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Photo competition

Poisoned waters of Delhi

All posters with titles and url

Rishikesh Diaries 2022

Moods of the monsoon

Capacity building initiatives by UNICEF with partner organisations

Bihar Floods 2020

Bringing springs to life: Ensuring water security for Baigas in Madhya Pradesh

Jeevan Rath

Maharashtra COVID-19 Relief Work

Be Wise. Water Wise

Stories from Jharnadhara, a springshed management programme

Groundwater Management and Water Budgeting

Environmental friendly toilets in Chhattisgarh

World Toilet Day 2018

Groundwater contamination in Ratlam due to hazardous waste

Temple stepwell gets revived for water

No end to Bemetara's drinking water struggle

Impact of anicuts in Rajim-Nawapara area in Chhattisgarh

Rongyoung river in Dzongu

Arsenic contamination at Kaudikasa village in Rajnandgaon district in Chhattisgarh

Rajim Kumbh 2018

The journey of the Mutha river from its origin and as it flows through Pune city

Solid liquid resource waste management initiative by Ambikapur district administration.

Solar power solves a village's drinking water problem at Makhala.

Khalabari's water problem

Floods in Bihar and Assam

Can agriculture and industrialisation coexist?

The unique Baravs of Maharashtra

Sewri wetland, Mumbai

Impact of coal mining in Raigarh district, Chhattisgarh

Asola Bhatti Wildlife Sanctuary

Naryanapuram wetland, Chennai

Revival of Nilona dam in Yavatmal,Maharashtra

Successful implementation of Dilasa's Doha model for water harvesting in Vidarbha

Pulicat lagoon, Tamil Nadu

Ramgarh Lake, Jaipur

Water, sanitation and housing conditions of poor in Indore

Kosasthalaiyar river and Ennore creek, Chennai

Chennai after Cyclone Vardah

Kanjli wetland, Punjab

Keshopur wetland, Punjab

Dhangars of Maharashtra

Ramsar site: Chilika lake

Pondicherry's Aayi Kulam

Ramsar site: Point Calimere Wildlife and Bird Sanctuary,Tamil Nadu

Temple pond renovation, Kooram village, Tamil Nadu

Paddy swarming caterpillar attack on paddy in Assam

The sorry state of ponds in Guwahati

Potters of Majuli

Udaipur and its Waters

Rao Jodha Desert Park, Jodhpur

Munroe Thuruth, Kerala

Mahadayi river: A tale of two sparring states and a river

Floods in Assam 2016

Locals plant mangroves in Sunderbans to prevent tidal surges and floods

Mahamahan tank, Kumbakonam, TN

Impacts of Mohar reservoir in Balod district in Chhattisgarh

Fisheries in Jharkhand

Kharun river front impacts

Pipara sets an example in parched Bundelkhand

The story of Chidavad farmers in Dewas district

Revival of Nanduwali river

Ujjain after Simhastha 2016

Paleochannels of the Kamla River, Bihar

Baoli Dargah of Hazrat Nizamuddin Auliya

Ujjain Simhastha 2016

Mangrove plantation in Jagatsinghpur district

Water Crises in Latur

Deeg Palace, Rajasthan

Sarda Panchayat in Odisha

Water and Jobs

Canal restoration work at Madhuban Gram Panchayat in Puri district.

Women and Water

Baoli at Red Fort, Delhi

Water and architecture

Floating gardens in Odisha

Celebrating the tanks of Bahour, Puducherry

Ujjain before Simhastha 2016

'Forgotten' waters of Purana Qila, Delhi

The Semi-Arid Regions of Moyar-Bhavani Basin

Humayun's tomb, Delhi

Integrated Rice-Fish farming in Odisha

Dzukou Valley, Nagaland

Life and water at Rachenahalli lake, Bangalore

Chennai Rains: Mismanagement of lakes & waterways

Losing ground: Majuli

Chennai Floods 2015

Rajon ki baoli, Mehrauli

Laknavaram and Ramappa Cheruvu, Telangana

Impact of Limestone mining in Paraswani village in Chhattisgarh

Gandhak ki baoli, Mehrauli

Nagaur fort

Punjab's straw burning

Gramkranti Eco-Bio Toilet: Daryapur (Amravati district, Maharashtra)

Lakholaav pond, Nagaur

Powai lake, Mumbai

Step wells of India

Hadi Rani ki baori, Rajasthan

Ugrasen ki baoli : Stepwells of Delhi

Integrated farming brings hope to many in Aila affected areas in Sunderbans

Stories on 'Springs' from Meghalaya

Taankas of Rajasthan

Bishop Cotton School, Shimla

Ecological Sanitation in Kovalam

Micro irrigation in Rajasthan

Status of Bandhabhuin village water supply and sanitation condition.

Talabeda-a village in Sambalpur district in Odisha affected by iron contamination.

Rainwater harvesting at Melamati in Jorhat, Assam

Battling fluoride contamination in Dhar

Mand island, Punjab

Monsoon 2015

Kangra Fort, Himachal Pradesh

Water Systems in Mandu

Water systems in Burhanpur

Lakes of Bhopal

Shimla's water and sanitation

Gharats or waterwheels in Palampur

Rinmochan pond of Kurukshetra

Polluted waters of Punjab

Changes in Shivnath river basin-A community perspective

Graphs for data stories

Panhalgarh Fort, Kolhapur, Maharashtra

Status of sanitation in Punjab

Falgu- a story of greed

Beris of Barmer

Lord Shiva and Water

Ghadsisar pond

Ahar Pyne irrigation in South Bihar

Pond at Gobariya

The Kelo river in Chhattisgarh

Baadi village, Jodhpur

'Water session' held at NMML, 28 Oct 2014

System of Rice Intensification (SRI) initiative in Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh

Chilka lake conservation initiative in Odisha

Gravity fed water supply system

Sanitation

Rivers

Ponds of Bikaner

The Kutch water story

How does the Ramganga flow?

Theerthams in Rameswaram

Dignified Sanitation Solutions in Namakkal

Bio-Industrial Watershed Programme in Illupur, Tamil Nadu

The Poisonous Encounters: Impact of Raymond factory pollution in Yavatmal

Fisheries in Punjab

Data on livestock in India

Flood irrigation in Bihar

Coal Mines in Lakhanpur block, Jharsuguda

Gender and water

Bridge on the river Kosi

Kalyanis (Step wells) in Chitradurga

Power plants in Mettur pollute Cauvery river and agricultural fields

Ultra Mega Power Plant could threaten rich water resources in Cheyyur, Kancheepuram

Thermal plants in Ennore threaten important water resources

Springs topic page

Sun Koshi river, Nepal, blocked by landslide

Small hydel projects of Chamba, Himachal Pradesh

Irrigation channels of Himachal

Can I have the water that falls on your roof?

Farmer in drought prone Chitradurga battles water scarcity with Borewell recharge

Devaraja Reddy's work in Chitradurga

Shantarama Thirth Ashrama

Choked by concrete

Coke's bottling plant at Kaladera, Rajasthan

Holi hydel project

Narmada Diary-A tale of the fading glory of a river

The lakes of Darbhanga

Phad irrigation system in Yavatmal district

Genocide by indifference

Featured

Mumbai's Solid Waste

Shark Finning Trade from Vishakapatnam

Snapshots from Nagaland

Condition of the rehabilitated slum colony at Ahirikhedi, Indore under JNNURM urban housing scheme for the poor

Dying river of Madhya Pradesh-A tale of Kshipra river

Sesa Goa

Agriculture topic page

Kesarwal Springs

Khazans of Goa

Samerth's work in Chhattisgarh

The women water managers of Chopriali, Uttarakhand

Condition of displaced due to Hirakud dam

A progressive farmer in Chopriali, Uttarakhand

Water and Sanitation situation in Raipur slums

WWD 2014_Celebrations in IWP

Groundwater Recharge and Springs

Comics on 'Water' in Sikkim

Comics from Nagaland

Punjab's falling groundwater

Dwarka water body- fight for survival

Drinking water problems in Jamshedpur

Jonbeel Mela in Assam

Chandil Cage Culture Project in Jharkhand

Kalwaheri no till initiative

Trenches in Pophala Village, Maharashtra

River Adyar, Chennai

Rainwater harvesting and greywater recycling in individual homes and apartments

Dying ponds of Darbhanga, Bihar

Waterlogging in Punjab

Pisurti Village visit

Akheghani village visit

Geological Museum at Fergusson College, Pune

Namma ooru, Namma neeru

Talabs of Charkhari

Eco-sanitation at Rupauliya village

Renovation of temple tanks by Vivekananda Kendra NARDEP in Kanyakumari

People's struggle against the Kudankulam Nuclear Power Plant in Idinthakarai, Tirunelveli

Deepor beel: Entangled in a net of dangers

Roundup of 2013's best pictures

State of Himachal's forest

DEWATS in TATA DHAN Academy, Keelamathur, Tamilnadu

Drop Dead Foundation

1 dam, 2 projects, many fools?

Community based management of water, sanitation and waste disposal in Cuttack

Mazhapolima - Improving groundwater quantity and quality in Thrissur, Kerala

Waste to Energy Plant, Okhla, Delhi

Aravali Institute of Management, Jodhpur: A scene that wipes away the memory of the vast, scorched land. A little patience, hard work and enthusiasm surely goes a long way to turn an arid desert into a sparkling dream!

Fluoride affected Amatikra village in Podi Uproda block in Korba district in Chhattisgarh

Planting mangroves to sequester carbon for mankind in Sunderbans

Reviving wells for arsenic free water in Ballia, Uttar Pradesh

Manipal University in Mangalore conserves rainwater

Richard Rebello's farm in Udupi, Karnataka

Surangas- a traditional water harvesting system near Mangalore

Madagas - A traditional water harvesting system in Karnataka

St. Francis Church, Farangipete Church - The oldest rainwater harvesting structure near Mangalore

Elumalai's farm pond in Keelathivakkam village, Kanchipuram

Eris and Kanmais of Tamil Nadu

Uttarakhand - ongoing disasters

Knowledge meets education at Vigyaan Ashram!

Sankarshan Kund

Jal Satyagraha in Madhya Pradesh

Six women draft a change in Agra's water story

Varkala and Thuruttu islands near Thiruvanathapuram, Kerala

The sacred teerthas of Rameshwaram

Displacement due to Bargi dam

Lawrence School, Sanawar

Fisheries and watershed development

Doddballapur Tanks

Kinnaur- Fragile hills and hydel projects

A visit to Narmada Valley

Perumbakkam-Vengaivasal Lake in the outskirts of Chennai

Popular lakes in Raipur

Pallikaranai Marsh

Sacred groves in Meghalaya

Schooling a Culture: Baba Aya Singh Riarki College

Jakkur lake: a model for managing urban water sustainably in Bangalore

Trying to keep Lucknow's Gomti clean

Farmers' own organic manure factory

Source of the Gomti

Shivnath flood impacts

Amritsar- the pond of nectar

Anti- Coca Cola protests at Charba

Sarnath Turtle hatchery

A fishing village in Kerala

Fly-ash in Korba

Rice plantations in Mulshi taluka of Pune district

Rain water harvesting -The age old tanks on Sinhagad fort

Ecological agriculture- a sustainable way of farming

Coping with floods in Brahmaputra basin

Spring cleanup at Chatola

Vetubali pond revival in Pallichal panchayat

Rainwater harvesting at Yenepoya Medical College, Mangalore, Karnataka

Tso Moriri

River Indus

Rainwater harvesting in Lamgarah

The Karamana river in Trivandrum, Kerala

Arrival of the monsoon in villages in Maval taluka of Pune district, Maharashtra

Umananda island- The smallest inhabited river island in the world

Lakes, Tawang

Bhagirathi, pilgrimage and dams in Uttarakhand

Pre-Monsoon Preparedness Campaign in Assam

Children as change agents

Water scarcity in Pudukottai and Peramballur districts of Tamilnadu

Malguzari tanks in Bhandara District in Maharashtra

Dalli-Rajarah iron ore mines in Chhattisgarh

Water meter

A visit to organic farmer Sundararamans model learning farm in Sathy, Erode

Kharun river in Chhattisgarh

Bangalore Lake Diaries

River Kabini flowing through Kuruva Dweep, Wayanad, Kerala

Water storage tanks in Rajnandgaon, Chattisgarh

Shivnath river in Chhattisgarh

Maguri Beel (Wetland) in Tinsukia, Assam

Birth of the Gad Ganga

World Water Day, 22-23 March 2013

The radiant raindrops of Rajasthan - Derasar, Ramgarh, Jaisalmer, the mother of all Khadeens

The radiant raindrops of Rajasthan - Gharsisar Lake, Jaisalmer

Hauz Khas lake, New Delhi

Public hearing for proposed 3000 MW Dibang Multipurpose Project at Roing, Arunachal Pradesh

River Cooum, Chennai

Dakshina Pinakini river, Karnataka

The radiant raindrops of Rajasthan - Khadeens in Ramgarh, Jaisalmer

Malampuzha dam and gardens in Palakkad district of Kerala

The radiant raindrops of Rajasthan - Beris and Talaabs in Ramgarh, Jaisalmer

Organic cotton farmer Kalaivani's farm in Vellitiruppur, Erode, Tamilnadu

Dhanushkodi, Rameshwaram, Tamil Nadu

Pashaan Lake, Pune, Maharashtra

Pondhe village, Purandhar block, Pune, Maharashtra

Open Data Camp 2013

Catch Every Drop: Visit to Visveswaraya Rainwater Harvesting Park, Bangalore

Organic urban gardening conference, Chennai

Panoramas of the Himalayas

Work on rainwater harvesting and electricity generation from biogas at Oddoor farms, Mangalore, Karnataka

Infosys Foundation's Parishudh Initiative in Karnataka

Mountains, streams and the shola forests of the Nilgiris, Kotagiri, Tamilnadu

Sustainable sanitation and water management - Illustrations made by Sourabh Phadke for the SSWM Toolbox

"We need more community-based hydrogeologists to solve the groundwater crisis" - Workshop on Participatory Groundwater Management in the Himalayan region, organised by People's Science Institute, Dehradun, December 2012

Keystone Foundation, Nilgiris, Tamil Nadu

Revival of lakes and ponds in Valni village, Nagpur, Maharashtra

Water resources development atlas of India by NATMO (1996)

Land resource atlas of India by NATMO (1996)

Pentagon shaped well in Naskan village, Andhra Pradesh

India Water Portal Team Trip to the Thar Desert, Rajasthan - November 2012

Nirmal Bharat Yatra: Kota

Nirmal Bharat Yatra: Gorakhpur, UP

Nirmal Bharat Yatra reaches its halfway point

Small orchard development and beans intercropping in Bejaletti village, Erode

Oussudu Lake, Pondicherry

Pebble Garden, Aurobrindavan - A seed conservation and sharing initiative in Auroville

Nirmal Bharat Yatra: Indore

Fluoride problem in the villages of Nalgonda, Andhra Pradesh

Menstrual Hygiene Management in schools

Bikramgarh Jheel restoration in Kolkata

National workshop on appropriate toilet technologies organised by Gramalaya, 2012

Civic, Bangalore

Floods in Assam 2012

The fisherfolk of Kerala

Behaviour Change Communication for Sanitation

Revival of Doling Lake, Sikkim

Dhara Vikas Programme: Reviving dying springs of Sikkim

River Teesta and Rangpo - Sikkim's Lifelines

Water in Bangalore

Sustainable Mountain Development Summit 2, Gangtok

Training workshop on Participatory Ground Water Management, Dehradun

Sarakki Lake Bangalore

Sangken - Festival of water - Arunachal Pradesh

River Noyyal, Tiruppur, Tamil Nadu

Soil and water conservation efforts in Gulliyada Village, Talavadi Block, Erode district

Water in Gokarna, Karnataka

Nationwide fluoride testing project for schools 2011- 12

Cartoons, Illustrations, Comics

Traditional water harvesting systems in the Thar desert

Water Hackathon

WSSCC Global Forum on Sanitation & Hygiene - October 10-14 2011 - Mumbai

'Health on Stage': an Asia-Europe Foundation (ASEF) event at KROSS, Bangalore

Upper Ganga

Rainwater Harvesting Theme Park, Bangalore

Painganga Basin Visit

Water Security

A kalyani (step well) brought to life in Mulbagal, Karnataka

Save our lake: a citizen initiative to save Puttenahalli Lake, Bangalore

ATREE Vembanad Fish Count: May 25-26 2011

Arghyam field visit to Fluoride Mitigation Project, Madanapalle, Andhra Pradesh: May 19th 2011

Arghyam field visit to SEDS in Anantpur district, Andhra Pradesh in April 2011: Testing water quality, assessing the overall situation in India's second most drought prone region

Visit to Hathinikund barrage at Tajewala, Haryana on 27 April 2011

Drinking water and sanitation: In news

Bhuigaon village wells

Let Pinder river flow free

Images from the Grants team at Arghyam

Drop Shot Contest

Voices from waters 2010 day 2

Voices from Water 2010

Pictures of well & lake revival

Recent pictures - Alwar

Recent pictures - Jaisalmer

Vembanad Lake Fish Count (2010) organised by ATREE

Ecosan photographs and leaflets in Bengali from West Bengal, India

Rainwater Harvesting Mela, Cubbon Park , March 20, 2010

Posters in Gujarati from Sahjeevan

Water scarcity in Gujrat

Surface and Sub surface check dam

Making of a plastic lining pond

Ecosan toilets in flood-affected N. Bihar

Toilet with a view!

Neeru Kaayisuva Bambu (Traditional water heater)

Bindige, the water container

Bagmati Breach - 2009

Ghatkopar Sewage Treatment Plant

As It Flows - Cartoons

Images from ASHWAS

Test

Cyclone Aila - Images from Baikunthapur Tarun Sangha

Anil Gulati - A Cyclone's Aftermath (Alia - 2009)

RWH at Silver Dale Apartments, Coxtown Bangalore

RWH at Olde Bangalore Resort and Convention Centre

Ancient Water Body Restoration: Braj Foundation

Kerala Water Authority - Platinum Jubilee Celebration Images

Monsoon in Trivandrum

Ecosan Toilet Designs, Northeast

Gajapati District - Ecosan Structure

Total Sanitation Campaign

The Story of Vembanad - Desktop Calendar from ATREE

Dr. Agarwal's Fast unto Death: In news

2009 Desktop Calendar - WES Net

Sikkim

Sarovaram

Slow Sand Filters

Varanasi

Pollution

Tehri

Sulabh

Auroville

Meghalaya

Manipur

Rajasthan

Waterbodies

Lothal

Khagaria

Kamalapuram

Gujarat

Gharats and Hidrums

Fodra

Fatehpur Sikri

Bharuch

Kovalam

Bharatpur

2009 Calendar - Vigyan Vijay

RWHS - Bangalore

Urine -Diverting toilets - Posters

2009 Water Calendar ACT (Bhuj)

People's Science Institute 2009 Calendar

Hamirsar Lake, Bhuj, Gujarat

Old Wells At the Konark Sun Temple, Orissa

Guava leaves, Open wells, Appropriate technology & all that!

Impressions of Rajasthan

“Clean India Photo Contest" 2008

"Roof- Neighbour's, Rainwater – ours” A case study from the Sachetana Drinking Water Project

Pictures of Johads in Nanduwali Nadi region

Narasimha Teertha, Mulbagal

Miscellaneous photos

Kalyani at Melkote Temple

Design Competition

Talaparige Photos

Open Painting Competition: "Proper Sanitation and Safe Water"

Beris of Bipasar and Bakhasar

1000 year old Bawadi in Patan, Gujarat

Toilets - Manipur

Ponds, Manipur

Loktak lake, Manipur

Jagadiswara's photos

Yamuna Trash Cleanup - Delhi and Agra

A Poor man's water story in Chitradurga

Handpumps for taps!

Oldest RWH Structure, near Mangalore

Sisandra, Madaka, Katta -- traditional water structures

Suranga - Traditional water harvesting structure

Toilets - Gramalaya's work

Isawal Well Revival , Jaisalmer, Rajasthan

Chicklihole Reservior, Coorg

The Culture of the Cauvery

Uttarkhand Nadi Bachchao Abhiyan 2008 -- January Padayatrao

Traditional waterbody restored in Doddballapur, Karnataka

Metered Drinking Water Supply project - Bundelkhand

Model Water and Sanitation School, Karnataka

BWSSB's Yelahanka wastewater treatment plant

Reviving the Nanduwali River, Rajasthan

Graphics from the book - "Aaj Bhi Khare Hai Talaab",("Ponds are still relevant")

Gramalaya -- rural sanitation in Tamil Nadu

Wastewater treatment in Bhuj, Gujarat

The Best of Farhad Contractor

Kalyani - traditional tank in Karnataka

Persian wheel in Karnataka

In search of lost water: Bawdi

Fluoride Mitigation

Floodwaters unsettle Muzaffarpur

Experimenting with ecological sanitation

Floods disrupt life in Bihar

Rejuvenated Talaab