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NGT to hear PIL on Ganga clean-up
Posted on 30 Jan, 2017 04:40 PMNGT to hear petition on Ganga revival on a day-to-day basis
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Opposition to Teesta Stage IV hydel project
Posted on 30 Jan, 2017 04:20 PMPeople of Sikkim stand against Teesta hydel project
![The people of the northeast India protest against dams. (Source: SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dibang_hearing_boycott_1_march_12th_0_1.jpg?itok=ptnxzFo1)
What WatSan needs from budget
Posted on 26 Jan, 2017 08:20 AMAccording to a report by WaterAid, a water and sanitation nonprofit, released in 2016, India has the highest number (75.8 million) of people in the world without access to safe water.
![Drinking water source in a village at Kawardha, Chhattisgarh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking_water_source_in_kawardha_chhattisgarh_0.jpg?itok=K5cDxFQ7)
Can we save our wetlands?
Posted on 25 Jan, 2017 10:47 PMWetlands are one of the most productive ecosystems and play a crucial role in everything from water conservation, flood regulation and groundwater recharge to micro-climate regulation, providing safe habitat to biota, and more.
![K.G.Vyas (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc08644tps.jpg?itok=Jferd2KZ)
Opportunities at the National Institute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee
Posted on 25 Jan, 2017 07:33 PMThe National Insititute of Hydrology (NIH), Roorkee invites applications for:
- Research Associate and Junior/Senior Research Fellow for the Neeranchal National Watershed Project
Eligibility:
Call for Applications: Benefit Sharing in River Systems Capacity Building Programme
Posted on 25 Jan, 2017 03:32 PMLEAD India is pleased to announce a highly innovative regional leadership and capacity building programme for water professionals working with Civil Society Organisations (CSO's). The programme is focused on nurturing leadership for transboundary cooperation and related issues, both at community and regional levels.
Inform us about future hydel projects: Pakistan to India
Posted on 23 Jan, 2017 08:50 PMIndia should inform us about its future hydel projects: Pakistan
![Chenab river (Source: Wikipedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chenab_river.jpg?itok=bqytFmfx)
Centre initiates moving water to concurrent list
Posted on 23 Jan, 2017 08:05 PMProcess to move water to concurrent list begins
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International Groundwater Conference 2017
Posted on 17 Jan, 2017 10:40 AMNational Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee, India in association with Association of Global Groundwater Scientists; Central Ground Water Board, India; and Texas A&M University,USA is organizing 7th International Groundwater Conference on Groundwater Vision 2030 - Water Security, Challenges and Climate Change Adaptation during December 11-13, 2017 at New Delhi, India.
Acquired lands lay barren, SC questions states
Posted on 16 Jan, 2017 12:11 PMWhy are lands acquired from farmers barren? SC asks states
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