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Bihar
Crores of rupees to be raised for irrigation projects
Posted on 11 Sep, 2016 08:43 PMNABARD to raise Rs 77,000 crore to fund 100 prioritised irrigation projects
![Irrigation canal from the Bhima dam. (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irrigation_canal_taking_off_from_the_dam_0.jpg?itok=wiRGG06v)
Poor dam management behind Bihar flood
Posted on 29 Aug, 2016 12:17 PMFarakka behind Bihar flood: CM
![Farakka Barrage by Sudip Burman via Google Maps, Feb 2012](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farakka_barrage_-_google_maps1_0.jpg?itok=VwYO_i1V)
Assam, Bihar reel under severe flood
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:13 PMOne of the worst floods in Assam and Bihar
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NGT questions UP on potable water to villages
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:30 PMProvide potable water to villages: NGT asks UP government
![Polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hindon_river_1_0.jpg?itok=xyIK6K4l)
Knowing Kamla’s sorrow could control Bihar floods
Posted on 08 Jun, 2016 07:41 PM“When I was a boy, a family and their livestock could feed on just one crop for three years,” says Jugal Mandal of Sakhwar village in Darbhanga district. “For the last five years though, the village fields have been fallow because we have not had water,” he adds.
![A young girl leads her buffaloes in search of water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/searching_for_water.jpg?itok=L_wHaDjl)
Collateral damage: Buffalo herders and privatisation of water
Posted on 17 May, 2016 11:23 AMKishan Yadav has a lot in common with the popular flute-playing god whose namesake he is. They share a name, a caste, a profession, and the land they live on.
![Buffaloes huddle in the meagre shade offered by roadside trees in their search for water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/buffaloescover.jpg?itok=a7YQufvQ)
Draft of new Wetland Rules 2016 is out
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:37 PMEnvironmentalists unhappy with the draft of new Wetland Rules 2016
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UP Coca Cola plant in trouble again
Posted on 26 Jan, 2016 02:03 PMCPCB finds Coca Cola plant in Hapur pumping toxic water into a pond
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Sanitation interventions: A threat to drinking water supplies in rural India?
Posted on 03 Jan, 2016 11:05 PMInadequate separation of excreta from human contact can lead to a number of health problems. This is a cause for concern in India because as many as 600 million
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CPCB fails to tackle rising river pollution: Report
Posted on 28 Jul, 2015 09:22 AMIn the last 26 years, polluted river stretches rise from 22 to over 300
![Polluted Yamuna river in Agra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2449965048_3684c8f1bb_z_1.jpg?itok=sYGMMlqz)