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Weekly News and Policy Updates
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Be careful while bathing if you're in these six districts of UP!
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 11:30 AMUP's rivers and groundwater are loaded with harmful effluents: CPCB
![View of the Yamuna in UP (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2449965048_3684c8f1bb_z_1_0.jpg?itok=D7hsDrzE)
Rains bring relief to Chennai's water security but expose city's under-preparedness
Posted on 16 Nov, 2015 09:42 PMHeavy rain water logs Chennai and other parts of Tamil Nadu
![A water logged street (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3223419470_3520bbbc13_z.jpg?itok=_AzLRZU6)
CPCB gets strict with non-compliant industries along the Ganga
Posted on 16 Nov, 2015 09:34 PMRespond immediately or face closure: CPCB to non-compliant industries along the Ganga
![Ganga river at Sangam in Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934020083_c28c745673_b_0.jpg?itok=La040TkG)
Wildlife Board panel not to consider projects in and around protected areas
Posted on 11 Nov, 2015 08:23 PMPanel not to consider projects until eco-zones are clearly demarcated
![Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan (Source: Vasundhara Deogawanka via IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2971840436_081ac5b177_z.jpg?itok=Tyo4sTPk)
State Government's slow response caused 2013 flash floods: CAG
Posted on 11 Nov, 2015 08:19 PMCAG report blames Uttarakhand Government for 2013 flash floods
![House washed away by the Uttarakhand floods (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pickofweek4_1_1.jpg?itok=aLff9gRh)
Mansarovar or Gaumukh: Which is the source of the Ganga?
Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:11 PMNIH scientists to probe if Mansarovar is the source of Ganga
![Bhagirathi river at its source, Gaumukh (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9139589493_270208eef1_z_0.jpg?itok=F9gYK668)
20 sq.km forest area to be diverted for “blue and green, environment-friendly capital city” Amaravati
Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:00 PMCentre to allow diversion of a whooping 20 sq.km. forest area for Andhra's new capital
![An undisturbed forest (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9651315673_53b893e40e_z.jpg?itok=4HhDGwgM)
Environment Ministry to review Critically Polluted Areas
Posted on 26 Oct, 2015 09:57 PMEnvironment Ministry gets strict towards the compliance of green norms
![CSEB power plant in Korba (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/national_thermal_power_corporation_ltd._plant_in_korba_0.jpg?itok=kBlnqNZL)
Srinagar's Dal Lake shrinks by 36% in the last 37 years
Posted on 26 Oct, 2015 09:43 PMStudy shows half of Srinagar's water bodies have disappeared in the past century
![Dal Lake in Srinagar (Source: McKay Savage via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-india_-_srinagar_-_020_-_reflection_on_dal_lake_3918582051.jpg?itok=lG4c4ATS)
Environment Ministry allowed to clear hydel projects in Uttarakhand, except in Alaknanda-Bhagirathi basins
Posted on 20 Oct, 2015 07:10 PMMoEFCC can approve hydel projects in Uttarakhand, except in Alaknanda-Bhagirathi river basins: SC
![Bhagirathi river at its source, Gaumukh (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9139589493_270208eef1_z.jpg?itok=Ed54VvRp)