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NGT appointed team inspects Bengaluru lakes
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 04:49 PMNational Green Tribunal forms commission to inspect Bengaluru lakes
![Bengaluru's infamous Bellandur Lake (Picture courtesy: Deccan Chronicle)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bellandur-deccan_chronicle.jpeg?itok=Z03MYY1R)
Indian monsoon recovers after decades of decline
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 02:08 PMAs the parched Indian subcontinent eagerly awaits the monsoon, all indications are that it will be a normal monsoon, especially since no El Niño is in the offing for 2018.
![Recovering rainfall is a good sign. (IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3223419462_426c128130_z.jpg?itok=E1TWhH67)
IMD predicts a normal monsoon
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 12:03 PMIndia Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday forecast that the monsoon this year will be normal, with rainfall of 97 percent of the long period average (LPA) with an error of plus or minus five percent.
![A normal monsoon is good news for India's economy. (IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319697485_dfcb31cdcc_z_0.jpg?itok=fyNlj0yV)
Cauvery water not very polluted, says study
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 11:10 AMKSPCB says Cauvery water can be used for drinking after conventional treatment
![Cauvery river water falls under Category-C. (Picture courtesy: Deccan Chronicle)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_water.jpeg?itok=CqcE57KZ)
Tourism increases black carbon in air
Posted on 16 Apr, 2018 03:25 PMIn a significant input for the growing debate on global climate change, a study by researchers at the Dehradun-based Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology (WIHG) has found that there is a remarkable increase in the concentration of black carbon in the atmosphere near the pilgrim town of Gangotri in Uttarakhand during the two annual tourist seasons of April to June and during September and Octobe
![Black Carbon Monitoring Station at Chirbasa near Gangotari. (Photo credit : Dr P.S. Negi, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, Dehradun)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/black_carbon_monitoring_station.jpg?itok=MEB8Ao5L)
Yak faces threat of climate change
Posted on 12 Apr, 2018 11:37 AMYak--the lifeline of pastoral nomads in high altitudes of the Indian Himalayan region--is facing the threat of gradually rising temperatures in the region.
![Yaks are used to very cold temperature and exhibits heat stress when the temperature increases. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/picture2.jpg?itok=NhYsEAqP)
Exhibition on ‘The River Ganga: India’s Iconic Water Machine’ at New Delhi, April 19-21, 2018 and Roorkee April 25-26, 2018
Posted on 12 Apr, 2018 07:57 AMWhat is the exhibition about
Power play chokes Korba
Posted on 11 Apr, 2018 02:05 PMKorba in Chhattisgarh is an industrial area which has a significant number of coal mines and thermal power plants. Fly ash is a byproduct of the thermal power plants and has become a significant problem for the residents of Korba now.
![Fly-ash dust at CSEB thermal power plant in Korba.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370438100_3a1eff0088_z.jpg?itok=MziXG-X2)
There’s no better gift, Daan Toilet!
Posted on 11 Apr, 2018 11:49 AMPrime Minister Narendra Modi’s pet project, Swachh Bharat that envisages an open defecation-free India by the year 2019 has witnessed many local administrations take drastic measures to get people to b
![Baghmoria resident Bitul Gogoi poses in front of a newly constructed ‘Daan' toilet donated by Dr Richa Agarwala of Jorhat.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/baghmoria_resident_bitul_gogoi_poses_in_front_of_a_newly_constructed_daan_toilet_donated_by_dr._richa_agarwala_of_jorhat.jpeg?itok=TP_hcVw5)
East Kolkata Wetlands found to trap sewage carbon
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 10:21 AMEast Kolkata Wetlands found to lock down over 60 percent carbon from the wastewater it receives
![Fishermen rear fish in wastewater from the wetlands.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/east_kolkata_wetlands.jpg?itok=CAHNPzya)