Irrigation

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August 10, 2022
Taming water - Irrigation and drought protection in colonial India and the present
The irrigation at all costs mindset and narrow policies for drought protection during the colonial rule ignored rainfed agriculture and local practices that sustained agriculture in the Bombay Deccan. This continues even today.
Recurrent droughts and the struggle for survival (Image Source: Gaurav Bhosale via Wikimedia Commons):
August 9, 2022
MGNREGS becoming the quintessential scheme for tribal agriculture
Ensuring irrigation through farm ponds in tribal Chhattisgarh
Many tribal farmers opted for individual farm ponds under MGNREGA ensuring protective irrigation. (Image: Meenakshi Singh)
April 8, 2022
Water for all, still a dream?
Lack of governance and six toothless irrigation acts have done very little to change the water situation on the ground in Maharashtra, argues water expert Pradeep Purandare.
Peanut irrigation in India (Image Source: Seratobikiba via Wikimedia Commons)
March 11, 2022
Making every drop count: Micro-irrigation for tribal farmers of Gujarat
Subsidies enable tribal farmers to adopt micro-irrigation systems providing them assured irrigation
A key mitigation strategy to deal with water scarcity due to climate change is on-farm management of water using techniques like micro-irrigation (Image: India Water Portal Flickr)
September 17, 2021
Villagers’ shramdaan revives canal, enhances area under cultivation
Benefits of well-managed commons on livelihoods
Collective efforts revived the canal structure of Bichhiya dam bringing water to the village (Image: Foundation for Ecological Security)
August 29, 2021
Diversion-based irrigation systems
Experience of Aga Khan Rural Support Programme (India) in revitalizing the traditional phad irrigation system in hilly tribal villages of Western Madhya Pradesh
Community members contribute voluntary labour required for laying the pipeline network and tank construction (Image: Anjali Aggarwal)
Rs 5,369 crore approved for Jal Vikas Marg Project
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 09 Jan, 2018 08:47 AM

Government approves Rs 5,369 crore for Jal Vikas Marg Project
Navigating rivers through simple boats. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Stubble burning banned, farmers stumped
While banning stubble burning is a positive step towards reducing air pollution in the Delhi-NCR sector, the farmers need support from the government to adopt measures to enable smooth crop rotation.
Amita Bhaduri
Posted on 07 Jan, 2018 06:20 PM

Amar Singh sits in his huge courtyard at the centre of his home in the village of Atraula in Meerut. Lying in the far west part of Uttar Pradesh, this is a flourishing sugarcane belt. An important agricultural region, its demographic, economic and cultural patterns are similar to that of nearby Haryana and Rajasthan.
A large amount of crop residues are available in western UP and most of these are burnt in the field (Image: Ed Dunens, Flickr Commons)
Dam spells doom for villagers
Baldiha dam that once quenched the thirst of farmlands and provided livelihood to Odisha farmers is now bereft of water, thanks to the apathy of the administration.
Gurvinder Singh
Posted on 05 Jan, 2018 11:43 AM

Located at Shamakhunta block of Mayurbhanj district, around 28 kilometers from Baripada town in Odisha, Baldiha dam was constructed during the rule of Maharaja Shri Ramchandra Bhanjdeo in 1912.
Water flows into the dam. (Photo courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)
IRCTC to use excess groundwater from mines
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 03 Jan, 2018 10:13 AM

IRCTC signs MoU with Coal India to extract groundwater from mines
Water at coal mines in Raigarh, Chhattisgarh (Image Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Cauvery loaded with toxins
News this week
Aarti Kelkar Khambete
Posted on 27 Dec, 2017 11:10 AM

Cauvery found to be the most toxic river in the country 
Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)
MGNREGA failed to curb migration: Survey
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 20 Dec, 2017 11:44 AM

Survey reveals MGNREGA failed to curb migration
Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
World Culture Festival ruined Yamuna floodplains: NGT
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 12 Dec, 2017 11:54 AM

Art of Living responsible for destroying the Yamuna floodplains: NGT
The front view of the giant stage under construction for the World Culture Festival. (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)
CRZ clears inland waterway terminal at Haldia
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 28 Nov, 2017 01:55 PM

Green nod to Inland waterway terminal at Haldia
Haldia port in West Bengal (Source: Wikimedia commons)
Waiting for water
The villagers of Khalabari are hopeful that the overhead tank being built in the village would make drinking water easily accessible to them.
Makarand Puirohit
Posted on 15 Nov, 2017 05:50 AM

In the early hours, the villagers of Khalabari, a tribal-dominated village in the Dumuripadar gram panchayat of Koraput district in Odisha step out of their houses for bringing wood and drinking water. The road to the forest where the water is available is rocky.
Khalabari village (Source: India Water Portal)
NRDWP to get restructured
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 01:17 PM

Restructuring of National Rural Drinking Water Programme approved
A child drinks water from a hand pump in Madhya Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
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