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Assam
India has 45 critically polluted river stretches: CPCB
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 01:47 PMPolluted river stretches increases to 351, as against 302 in 2015
![Solid waste on the banks of the Mithi river. (Image source: Rohit Sharma, Arpita Bhagat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_7_0_0.jpg?itok=QCHzoKXQ)
Assam continues to battle fluorosis
Posted on 09 May, 2018 08:26 AMFarhanuddin was just five years old when a pain in his knee began bothering him. It was 2013. Slowly, his legs began to change shape. They got so badly deformed that it began to affect his everyday life. He was gloomy and tired most times and had trouble walking.
![All stakeholders were brought on board to work on a comprehensive approach at tackling the fluorosis problem. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/assam.jpg?itok=evBLhioS)
Assam's river atlas to tackle floods, deforestation
Posted on 15 Jan, 2018 09:07 PMAssam prepares river atlas to tackle floods, erosion, deforestation
![People take a boat to cross Brahmaputra. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11798489896_4f25d0c9d7_z.jpg?itok=Kf3FVItC)
Arunachal becomes open defecation free
Posted on 03 Jan, 2018 09:44 AMArunachal achieves the open defecation free status
![A toilet constructed under SBM. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04543_0.jpg?itok=FDt6tUpp)
NCR water bodies disappearing due to urbanisation: Study
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 08:42 PMStudy says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years
![Barapullah drain in Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barapullah_elevated_corridor_0.jpg?itok=h1muUn6-)
Assam's fluorosis problem: When nature serves poison
Posted on 15 Sep, 2017 08:18 AMSadhani Kalita is only 35 years old but looks like she could be 50 years or older. She has lost her teeth and both her legs are misshapen with the ankles twisted.
![Anjila Khatun and her children of Tapatjuri village in Hojai district suffer from skeletal fluorosis.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_1anjila_khatun_and_her_children_in_tapatjuri_village_in_hojai_suffering_from_fluorosis.jpg?itok=V6ZX7q1E)
Floods take a heavy toll on Assam farmlands
Posted on 13 Sep, 2017 06:04 AMAssam bears huge agricultural loss from floods
![A man wades through knee-deep water with his belongings during the flood. (Source: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0470_0.jpg?itok=4t1Eb69R)
Flood and after: Water recedes, worries mount
Posted on 12 Sep, 2017 12:39 PMIn August this year, the states of Bihar and Assam witnessed the worst flooding in a long time. The water level is slowly receding now but it is not giving much respite to people as the aftermath of the devastating floods has brought upon miseries of its own.
![A boy stands in front of houses destroyed by flood in Karimganj district, Assam.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/after_floods_picture_from_kisanganj.jpeg?itok=Tth66VP0)
World Culture Festival: New panel contradicts report
Posted on 01 Aug, 2017 02:19 PMNo compaction of soil on the World Culture Festival site: New panel to NGT
![Front view of the giant stage under construction for the World Culture Festival. (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_4_0_0_0.jpg?itok=p4ONBFcN)
Ganga and Yamuna not living human entities anymore
Posted on 11 Jul, 2017 12:09 PMSC stays order granting human status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers
![Ganga river at Sangam, Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934888516_4937aa2aaf_z.jpg?itok=NmvBqupZ)