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Maharashtra to pay Rs 100 crore for river restoration
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Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 01:54 PM

SC orders Maharashtra government to pay Rs 100 crore for restoration of Ulhas and Waldhuni rivers

A filthy river in Maharashtra. (Source: IWP photos via Rohit Sharma and Arpita Bhagat)
NRDWP to get restructured
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Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 01:17 PM

Restructuring of National Rural Drinking Water Programme approved

A child drinks water from a hand pump in Madhya Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Delhi enveloped in smog again
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Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 12:56 PM

Yet again, North India shrouded in heavy smog

Delhi shrouded in smog. (Source: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy/Flickr)
Wages delayed to MGNREGA workers in 19 states
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Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 07:46 PM

States freeze payments to MGNREGA workers

Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Maharashtra mandates reuse of wastewater
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Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 07:15 PM

Reuse of wastewater becomes mandatory in Maharashtra

Wastewater gets discharged into a drain. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Thermal power plants can now use more water
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Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 09:04 PM

Norms relaxed to allow thermal power plants to use more water

An NTPC thermal plant (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
NCR water bodies disappearing due to urbanisation: Study
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Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 08:42 PM

Study says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years

Barapullah drain in Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Yamuna cleanup: NGT raps Delhi authorities
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Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 10:38 AM

NGT raps authorities for Yamuna cleanup in Delhi 

Children rummage through garbage near the Yamuna river. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Huge dam proposed in Arunachal
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Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 09:48 AM

Niti Aayog proposes 300-metre high dam in Arunachal Pradesh

A river in East Siang (Source: Wikimedia)
New guidelines for industries on groundwater use?
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Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 02:14 PM

New guidelines proposed by the Centre on groundwater usage by industries

A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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