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NGT gets strict over notification of wetlands
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:53 PMNGT orders CWRA to meet every month for identification of wetlands
![A wetland in Assam. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11799415546_e40abe974f_z.jpg?itok=3N3TBXXj)
Thanks to dirty water, Indian children stunted
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:39 PMIndia has largest number of stunted children in the world: Study
![Stunting in children highest in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9065795548_9bd67e75af_z.jpg?itok=g8iH93Xu)
When Godavari spews venom
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 04:18 PMAccording to a report published by the Central Water Commission in 2015 on the status of trace and toxic metals in Indian rivers in the country, a large number of rivers in India are contaminated by heavy metals.
![Godavari river at Jayakwadi dam, Aurangabad (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/birds_at_jayakwadi.jpg?itok=GugDi_d4)
Haryana gets toilets, now to focus on usage
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:43 AMRamkaran Sharma built a new house three years back. From one room and kitchen on a terrace, his family graduated to three rooms, a bigger kitchen and a separate toilet and bathroom. Still, Ramkaran prefers to go out in the fields to relieve himself. “I like to take a long walk.
![A toilet constructed is no guarantee that it will be put to use.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04543.jpg?itok=KKXJQxP9)
Towards mission, clean Ganga
Posted on 25 Jul, 2016 08:50 AMIt is common knowledge that the river Ganga, considered sacred by millions of Hindus, is polluted. It is so polluted that some stretches of the river are unfit even for bathing, particularly during the lean seasons.
![Varanasi 'ghats' on the bank of Ganga river (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/varanasi_ghats_0.jpg?itok=QE4kZ_D2)
Groundwater revival comes a cropper
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 09:05 PMWater crisis is a reality in most of India. After the summer of droughts come the monsoon floods. Take Maharashtra, for instance. If at one time it is desperately searching for drinking water, at another time, its capital, Mumbai is wading through knee-high water. How do we overcome these annual crises?
![A villager shows the rainwater harvesting structure in Aravalli hills.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aravalli.jpg?itok=c1kZlSI7)
NGT questions UP on potable water to villages
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:30 PMProvide potable water to villages: NGT asks UP government
![Polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hindon_river_1_0.jpg?itok=xyIK6K4l)
Kerala's lake islands sinking
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:17 PMSmall islands in southern Kerala lakes sinking
![A lake in Kerala (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5074397986_58a2682d31_z.jpg?itok=E_riz7s9)
Rice and shine
Posted on 22 Jul, 2016 10:08 PMTake the roads of Punjab during the monsoon and you will find most fields turned into pools of water. It’s mainly the water pulled out from the underground vault to support the kharif crop of paddy.
![Whatever be the water situation, it doesn’t look like paddy’s popularity as a crop is going to diminish anytime soon. Source: Akshay Mahajan/Flickr](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rice_0.jpg?itok=Tkhpaseb)