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P Sainath: The water crisis is not caused by drought
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Picture: The semi-arid regions of the Moyar-Bhavani River basin in Tamil Nadu. Picture credit: Prathigna Poonacha, Tanvi Deshpande; Indian Institute for Human Settlements from India Water Portal on Flickr. Picture used for representational purposes only](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24357205781_759ee198e1_z.jpg?itok=Pc70ynmu)
Jolted by water shortage, Chitlapakkam RWA takes up roadside rainwater harvesting.
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Residents of Muthulakshmi Nagar in Chitlapakkam came together to inaugurate the pilot roadside rainwater harvesting project in their area. Pic : L Sundararaman for Citizen Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20190714_203024-678x381.jpg?itok=yVswGrLZ)
"Digging recharge wells is the only way Bengaluru won’t run out of water"
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Ramakrishna Bovi is a traditional well-digger in Bengaluru. Image credit: Citizen Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/citizen-live-ramakrishna-bovi-678x381.png?itok=AEp4EdmO)
35 years on, government looks away as Bhopal neighbourhood continues to drink chemical-laden water
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Children at the Chingari Trust, Bhopal. Pic: Shuriah Niazi for Citizen Matters](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bhopal-children-chingari-trust-678x381.jpg?itok=qBmDQLAv)
All work and some play
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Villagers in Magradeh, Madhya Pradesh watching neighbouring farmers play a game. Image credit: Water Practitioners Network](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/0b159c_a33b570c91a94a6f8c731c9d513524f8_mv2.png?itok=gxErJEEQ)
Rural sanitation: A charter of demands
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Raibari Bewa standing near the toilet, bathroom unit and collecting water from the third tap in Dudukaguda village, in Thuamul Rampur block, Kalahandi district of Odisha. On the walls, details of Swachh Bharat Mission benefits availed by her in Odia | Picture courtesy: Ajaya Behera](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/woman-in-odisha-standing-next-to-a-toilet_rural-sanitation_gram-vikas-1024x684.jpg?itok=sdAZoGL4)
Spending a summer building scalable water access in rural India
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Stream Network in Tezpur, Assam. Image credit: Rohit Sar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1_e0wzvn-0umfscqztkuosmq.jpeg?itok=Wvm1mp_X)
Springing back to life
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Image source: Water Practitioners Network](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/0b159c_8c017bcfec9c421b9830502eafbd4979_mv2.png?itok=5FtAdI25)
The many facets to the fluoride problem in Chikkaballapur, Karnataka
posted 5 years ago![A can of 20 litres of RO filtered water costs around Rs. 20 in Chikballapur. Image credit: Karthik Seshan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image1.jpeg?itok=nYRdZchZ)
Adequate water most important for plant diversity
posted 5 years ago![Image used for representational purposes only. Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8455811302_2eba8d915d_z.jpg?itok=mOIH7Q42)
How can forecasting of extreme rainfall events be improved?
posted 5 years ago![Villages under water which gushed in as Cyclone Aila struck south 24 Parganas. Image credit: Anil Gulati from IWP Flickr. Image used for representational purposes only.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3582509644_ef64b6998f_z.jpg?itok=z1vVMt_1)
Urbanization, changing cropping patterns contributing to temperature rise
posted 5 years ago![Image credit: Sourabh Phadke from India Water Portal on Flickr](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8357660792_7a1400afb9_z_2.jpg?itok=2Rh8EVpu)
How millets can make India’s food basket climate-resilient
posted 5 years ago![Millets. Image source: Wikimedia Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-millet_grains_india.jpg?itok=kFrfTZOG)
Engage local communities to protect marine life: study
posted 5 years ago![Gorgonians, one of the highly traded species, which is protected under WLPA (Photo : Vardhan Patankar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/isw_article_lead_image.jpg?itok=eyxXk3W-)
Unravelling NITI Aayog’s Composite Water Management Index: Veering to a pragmatic approach
posted 5 years 1 month ago![Image for representational purposes only. Image credit: India Water Portal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/shivnath_river_image_from_iwp_flickr_for_cgiar_contributed_article_on_cwmi_lead_image.jpg?itok=jOD7pL7r)
High levels of arsenic found in groundwater in Uttar Pradesh
posted 5 years 1 month ago![Arsenic concentration in groundwater of Uttar Pradesh shown by blue, green and red circles. Image courtesy: India Science Wire](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/arsenic_gw_up_india_science_wire_article.png?itok=fRjKe-EM)
Study throws new light on evolution of northern Indian Ocean
posted 5 years 1 month ago![Dr. Pandey in discussion with other members of the expedition. Image credit: India Science Wire](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/india_science_wire_oceans_story.png?itok=5-QuqA2i)
What women want
posted 5 years 2 months ago![Image credit: WaterAid/Prashanth Vishwanathan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pv_wateraid_2019_day_2-7566.jpg?itok=mIGaNbLQ)
An integrated approach to water quality management
posted 5 years 4 months ago![Photo courtesy: Arjun Swaminathan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aswaminathan-water_being_drawn_from_a_well.jpg?itok=jHYl9h5S)
Women and Water
posted 5 years 4 months ago![Women and water: a critical connect](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/25308985960_e7f6263937_z.jpg?itok=o5e4jCNb)