Aarti Kelkar-Khambete
Ken-Betwa river link approved
Posted on 30 May, 2017 12:26 PMForest panel clears Ken-Betwa river link
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Can Sewri get back in the pink?
Posted on 24 Mar, 2017 09:59 AMMangroves form an integral part of the landscape of Mumbai and are essential in maintaining the stability of the coastline.
![The pink guests of Sewri. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/flamingoesi.jpg?itok=APg8k9EF)
Cleanliness broom: A village keeps its water clean
Posted on 07 Feb, 2017 10:36 PMLocated about 27 km from the city of Pune, Sangrun in Haveli taluka is a unique village. Situated in the rocky terrains of the Sahaydri hills, the village is at the confluence of three rivers--Mose, Ambi and Mutha--often referred to by the villagers as the Triveni Sangam or a place where three rivers unite.
![Women get together for the cleaning drive at Sangrun. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sangrun_2_0.jpg?itok=pPiR4fy8)
Stunting in India: The sanitation connect
Posted on 22 Dec, 2016 11:57 AMOn Children’s Day on November 14 this year, two organisations in Odisha--Shramajeebee Sangathan (SJS), Malkangiri and Jeebika Suraksha Mancha, Kandhamal--organised a massive padayatra (street walk) in villages as an awareness drive and to mobilise communities to curb m
![Rally on nutrition awareness by Jeebika Suraksha Manch, Odisha (Source: Amir Khan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rally_for_malnutrition_awareness_by_jsm.jpg?itok=DJijwZfW)
No land for nomads
Posted on 24 Nov, 2016 10:38 PMDhangars, a semi-nomadic group in Maharashtra, are traditionally pastoralists.
![Dhangars are pastoralists in Maharashtra. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dhangars_1.jpg?itok=28ZUcaGF)
Use rain to beat drought
Posted on 23 Nov, 2016 10:32 AMA recent analysis by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) determined the rooftop rainwater harvesting potential of the districts in Maharashtra in a year by calculating the average amount of rainwater in litres that can be caught over one square foo
![Mumbai in monsoon. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bombay_flooded_street_2_1.jpg?itok=tx90P0Pt)
Those invisible farm hands
Posted on 28 Oct, 2016 09:43 PMParvati, aged 40, is an agricultural labourer working on the outskirts of Pune. The sole breadwinner of her family, she has not been going for work for three days because of severe pain in the lower back. She asks me for some pills or ointments that could relieve her of her backache.
![Women at work on a farm. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dscn0558.jpg?itok=xX_SS9iz)
The nature of trade
Posted on 07 Sep, 2016 11:30 PMKanchi Kohli is a researcher, writer and campaigner working on environment, forest and biodiversity governance in India and their interface with trade and industrialisation.
![The environment, sustainability and business interests. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/enviroment1_0.jpg?itok=1fyYQQLs)
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SC urges Karnataka to share water with TN
Posted on 06 Sep, 2016 09:18 AMRelease water to Tamil Nadu: SC to Karnataka
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_river.jpg?itok=HqvX2P0_)