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Kaveri
Drinking water becomes a luxury for Maharashtrians
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 03:06 PMMaharashtra reeling under its worst water crisis
![Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3729569965_de36d4c1ce_z.jpg?itok=id8C_Qs7)
National Watershed Management Project gets a go ahead
Posted on 13 Oct, 2015 01:50 PMCabinet approves the National Watershed Management Project, worth Rs.2,142 crore
![Irrigated fields of Uttarakhand (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3206321979_d5977fa325_z.jpg?itok=r_ACATWS)
No tunnel for the Luhri hydel project in Himachal
Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 12:07 PMVillagers win as SJVNL drops its tunnel plan for Luhri hydel project
![Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-kinnaur_392_1.jpg?itok=arqGizmS)
ICIMOD wins UNFCCC's award for flood warning system
Posted on 03 Dec, 2014 09:55 AMICIMOD wins accolade for its flood warning system
![Unsettling flood waters of Muzaffarpur, Bihar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2246719146_1b717bbdcf_z_0.jpg?itok=bN7I3jUP)
Poisonous cocktail in the Cauvery
Posted on 20 Oct, 2014 01:26 PMMettur, a lush green valley town near Salem in Tamil Nadu, is most famous for the Mettur Dam and the Cauvery river, which originates at Talakaveri, in Kodagu, Karnataka. A largely agricultural town, Mettur's move to industrialisation happened in 1936 when Mettur Chemicals set up India’s first caustic-chlorine factory above the Stanley Reservoir.
![Mettur is now home to many ash ponds](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mettur_041.jpg?itok=Ffip1PVa)
Access to clean water and sanitation: the rural-urban gap closes
Posted on 27 May, 2014 12:21 PMThe rural-urban divide in access to sanitation reduces: UN
![Many rural areas have free toilets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sani.jpg?itok=AW3-JY8g)
Goa-Karnataka dispute over Kalasa-Banduri project resolved
Posted on 22 Apr, 2014 11:07 PMTribunal's order over Kalasa-Banduri Project brings respite to Goa and Karnataka
![Mahadayi River in Goa (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1280px-mandovi_in_goa_10-26-2008_5-41-46_pm.jpg?itok=jJ8mp5A7)
New crop insurance scheme for Pudukottai, TN
Posted on 10 Feb, 2014 07:06 PMPudukottai gets crop insurance scheme to mitigate nature's fury
![Villagers planting paddy crops (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/agriculture_1.jpg?itok=v-LwElwD)
Environment Ministry withdraws controversial amendment
Posted on 19 Nov, 2013 11:48 AMEnvironment Ministry withdraws amendment to waste rules
![New amendment to waste rules withdrawn (Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/waste.jpg?itok=ZcA4Ldjw)
Vedanta loses the bauxite battle
Posted on 25 Aug, 2013 04:33 PMDongria Kondhs win the mining battle
![Niyamgiri hills Source: Amnesty International](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pickofweek1_10.png?itok=Wm93HT2W)