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River sand is preferred for construction because it requires less processing. (Source: P Jeganathan/Wikimedia Commons)

A lucrative business, sand mining from rivers done illegally and unscientifically is found to affect riverine ecology.

Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Delay in 16 major irrigation projects, reports CAG

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Erosion in high tidal mudflats. (Pic courtesy: ISW)

Mudflats erosion changes Gulf of Khambhat shoreline

Researchers find out that a total of about 28.66 sq km area of high tidal mudflats has got eroded within a span of just three-and-a-half years.

Chennai floods in 2015 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Chennai floods was man-made disaster: CAG

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Gangetic Dolphin (Source: Arati Kumar Rao)

National Waterway-1: Dolphin population declines

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Unsanitary conditions lead to groundwater contamination. (Image: SuSanA Secretariat, Attribution [CC BY 2.0])

No water security without water quality

A study points out that pit latrines with onsite sanitation systems are a source of groundwater contamination.

Osmanabadi breed, one of the breeds of goats studied for its climate resilience. (Pic courtesy: ISW)

Breeding climate resilience

Scientists come up with two variables to assess resilience of indigenous breeds of goats against climate change.

Village woman shows her fluorosis-affected teeth. (Pic courtesy: PSI)

Safe water to fight fluorosis

What Basubai and her children needed to fight fluorosis was access to safe drinking water.

Manohar's twin pit latrine gets constructed. (Pic courtesy: PSI)

Setting safe sanitation example

Villager builds twin pit latrine and sets example for others on behaviour change and safe sanitation.

MHT organises poor women around habitat issues in a resettlement colony in Delhi. (Pic: India Water Portal)

Micro loans, mega gains

MHT helps reduce drudgery of women in a resettlement colony by providing finances for water and sanitation facilities.

NARI solar water purifier (Pic courtesy: ISW)

Solar water purifier with a difference

With no electricity required and no wastewater, the new purifier works even under cloudy conditions and diffused solar radiation.

Bengaluru lake (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Karnataka announces two big water projects in its budget

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Rice field in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

'Replacing rice could help India reduce water use'

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Watershed management. Image source: India Water Portal

“Agriculture alone cannot provide for our teeming millions.”

Watershed management is not just to harvest and store water but also to create democratic processes at the village level and enable inclusive, sustainable development that meets the people's...

Damini Minj cycles long distance to collect water from Aiba basti. (Pic courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)

Indian villages look to Bhutan for water

No water supply from India, four remote villages in West Bengal are forced to depend on the neighbouring Bhutan for water.

Polar regions affect the climate of the entire planet. (Pic source: Pixabay)

Polar effect on global climate

Researchers working in polar regions are coming together to study climate change and its effect on the regions.

Stepwell in front of Khedamata temple at Modi village. (Source: India Water Portal)

Village steps up water revival effort

A temple trust revives an ancient stepwell, comes to the rescue of a water-starved village.

The politics of groundwater

To make access to water adequate and equitable, the focus must shift from water sources to water resources. Science, community participation and cooperation, are key to addressing our water woes.