India Water Portal

Unity, persistence, and non-violence are but a few lessons that we can learn from the successful Koel Karo anti-dam protest in Jharkhand. How the people got together and through their non violent protest led to cancellation of a sanctioned dam. Here are the five reasons which resulted in this peaceful victory.

Check out the breathtaking photos of Umananda Island, the smallest inhabited river island in the world, and its many unusual stories.

Manayali village in Maharashtra not only became water secure but also managed to provide a solution to a small Banjara community that lives 3 km away from it -- through community participation.

Here is how people of Khonoma village in Nagaland came together to make sure that their fields always remain green. Watch the beautiful video that explains the process.

Watch and learn how a unique initiative by the Government of Sikkim has revived the Doling Lake in Rabongla, South Sikkim, making the once dwindling water body into a perennial source of water as well as a tourist attraction!

Meet the women who strongly believe that there is a spirit of ownership among villagers that can be tapped into by someone within their own community. And to honour this belief, they walk for miles each day to inform and educate people about sanitation and water issues. These are the wonderful Water and Sanitation Promoters of rural Tamil Nadu.

You will truly see how one man's trash is another man's (or woman's) meal in this essay which ventures into the Mumbai slums and takes a look into the lives of the "entrepreneurs" who are trying to eke out a living from plastic discards. Meet the fiesty Lakshmi and learn how she responds when her daughter is teased with "Teri maa kachre wali hai"!

Itchy skin lesions, changes in skin colour, hardening and thickening of skin into nodules - these were some of the afflictions suffered by the villagers due to arsenic contamination of their drinking water sources. But read how this brave village fought back against this scourge, with even a 95-year old pitching in very actively!

With the General Elections 2014 in full swing, all parties have come out with their manifestos. Here we present the salient commitments of each party on water-related issues, so that YOU can decide which party has the best view and therefore the best chance to solve our water worries.