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Lakes and Wetlands
NGT takes Karnataka to task over lake clean-up
Posted on 11 Dec, 2018 02:01 PMPut aside Rs 500 crore for lake clean-up: NGT to Karnataka government
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Wetlands disappearing three times faster than forests
Posted on 02 Oct, 2018 11:43 AMWorld is losing the wetlands at a rate of 0.78 percent a year: Ramsar Convention
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Lake congestion worsened Kerala floods: CWC
Posted on 12 Sep, 2018 08:05 AMClean chit to dam management, CWC says congested Vembanad lake worsened floods in Kerala
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Centre calls Kerala floods a 'calamity of severe nature'
Posted on 22 Aug, 2018 09:00 AMKerala floods: Death toll rises to 373
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Sewage to blame, Dal turns dull
Posted on 17 May, 2018 01:09 PMSrinagar's prime tourist attraction, Dal Lake, is no more the scenic beauty it used to be. It's turning into an eyesore, thanks to sewage discharge and weed growth.
![A Kashmiri boy on a boat among lotus leaves on Dal Lake. (Pic courtesy: Safeena Wani/101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_lotus_leaves_in_dal_lake.jpg?itok=cVxOfNoa)
Citizens save polluted Bengaluru lake
Posted on 14 Mar, 2018 07:23 PMGottigere lake used to be a major source of water for south Bangalore. Its overflow fed several other lakes in the area. It was also the reason why so many people bought apartments nearby.
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Conflict around wetland use in West Bengal
Posted on 01 Feb, 2018 07:56 PMLower Gangetic Plains of West Bengal is blessed with a variety of wetlands ranging from coastal and marine wetlands to inland freshwater lakes, dams and swamps as well as the constructed wetlands in irrigation schemes and sewerage treatment systems and also the mountain wetlands.
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Government announces new river revival strategy
Posted on 30 Jan, 2018 08:54 PMEnvironment ministry announces new strategy to revive major river water systems
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Intensive survey ordered for western UP rivers
Posted on 24 Jan, 2018 10:36 AMConduct intensive survey of western UP rivers: NGT
![The polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hindon_river_1_1.jpg?itok=1s-adA7E)
Bengaluru's Bellandur lake is on fire again
Posted on 24 Jan, 2018 10:14 AMBellandur lake catches fire again
![Bellandur lake on fire. (Source: NDTV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bluru-fire_650x400_61487319177_0_0.jpg?itok=74DauojD)