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    Himanshi Rajkhowa, a student in class IX at Christ Jyoti School in Nagaon, wrote an essay about pollution and how it affects the Disang River located in Sivasagar, Assam. She did this by taking part in an online essay contest that Parthana Arandhara (Water Fellow-NEWT 2020) organized.

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    Pragyan Chakravarty, who is pursuing B. A programme at Delhi University, has penned an essay pertaining to the role of community participation in safeguarding the Disang River in Assam. He did this by participating in an online contest organized by Parthana Arandhara (Water Fellow-NEWT 2020)

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    A 60-metre high dam has been built over the river Teesta, just below the confluence of the Chungthang valley in North Sikkim, which is known as the Teesta III Hydroelectric Project. Chumit Lepcha took out his camera and took a photo before the valley sinking, recently, when he was heading towards Lachung,

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    Chu Kingchum Lepcha took a photo when she returned from Siliguri. Where the stress of scarcity states by saying, " My brother is staring at the bottle below the tap for a refill, but the water is not coming out of it; and just behind him, there is a drain where water is flowing, but it is not for drinking."

  • Floating Huts of Loktak

    Loktak, an internationally acclaimed freshwater lake, is the soul of Manipur. In this detailed story walks through this maze of issues and attempt to explain the nature of the problems, especially the existential dilemma of the inhabitants of Champu Khangpok, the only recognised floating village of the Loktak lake.

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    Bomjir is one of the oldest villages located at the lower basin of the Dibang river under the Dambuk circle in Arunachal Pradesh. The river Dibang, one of the three main rivers that form the mighty Brahmaputra in the plains of upper Assam, is called Talo by the Idu Mishmi tribe.

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    The series of photographs show the water sources of Dzongu, and how people are connected to water in different ways. It shows water in different weather conditions. It also sends out a very important message to viewers about the need for conservation of water, and how important it is for the coming generations.

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    The inhabitants of Nongmaikhong village always used to boast of its idyllic setting near the placid waters of Pumlen Pat with several streams flowing into the freshwater lake. Relationship between Pumlenpat and the communities of the surrounding villages suddenly got disrupted with the construction of the Ithai Barrage.

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    In the ancient Thawai Meeren philosophy of the Meities believe, all life originated from water. This story takes the readers to Andro, one of the oldest villages, site of a sacred fire that has been kept burning for the past 2,000 years at the Chakpa Panam Ningthou Meithoupirol Shanglen cultural complex.  

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