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Draft guidelines on water quality released
Policy matters this week
Posted on 07 Dec, 2015 08:53 PM

Government comes up with new standards on water quality

The Krishna river, Wai, Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Death toll in Chennai rises to 450
News this week
Posted on 07 Dec, 2015 08:26 PM

Chennai rains claim 450 lives

Chennai roads take a beating (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
2016 might show worse impacts of El Nino, predicts WMO
News this week
Posted on 01 Dec, 2015 08:51 PM

2015 the warmest year since 1850: WMO

Annual average temperature map (Source: Robert A. Rohde via Wikimedia Commons)
Uttarakhand finally recognises the land rights of three villages displaced by Tehri dam
Policy matters this week
Posted on 01 Dec, 2015 08:44 PM

Three villages displaced by Tehri dam finally recognised as revenue villages

Tehri dam in the lean season (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
New CGWA guidelines mandate NOC for industries to extract groundwater
Policy matters this week
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 05:45 PM

Industries can extract groundwater only after obtaining a NOC: CGWA

Groundwater, a scarce resource (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Be careful while bathing if you're in these six districts of UP!
News this week
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 11:30 AM

UP's rivers and groundwater are loaded with harmful effluents: CPCB

View of the Yamuna in UP (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
Rains bring relief to Chennai's water security but expose city's under-preparedness
News this week
Posted on 16 Nov, 2015 09:42 PM

Heavy rain water logs Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu

A water logged street (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
CPCB gets strict with non-compliant industries along the Ganga
Policy matters this week
Posted on 16 Nov, 2015 09:34 PM

Respond immediately or face closure: CPCB to non-compliant industries along the Ganga

Ganga river at Sangam in Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Wildlife Board panel not to consider projects in and around protected areas
Policy matters this week
Posted on 11 Nov, 2015 08:23 PM

Panel not to consider projects until eco-zones are clearly demarcated

Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan (Source: Vasundhara Deogawanka via IWP Flickr Photos)
State Government's slow response caused 2013 flash floods: CAG
News this week
Posted on 11 Nov, 2015 08:19 PM

CAG report blames Uttarakhand Government for 2013 flash floods

House washed away by the Uttarakhand floods (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)
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