of river. (Image: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_7.jpg?itok=JouaRezl)
Evacuation measures during cyclones in Odisha
posted 5 years 1 month ago![The trail of destruction after cyclone Phailin in Odisha on October 15, 2013 (Image: EU/ECHO, Samuel Marie Fanon; Flickr Commons, CC BY-ND 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cyclone_phailin-eu-echo-samuel_marie_fanon.jpg?itok=wAaGI-CL)
Breaking period taboo
posted 5 years 1 month ago![Women at a manufacturing unit in Wali village that produces biodegradable sanitary pads at a low cost. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sanitary_pad5_0.jpg?itok=Hty0-EL9)
Mapping pollution hotspots in Yamuna
posted 5 years 2 months ago![A project, conceptualised by a team of researchers from the University of Chicago, US helps demonstrate that scalable water quality mapping systems can detect and predict water contamination (Image:India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna-1_0.jpg?itok=JORnCP26)
Understanding water footprint of cereals in India
posted 5 years 2 months ago![Cereals and millets at a bazaar in Nizampet, Hyderabad (image: Aditya Madhav, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cereals_and_millet_at_a_bazaar_in_nizampet_02.jpg?itok=GaJESYZR)
Groundwater depletes in north and east India
posted 5 years 2 months ago![Crop irrigation with groundwater, powered by electricity in Gujarat. (Image: Tesh, Wikimedia Commons, CC-4.0A-ShareAlike-International)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/groundwater_1.jpg?itok=-ZK9qJ-a)
Making water available for all
posted 5 years 2 months ago![The pollution rates of the river Hindon are alarming. Despite work by conservation groups, the efforts on the part of the government to fix the problem remain uncertain. (Image: Hindi Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hindon_river_1_2.jpg?itok=To8rG7Ji)
Water management solutions where users have a say
posted 5 years 2 months ago![Canal irrigation has led to altered crop choice, organisation and techniques of production. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/munak-clc1_0.jpg?itok=JWeUx6XU)
Safai karmacharis release manifesto
posted 5 years 2 months ago![The toilet cleaners of Lucknow (Image source: CS Sharada Prasad)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lucknow.jpg?itok=waHrMezI)
River conservation efforts need to be prioritised
posted 5 years 2 months ago![Engagement with indigenous communities in protecting natural forests and rivers is vital (Image: Priya Ranjan Sahoo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mahanadi-prsahu_0.jpg?itok=EaxC23b6)
Towards sustainable food production
posted 5 years 3 months ago![Apart from pesticides, toxic colours and hormones like oxytocin are also being used indiscriminately to ripen vegetables and fruits. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/potato_2_0.jpg?itok=UUvkQljf)
Solar pumps solve irrigation trouble
posted 5 years 3 months ago![New employment has been created as a result of the pilot in the form of the S-ISPs and their operators which will increase considerably if the project is scaled up. (Image: IWMI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/samastipur-1_0.jpg?itok=ygCxAbRz)
Protecting Surajpur wetland
posted 5 years 3 months ago![The forest department and local activists discuss the threats on Surajpur, an urban wetland encroached upon by private real estate as well as the government. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/surajpur-lead.jpg?itok=BaS_kuLW)