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NGT takes note of Chambal river e-flow
Posted on 25 Dec, 2016 06:54 PMNGT seeks MP, Rajasthan's opinion on maintaining e-flow in Chambal river
![Chambal river near Kota (Source: Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chambal_river_near_kota_rajasthan.jpg?itok=UbW1wZoC)
‘Have a selfish interest in environment’
Posted on 23 Dec, 2016 11:01 AMNoted environment lawyer Ritwick Dutta received the Bhagirath Prayas Samman at the recently concluded India Rivers’ Week. We catch up with him on his journey so far and how we can further expand the constituency of environment.
Q. Who was your idol and what did you learn from him/her?
![Ritwick Dutta (left) receives the Bhagirath Prayas Samman at India Rivers' Week.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ritwick.jpg?itok=81QnPox8)
Anupam Mishra: The Gandhian I know
Posted on 23 Dec, 2016 10:25 AM“I remember I need to work on that article of yours. Will do that when I get better,” Anupam ji said taking my hands in his. He had gone weak, was in a lot of pain but still took out the time to attend the inaugural day of India Rivers’ Week (IRW) last month.
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Stunting in India: The sanitation connect
Posted on 22 Dec, 2016 11:57 AMOn Children’s Day on November 14 this year, two organisations in Odisha--Shramajeebee Sangathan (SJS), Malkangiri and Jeebika Suraksha Mancha, Kandhamal--organised a massive padayatra (street walk) in villages as an awareness drive and to mobilise communities to curb m
![Rally on nutrition awareness by Jeebika Suraksha Manch, Odisha (Source: Amir Khan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rally_for_malnutrition_awareness_by_jsm.jpg?itok=DJijwZfW)
Sanitation and the risk of sexual violence
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:08 PMWhile nearly half of the world’s population (42 percent) lacks access to improved sanitation conditions, India is the worst performer in sanitation coverage, even below those countries with half of the households (53 percent) not having access to toilets.
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India-UK Water Centre is inviting proposals for researcher exchanges and science workshop
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 04:43 PMThe India-UK Water Centre is inviting proposals for two activities:
Saving the Ganga, one step at a time
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:11 AMAn aerospace engineer from IIT, Kharagpur, Siddharth Agarwal could have been drawing a fancy salary like any other 25-year-old if he hadn’t followed his passion.
![Siddharth Agarwal (Photo credit-Siddharth Agarwal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12916694_10153341192037373_5456143043051880350_o.jpg?itok=05KgJG4m)
Soon a single tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:45 PMGovernment decides to create a permanent tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
![Cauvery river in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_0.jpg?itok=PiFSngzn)
Gujarat fails to conserve its wetlands
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:30 PMSix years on, Gujarat fails to form wetland panel
![Hamirsar Lake, Bhuj, Gujarat (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3098051568_648b8b58fc_z.jpg?itok=5YLe2QIV)
Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 09:53 AMIn Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab, Shri Anupam Mishra documents the life and work of several individuals and communities, across the country, in setting up water harvesting and management systems through talaabs (lakes / tanks).
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