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Wildlife Board panel not to consider projects in and around protected areas
Posted on 11 Nov, 2015 08:23 PMPanel not to consider projects until eco-zones are clearly demarcated
![Sariska Tiger Reserve, Rajasthan (Source: Vasundhara Deogawanka via IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2971840436_081ac5b177_z.jpg?itok=Tyo4sTPk)
State Government's slow response caused 2013 flash floods: CAG
Posted on 11 Nov, 2015 08:19 PMCAG report blames Uttarakhand Government for 2013 flash floods
![House washed away by the Uttarakhand floods (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pickofweek4_1_1.jpg?itok=aLff9gRh)
High pressure recharge well to the rescue of school children in Mewat, Haryana
Posted on 10 Nov, 2015 11:34 AM356 students and the teachers of Government Middle School in Sukhpuri village of Mewat district, Haryana are a happy lot now that they have access to potable water right within their school premises
![School children of Sukhpuri reap the benefit of HPRW (Source: Sumathi Sivam)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sehgal.jpg?itok=G9BMRaOE)
Request for entries Swachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Awards-2015
Posted on 09 Nov, 2015 04:35 PMSwachh Bharat Mission (Urban) Awards 2015
Do decentralised community water treatment plants improve quality and access?
Posted on 08 Nov, 2015 01:10 PMHighly advanced community level drinking water treatment facilities are increasingly being contemplated as good quality water supply solutions in locations where water sources are unreliable, and not available inside or near households.
![Safe drinking water, a scarce resource (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_4.jpg?itok=SmRRpx35)
What it takes to clean India
Posted on 06 Nov, 2015 12:25 PMSajan, a 14 year old Bhilala Adivasi boy studying in the Rani Kajal school in Kakrana in Alirajpur district of Madhya Pradesh says, "We now save a lot of time as we bathe in the bathrooms and defecate in the toilets rather than in the open fields; and so we study better".
![Sewage water filter assembly in the school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sewage_water_filter_assembly_13_boys_hostel_0.jpg?itok=8CuDpX46)
Mansarovar or Gaumukh: Which is the source of the Ganga?
Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:11 PMNIH scientists to probe if Mansarovar is the source of Ganga
![Bhagirathi river at its source, Gaumukh (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9139589493_270208eef1_z_0.jpg?itok=F9gYK668)
20 sq.km forest area to be diverted for “blue and green, environment-friendly capital city” Amaravati
Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:00 PMCentre to allow diversion of a whooping 20 sq.km. forest area for Andhra's new capital
![An undisturbed forest (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9651315673_53b893e40e_z.jpg?itok=4HhDGwgM)
Rooftop rainwater harvesting at Chhattisgarh school reduces absenteeism
Posted on 02 Nov, 2015 01:00 PMChhattisgarh ranked number 1 in the country for providing domestic water connections in 2014-15 under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
![Rainwater harvesting tank at Madiya Kachar village school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0037s.jpg?itok=iA7pgQ98)