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Delhi
Step back in time into 'Ugrasen ki baoli'
Posted on 12 Oct, 2015 08:28 AMTucked away in a quiet by-lane of Delhi's busiest commercial centre Connaught Place, Agrasen or Ugrasen ki baoli waits imperially for a lost traveller to reach its steps.Called
![The old and the new: Ugrasen 'baoli' against the backdrop of Delhi.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/final.jpg?itok=58_6Q7_0)
New scheme for the development of mining-affected areas
Posted on 29 Sep, 2015 04:58 PMGovernment announces launch of Pradhan Mantri Khanij Kshetra Kalyan Yojana
![Coal mines in Jharsuguda district (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0066etp_0.jpg?itok=HgOyFrPD)
Strict action against polluters throwing puja waste in the Yamuna
Posted on 21 Sep, 2015 10:19 PMDelhi Government gets strict towards Yamuna pollution
![Garbage piled high near the Yamuna river (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935427348_b6fdcf3d09_z_1.jpg?itok=_Jp9xSsN)
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)
Sunderbans and Siachen glacier to become trans-boundary protected area
Posted on 31 Aug, 2015 10:25 PMSunderbans and Siachen glacier proposed to be recognised as a trans-boundary protected area
![Farm fields in the Sunderbans (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3603694941_cd511a01ae_z.jpg?itok=WavujP-B)
Okhla Bird Sanctuary takes a backseat to real estate development in Noida
Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:20 PMCentre approves bringing down protected zone around Okhla Bird Sanctuary from 10 km to 1
![Okhla Bird Sanctuary (Source: Amit Pratap via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/okhla_bird_sanctuary.jpg?itok=9Ch7tUUo)
Europe's Rhine river inspires the Ganga revival
Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 09:13 PMGanga clean-up takes its inspiration from the Rhine river
![Ganga river at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9416529216_7b33145664_z_2_0.jpg?itok=4V81s_cE)
Delhi’s Bhalaswa landfill contaminates groundwater
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:51 PMWith more than 8360 tons of trash created daily in Delhi, the city has three trash pile sites at Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla. In these sites technically known as landfills, garbage is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying lands.
![Pushpa has been leading the struggle of Bhalaswa residents to clean water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pushpa-who-has-been_leading-the-struggle-of-bhalaswa-people-to-clean-water2.jpg?itok=Tg7aUhCO)
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PMAbout the conference
![Roundtable Conference and Book Launch](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_twitter_0.jpg?itok=c2Be6obs)