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Dams, Barrages and Reservoirs
First water atlas of the Himalayas launched during COP 21
Posted on 16 Dec, 2015 10:21 AMFirst water atlas of the Himalayas launched in Paris
![View of the Himalayas from Dhulikhel, Nepal (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8495303300_70b23d61f7_z.jpg?itok=vwW6yeao)
Choppy waters and a calm river voyager
Posted on 06 Dec, 2015 12:31 PMThe epic voyage--Nadisutra--along the Ganga may have been the high point of Emmanuel Theophilus’s recent work, but there have been many more peaks and valleys for this fervent mountaineer cum ecologist. Theo lives in a remote village near Munsiyari in Uttarakhand.
![Theophilus being awarded the ' Bhagirath Prayas Samman' (Source: Kush Sethi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/theo_0.jpg?itok=mpGyg-J1)
Uttarakhand finally recognises the land rights of three villages displaced by Tehri dam
Posted on 01 Dec, 2015 08:44 PMThree villages displaced by Tehri dam finally recognised as revenue villages
![Tehri dam in the lean season (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tehri_0_0.jpg?itok=P4N5GV2F)
New CGWA guidelines mandate NOC for industries to extract groundwater
Posted on 24 Nov, 2015 05:45 PMIndustries can extract groundwater only after obtaining a NOC: CGWA
![Groundwater, a scarce resource (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0796_0.jpg?itok=8KbJ_P1N)
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)
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)
India submits its new climate plan to UNFCC
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 11:38 PMIndia announces its new climate plan
![Climate Change (Source: Sourabh Phadke on IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8357660792_7a1400afb9_z_0.jpg?itok=yZcTNjlQ)
Godavari, Krishna rivers are interlinked
Posted on 14 Sep, 2015 10:21 PMGodavari, Krishna rivers interlinked
![Prakasam Barrage across Krishna river (Source: Subhash Chandra via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna_river_vijayawada.jpg?itok=MeIMk3Dm)
Long-delayed Teesta-III project in Sikkim gets cleared
Posted on 14 Sep, 2015 08:26 PMTeesta-III project in Sikkim gets a green signal
![The meandering Teesta river (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/7596568222_1a2bd53ba1_z_0.jpg?itok=mWr795hq)
No more dam approvals until e-flow report is out: Water Ministry
Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 09:35 PMNo approval of dams until e-flow report is out: Water Ministry to CWC
![Kelo dam near Raigarh (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15432119794_53071d03a0_z.jpg?itok=lFT-4-E5)