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Gujarat
NGT quashes environment clearance to 10 irrigation projects in Maharashtra and Karnataka
Posted on 13 Jul, 2015 09:57 PMNGT cancels MoEF's go ahead to 10 irrigation projects
![Irrigation Canal taking off from the Bhima Dam (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irrigation_canal_taking_off_from_the_dam.jpg?itok=LoCoq_9s)
Water and facilities flow better into cities
Posted on 05 May, 2015 01:35 PMSixty eight percent of India's population lives in rural areas but when it comes to facilities -- including the availability of safe drinking water -- cities and towns corner most of them.
![Rural-Urban Drinking Water Supply Gap, Census 2011](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/census_2011_drinking_water_sources_graph-1a.jpg?itok=qRgz4Zza)
Acute crisis of water, power and medical facilities in Nepal after earthquake
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 10:39 AMNepal earthquake toll exceeds 4300
![Earthquake in Nepal (Source: Krish Dulal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nepal_earthquake_2015_01.jpg?itok=GWwBBe7h)
Causes of agrarian stagnation: A tale of two regions
Posted on 25 Apr, 2015 06:25 PMVidarbha region in Maharashtra has continued to be in the news over the years because of its severe agrarian crisis with reports of severe droughts, loss of crops and increasing farmer suicides. Relief packages have done very little to solve these problems.
![Farmer couple ploughing their fields](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_6.jpg?itok=oCL51JDS)
Gujarat No.1 in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 07 Apr, 2015 09:13 PMSwachh Bharat Mission: Gujarat leads the implementation
![Gujarat No.1 in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2295195787_8d515ff28c_z_1.jpg?itok=4ZQ9nYNO)
Patna HC wants Ganga's original course restored
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 10:56 PMRestore Ganga's original course: Patna HC
![River Ganga](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9416529216_7b33145664_z_1.jpg?itok=t4G7dfuW)
India ranked 12th in mismanaging plastic waste
Posted on 17 Feb, 2015 08:28 PM8 million tonnes of plastic waste dumped into world's oceans in 2010: Study
![Two oceans meeting at Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9802916364_f20375357d_z.jpg?itok=KB3C6V-u)
Arid, but water secure in Kutch
Posted on 16 Feb, 2015 11:34 PMFor many in Rapar taluka of Kutch, migration was a way of life due to the absence of rainfall; they went in search of greener pastures. But when the people realised their collective potential and how they could use it to resolve water scarcity in their villages, there was no stopping them ,and the compulsion to migrate reduced.
![Rearing livestock: the mainstay of people in Rapar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0001_0.jpg?itok=MWnrwFmK)
Maharashtra Government puts its rivers in danger
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 12:29 PMMahashtra scraps state's River Regulation Zone policy
![View of the river Mula in Pune, Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9350596904_fe93e2c661_z.jpg?itok=LJ9DhLxY)
Swachh Bharat Mission: 80% behind target
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 11:14 AMSwachh Bharat seems a distant dream
![Ecosan toilet built in a village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3984165421_3cb5cf6cea_o_1.jpg?itok=Xabmxdn_)