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Delhi
Will boats float on Yamuna?
Posted on 23 May, 2018 11:38 AMHere's some good news for the people of Delhi. If the Centre is to be believed, Delhi is going the Kochi way and Yamuna waters will keep the traffic burden off the road much like Kochi’s backwaters and rivers.
![Yamuna in Delhi (Image: Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/del.jpg?itok=mOXhJyqk)
Down in the dumps: Delhi’s waste pickers’ saga
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 04:05 PMEight-year-old Meera (name changed) got ill after eating filthy food remains from a dump at Mansarovar park in Delhi. Children like her work in filthy environments, rummaging through hazardous waste with bare hands and feet. They play in these dumping ground strewn with syringes, scrap iron, rotting waste, solid and liquid household waste.
![Waste pickers face harrowing occupational hazards and are exposed to toxins in the absence of protective gear. (Image: Ted Mathys, 2009)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ted_mathys_2009_ap_fellow._partner_chintan_0.jpg?itok=HoEY3Axg)
Centers for International Projects Trust (CIPT) looking for summer interns
Posted on 09 Apr, 2018 03:06 PMDuration: May - June 2018
Number of Interns – 3
Organisation: Centers for International Projects Trust
AN EXCITING OPPORTUNITY WITH CEEW: SENIOR PROGRAMME LEAD - WATER
Posted on 02 Apr, 2018 03:16 PMWould you like to work with India’s leading international think tank? Are you looking for productive engagements and leadership opportunities while making your mark in the water sector?
Mangar Bani: NCR's green patch calls for help
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 02:39 PMAccording to the local legend, Mangar Bani, a green patch between Faridabad and Gurgaon, was home to a Baba (a holy man), Gudariya Das Maharaj around 500 years ago. Popular among the local Gujjar herdsmen, the dominant community of the area, the Baba asked them to treat this forest as a sacred grove, the forested abode of a local deity.
![Mangar Bani, with its trees, plants, birds and animals, is an ecological hotspot but it is finding it hard to keep builders and land grabbers at bay. (Image: Pradip Krishen, Facebook)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mangar-bani-pradip-krishen-facebook.jpg?itok=Es_PNvwy)
Islands float on Delhi lake
Posted on 08 Mar, 2018 06:09 AMLocated in the Hauz Khas urban village in the busy metropolis of Delhi is an exquisitely landscaped lush green patch. This deer park, with spotted deer, peacocks and numerous birds, leads to an incredibly beautiful lake. As per a plaque at the site, the lake is a part of the medieval (13th century) city of Delhi Sultanate.
![Phytoremediation principle is used to convert Hauz Khas lake into a water purifying wetland ecosystem. (Image: Tarun Nanda)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead-evolve.jpg?itok=7W7CAm0W)
Vacancy for Practice Area Knowledge Manager for Water & Sanitation (WASH) at Dalberg, India
Posted on 11 Feb, 2018 02:37 PMAbout Dalberg
Intensive survey ordered for western UP rivers
Posted on 24 Jan, 2018 10:36 AMConduct intensive survey of western UP rivers: NGT
![The polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hindon_river_1_1.jpg?itok=1s-adA7E)
Delhi’s e-waste problem
Posted on 21 Jan, 2018 08:49 AMWidespread use of digital devices--mobile phones, tablets, computers, smart watches and more--has made electronic waste a new environmental problem. Discarded gadgets result in massive piles of e-waste, which is contaminating soil and groundwater in the national capital, a new study has pointed out.
![Heavy metals from e-waste leach into the ground polluting the groundwater and soil.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc05730jpg.jpg?itok=j7DwRzFa)
Sand mining in Rajasthan: SC refuses to lift ban
Posted on 16 Jan, 2018 10:41 AMSC refuses to lift ban on sand mining in Rajasthan
![Illegal mining affects the natural course of the river. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/18786183543_9c510fc748_o_1_1.jpg?itok=-Qjqxvcf)