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Government undertakes 3D mapping of aquifers in all villages

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Groundwater drops to alarming levels. Illustration credit: KN Balraj. Source: India Water Portal on Flickr

Lok Sabha passes inter-state river disputes bill

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Cauvery river in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Himalayan states call for green bonus and a separate ministry

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The Himalayas (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Global freshwater fish species under grave threat: IUCN

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Freshwater fish species across the world under grave threat (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Dibang hydel project gets approval

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People protesting Dibang Hydropower Project (Source: SANDRP)

Floods grip Assam and Bihar

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People take a boat to cross the flood-ravaged Brahmaputra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Meghalaya draft water policy, Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill both get approval

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Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been fighting over Cauvery water sharing for a long time (Source: Wikipedia Commons)

Budget allocation to Jal Shakti ministry reduced by 9.4 percent

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Irrigation well in Randullabad, Maharashtra. Image credit: Manu Moudgil for India Water Portal

Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC

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Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Combating water crisis needs people's participation: PM Modi

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A rainwater harvesting set up in a school in Chickmangalur district (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Government launches Jal Shakti Abhiyan to tackle water crisis

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Jal Shakti Abhiyan launched to battle water crisis (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

High Court takes note of acute water crisis in Chennai

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Chennai reels under acute water crisis (Source: India Water Portal on Flickr)

Slow monsoon causes countrywide rainfall deficit of 44 percent

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Image used for representational purposes only. Image source: India Water Portal on Flickr

Twenty-six states under threat of desertification

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Increasing desertification, a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Piped water to all rural households by 2024: Government

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Ten thousand litres overhead tank to supply piped water (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Ensure adequate water to Delhi: HC to Haryana

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Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)

UNICEF lauds SBM for reducing groundwater contamination

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SBM reduced groundwater contamination in many villages. (Source: IWP via Flickr photos)

Jal Shakti ministry formed to tackle water woes

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Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)

India witnesses second driest pre-monsoon spell in 65 years

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India witnesses the second driest pre-monsoon spell (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

Ganga's faecal coliform level high at inter-state boundaries

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The Ganga river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)

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