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Karnataka
Karnataka first state to witness rabi crop loss
Posted on 16 Feb, 2016 09:16 AMKaranataka records failure of winter crops, seeks Rs 1,417 crore Central assistance
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UP Coca Cola plant in trouble again
Posted on 26 Jan, 2016 02:03 PMCPCB finds Coca Cola plant in Hapur pumping toxic water into a pond
![Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium via Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola_bottling_1629227g_0_1.jpg?itok=mMsWDFAN)
11,000 acres lake land encroached in Bengaluru
Posted on 19 Jan, 2016 11:29 AMPanel finds Bengaluru Development Authority (BDA) and private builders responsible for 11,000 acres of lake land encroachment
![Rachenahalli Lake in Bengaluru (Source: Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23458775979_100e74c42f_z.jpg?itok=wEo11mwW)
Nagpur Union launches world-wide campaign against much hyped water privatisation
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:32 AMWorld-wide campaign against impacts of water privatisation
![No 24x7 water supply for Nagpur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tap_picture-small_1.jpg?itok=eqUpsG_S)
Centre provides relief fund to drought and flood-hit states
Posted on 05 Jan, 2016 11:19 AMRelief assistance to drought-hit Maharashtra and Madhya Pradesh and flood-hit West Bengal
![Drought affected area in Karnataka (Source: Pushkarv via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drought_affected_area_in_karnataka_india_2012_0_0.jpg?itok=HexPDKea)
Life and water at Rachenahalli lake
Posted on 22 Dec, 2015 02:04 PMRachenahalli is one of the few living lakes in north Bangalore. It is connected to water bodies upstream and downstream, particularly Jakkur Lake on the north-east. Both these lakes have been rejuvenated at substantial costs by the Bangalore Development Authority over the last decade.
![Rachenahalli Lake (Source: Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_0779.jpg?itok=UJuMHPvI)
Water vending machines: How equitable are they?
Posted on 05 Dec, 2015 02:34 PMA water ATM, as the name implies, is a sort of a water vending machine similar to bank ATMs except that in a water ATM, money goes in to the machine in return for water. These machines, which run on a cash as well as a prepaid card or smart card system are built, owned and operated by private companies that have rights over public resources such as land and water.
![Water vending machines at work (Source:Sarvajal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/girls_getting_water_from_atm.jpg?itok=K9iRQ_Ri)
The effects of continuous versus intermittent piped water supply
Posted on 18 Nov, 2015 02:40 PMPiped water supply has often been referred to as a gold standard while evaluating access to water supply.
![Type of water supply and waterborne illnesses, the connection (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_5.jpg?itok=1yRJLEl_)
CPCB gets strict with non-compliant industries along the Ganga
Posted on 16 Nov, 2015 09:34 PMRespond immediately or face closure: CPCB to non-compliant industries along the Ganga
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State Government's slow response caused 2013 flash floods: CAG
Posted on 11 Nov, 2015 08:19 PMCAG report blames Uttarakhand Government for 2013 flash floods
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