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3000 MW Dibang mega project approved without public consultation
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 10:26 PMDibang hydel project gets Centre's nod
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Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is now Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 09:54 PMCentre approves reconstituting the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan into Swachh Bharat Mission
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A case against small hydropower
Posted on 28 Sep, 2014 07:34 PMAs Hari Singh led me towards his fields, I wondered if he was trying to play a joke on me. Large rocks were scattered in the area and there was no sight of any arable land, neither was there any clue of the irrigation channel which Singh claimed ran through his farm.
![The Mani Mahesh hydel project near Saho village.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03597.jpg?itok=NXghpCvn)
Call for papers on the theme 'Glaciology in High-Mountain Asia', International Glaciological Society
Posted on 25 Sep, 2014 01:28 PMGet more information of the opportunity.
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Uttarakhand submits Rs. 9478 crore Ganga clean-up plan proposal
Posted on 22 Sep, 2014 05:52 PMUttarakhand Government submits to Centre the Rs 9,478 crore Ganga Action Plan
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Gujarat allocates 3 MLD of Narmada water to upcoming Coca Cola plant
Posted on 21 Sep, 2014 10:27 PMGujarat Government allocates Narmada water to Coca Cola plant at Sanand
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Applications invited for 'Water for All 2015- Global Conclave and Exhibition', Sakal Group, Mumbai
Posted on 19 Sep, 2014 01:53 PMAbout the event:
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Applications invited for the 'Certificate Course on Soil & Water Conservation and Watershed Management' Central Soil & Water Conservation Research & Training Institute, Dehradun, Uttarakhand
Posted on 18 Sep, 2014 03:01 PMGet more information on the training course.
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The benevolence of a flood
Posted on 18 Sep, 2014 10:10 AMBihar is no stranger to floods. The high-volume, high-velocity floods caused by large infrastructure projects regularly disrupt lives and decimate entire villages. This is the oft-repeated narrative, one of a helpless population as victims.
![People of Laksena watch over their temporary dam](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/laksena.jpg?itok=-6sOIK7Y)
The eight-fold path to gender inclusion
Posted on 18 Sep, 2014 09:18 AM"The men say that the well is perennial", I said. "Do you use it"? "No", replied the women. "It might be perennial, but the water is unclean. Our dals don't cook, and there are sometimes worms in the water".
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