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Kerala, TN fight over Mullaperiyar dam water release
Posted on 29 Aug, 2018 11:45 AMKerala blames Tamil Nadu for massive floods in the state
![The Mullaperiyar dam (Source: Jayeshj via Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-mullapperiyardam.jpg?itok=YvtiHN7c)
Kerala battles the worst flood since 1924
Posted on 25 Aug, 2018 05:34 PMWhen the five overflow gates of the Cheruthoni dam, a part of the Idukki reservoir comprising Cheruthoni, Kulamavu and Idukki arch dam were opened one by one on August 9, 2018, a torrent of water and mud gushed out. Heavy, unceasing rains had led to the dam reaching close to its maximum capacity, forcing the dam authorities to open all its gates.
![The floods in Kerala have taken nearly 400 lives and have displaced around 1.2 million people. (Image: Ranjith Siji, Wikimedia Commons: CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-kerala_flood_2018_-_angamaly-_img_20180818_084500.jpg?itok=snwGpfV4)
Centre calls Kerala floods a 'calamity of severe nature'
Posted on 22 Aug, 2018 09:00 AMKerala floods: Death toll rises to 373
![A house submerged in water during floods in Kerala. (Source: Ranjithsiji via Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-kerala_flood_2018_-_angamaly-_img_20180816_163946.jpg?itok=D20XWA67)
Floods wreak havoc in Kerala
Posted on 15 Aug, 2018 10:03 AMKerala floods take 38 lives, severe loss reported
![An aeriel view of the flooded locality of Aluva after heavy rains in Kerala. (Source: India TV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kerala-floods-1533912282.jpg?itok=_gjyYmyr)
Meenachil river warriors shine
Posted on 14 Dec, 2017 07:18 PMThe scenic sublimity of the Meenachil river is immortalised by Arundhati Roy in her Booker prize-winning novel, The God of Small Things. Roy skilfully presents the river flowing through the Aymanam village as a victim of human greed and callousness. The river is described in the book as a beautiful one that turns an ugly waste dump into which anything could be flung.
![The president and the secretary of the Meenachal Nadee Samrakshana Samithi receive the Bhagirath Prayas Samman 2017 award from justice Madan Lokur of the Supreme Court of India.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/meena-main-lead.jpg?itok=TQ_keoaK)
India ranks low on sanitation index: Report
Posted on 20 Nov, 2017 02:20 PMIndia has the highest number of people without access to toilets: Report
![Toilets in India (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_toilets_2_0.jpg?itok=ys3WWDcb)
In Memoriam: A Tribute to Our Dear Friend Latha Anantha
Posted on 18 Nov, 2017 07:23 PMLatha, well known environmental activist and researcher from Kerala, is no more with us physically. Though many of us knew that she was battling with cancer for the last 3-4 years, closely following her ups and downs and also knowing that over the last two weeks or so her health was steadily deteriorating, the question still comes up time and again, why was she taken away from us so early?
![Noted river activist Latha Anantha passed away on Thursday after battling cancer for more than three years. She was 51. (Photo credit Latha Anantha Facebook)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/0.17217500_1510832530_latha.jpg?itok=h4xRF8oW)
Wages delayed to MGNREGA workers in 19 states
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 07:46 PMStates freeze payments to MGNREGA workers
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0_0.jpg?itok=6yqKU_7G)
NCR water bodies disappearing due to urbanisation: Study
Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 08:42 PMStudy says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years
![Barapullah drain in Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barapullah_elevated_corridor_0.jpg?itok=h1muUn6-)
Huge dam proposed in Arunachal
Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 09:48 AMNiti Aayog proposes 300-metre high dam in Arunachal Pradesh
![A river in East Siang (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-river_in_east_siang_district_arunachal_pradesh_2.jpg?itok=f7RtjCbo)