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Lakes and Wetlands
Fishing village goes plastic free
Posted on 08 May, 2017 11:24 AMA voyage in a traditional canoe or a houseboat through the picturesque Vembanad lake is enough to understand why the south Indian state of Kerala is called the “God’s own country’.
![Plastic collected from the Vembanad lake.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/muhamma.jpg?itok=TjQ2Hxan)
2017 will have normal rains: IMD
Posted on 25 Apr, 2017 01:29 AMNormal monsoon expected this year: IMD
![Rainfall in India (Source: India Water Portal via Varun Duta Gupta)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5074883626_33da0b2985_z_0.jpg?itok=NoTXmgh8)
NGT strict over Bellandur lake rejuvenation
Posted on 25 Apr, 2017 12:02 AMShut down industries around Bellandur lake: NGT to Karnataka govt
![Bellandur lake on fire. (Source: NDTV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bluru-fire_650x400_61487319177_0.jpg?itok=8dpE1gEe)
Water in TN's reservoirs dips
Posted on 04 Apr, 2017 05:58 AMJust seven to eight percent water left in TN’s reservoirs
![TN farmers in the midst of a crisis. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_7_0_0.jpg?itok=KG-hzAP5)
Ganga, Yamuna now living entities
Posted on 28 Mar, 2017 06:31 AMGanga, Yamuna have been recognised as living entities
![Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172025486_d2b794f518_z_1.jpg?itok=mtVc0-54)
Effluent treatment plant a must for industries: SC
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 08:03 PMSC gets strict with industrial units
![A creek near a thermal power plant. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31283510824_3a389abcff_z.jpg?itok=TWHu81m9)
Panel clears hydel projects in Arunachal and J&K
Posted on 27 Feb, 2017 04:18 PMArunachal’s Etalin and J&K’s Sawalkote hydel projects get clearance
![Pristine Arunachal Pradesh. (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-river_in_east_siang_district_arunachal_pradesh_0.jpg?itok=VSxk3SkU)
Wetlands in deep water
Posted on 02 Feb, 2017 11:14 AMFebruary 2 is observed as the World Wetlands Day. The day marks the date of adoption of the Convention on Wetlands in the Iranian city of Ramsar in 1971. This year, the theme of the World Wetlands Day is Wetlands for Disaster Risk Reduction.
![Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12217403935_9c5da227fb_z.jpg?itok=xntzyp4n)
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)