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UP's religious smart city plan gets rejected
Posted on 22 Aug, 2017 09:55 PMCommittee rejects UP's plan for a religious hi-tech smart city
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Flood situation improves in Bihar and West Bengal
Posted on 22 Aug, 2017 09:34 PMBihar floods: Fear of epidemic looms large
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WOTR wins international award
Posted on 21 Aug, 2017 09:38 AMMarathwada in Maharashtra is an arid region with rainfall of less than 750 mm per year. Most villages in the region face acute water scarcity. Kachner in Aurangabad was no exception.
![Kachner Tanda. (Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_kachner_tanda_3_-_abad_8-13-2008_6-07-18_pm_2.jpg?itok=5I0Vak4_)
Floods ravage Bihar, Northeast
Posted on 18 Aug, 2017 10:30 AMTorrential downpour in the eastern part of the country over the past week has resulted in many rivers flowing above the danger level and causing flood along their course. While the flood situation in Assam is said to be the worst in 13 years, its neighbouring states, Arunachal Pradesh and Bihar are also submerged.
![Parts of Gopalganj district in Bihar remain submerged. (Photo by Manoj Pandey)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_parts_of_gopalganj_district_are_submerged_since_two_days_-_picture_courtesy_-_manoj_pandey_.jpg?itok=-d13pHUy)
Budgeting every water cup
Posted on 17 Aug, 2017 04:10 PMTill about a year ago, 52-year-old Kisan Jite would often wake up to his wife Sarla and other village women squabbling over who would fill their buckets first from the only well in Golegaon village.
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Recruitment on contractual project positions at National Institute of Hydrology, Roorkee
Posted on 17 Aug, 2017 03:31 PMDetails of the project, designation, number of posts, project duration, essential criteria, and remuneration are available in the advertisement attached below.
The date, time and place for the walk-in interview is August 22, 2017 at 10:00 AM in NIH Roorkee.
Over 60 pc river stretches polluted: Government
Posted on 16 Aug, 2017 06:09 AMGovt says out of 445 river stretches, 275 are polluted
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Maintain 15-20 pc environmental flow in rivers: NGT
Posted on 16 Aug, 2017 05:53 AMNGT has ordered states to maintain environmental flow of 15-20 percent in rivers
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Seven decades of water woes
Posted on 15 Aug, 2017 06:34 PMIn the early half of the last century, two people in love with each other worked in their own separate ways to create the India of their dreams. Venkapaiyya worked in the district court at Kasargod, Kerala eventually retiring a few years before India became independent and spent his days administering the laws of British India.
![Described as 'the temple of resurgent India', Bhakra displaced many people.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/22isbs_bhakra_j_22_1626194e.jpg?itok=I2AzoScF)
What do rural women say about sanitation?
Posted on 15 Aug, 2017 10:09 AMDoes gender matter when it comes to sanitation? Apparently, it does.
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