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Many springs in the Himalayas have reduced discharge. (Source: India Water Portal)

Springing back: Reviving Himalayan water sources

Ghanashyam Sharma

26 Oct 2024

6 min read

Janki Devi takes the lead in springshed management (Image: Anita Sharma)

Rural Sanitation

Transforming lives through springshed development

17 Feb 2024

3 min read

Verinag spring in Anantanag district of Kashmir (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Springs spring hope in Kashmir, Himalayas

Sami Ullah Bhat

21 Jun 2022

5 min read

Van Panchayat Samiti discussing the matters related to forest (Image: Varun Raja)

Rainwater Harvesting

Celebrating the role of hill women in springshed development and governance

Seema Ravandale

21 Mar 2022

8 min read

Shailendra Patel, near the Bavdhan spring, Pune (Image Source: Tushar Sarode)

A water warrior’s fight springs hope for springs!

Aarti Kelkar Khambete

03 Feb 2022

6 min read

Darjeeling, in the grip of a water crisis (Image Source: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons)

Will Darjeeling’s thirst be quenched?

17 Nov 2021

5 min read

Darjeeling, in the grip of a water crisis (Image Source: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons)

Water, at a price!

21 May 2021

4 min read

A living root bridge, a type of simple suspension bridge formed of living plant roots by tree shaping in village Nongriat, Meghalaya (Image: Wikimedia Commons)

Ecosystem-based approach: The case of Meghalaya

18 Jan 2021

6 min read

Glaciers in the Hindu Kush Himalayas might contain 27 percent less ice than previously believed. (Pic: IWP Flickr photos)

The Himalayan glaciers shrink

Dinesh C Sharma

19 Feb 2019

2 min read

The team of scientists from the National Collection of Industrial Microorganisms (NCIM) who are conducting the study at the National Chemical Laboratory, Pune. (Pic courtesy: ISW)

Hot springs harbour microbial diversity

Dr Vaishali Lavekar

28 Feb 2018

2 min read

Ratan Singh Bisht is one of the few people today who constructs naulas

Rural Sanitation

The Last Builder of Naulas in Chatola, Nainital

Chicu Lokgariwar

03 Jan 2016

5 min read

Hill women and natural resources management (Source: India Water Portal)

Rainwater Harvesting

The importance of women in natural resources management

16 Dec 2015

3 min read

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