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Half of India's interstate rivers plagued by pollution and poor water quality
Posted on 23 Aug, 2015 03:42 PMAccording to a recent study by the Central Pollution and Control Board (CPCB), almost half of India's
![The Krishna river, Wai, Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna_river_0.jpg?itok=PlzTOAP6)
Mithi: Recounting a river’s apathetic journey
Posted on 22 Aug, 2015 05:45 PMFor Kaleshwari Yadav, a resident of Morarji Nagar slums in Mumbai, rain is not her biggest worry; it is the lack of it. Residing adjacent to the Mithi (meaning sweet in Hindi) river, she says when it doesn’t rain, the stagnated river becomes a breeding ground of deadly mosquito vectors of diseases such as malaria and dengue fever.
![Household waste entering Mithi in the slums of Bhim Nagar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_4_1.jpg?itok=Q4By8fES)
Training programme on 'Water Conflicts in India'
Posted on 18 Aug, 2015 04:27 PMThe Forum for Policy Dialogue on Water Conflicts in India (Forum to be brief), the National Law Universi
Colourful fabrics lead to murky waters
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:55 PMAmanishah nallah flowing through Sanganer, a town located 15 kms from Jaipur, is getting murkier by the day as the the textile hand printing industry in the area is getting more prosperous.
![Bleaching, dyeing and printing of cottons causes water pollution at Sanganer](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/textile_printing_at_sanganer.jpg?itok=fgGD2ImX)
Delhi’s Bhalaswa landfill contaminates groundwater
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 09:51 PMWith more than 8360 tons of trash created daily in Delhi, the city has three trash pile sites at Bhalaswa, Ghazipur and Okhla. In these sites technically known as landfills, garbage is buried between layers of earth to build up low-lying lands.
![Pushpa has been leading the struggle of Bhalaswa residents to clean water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pushpa-who-has-been_leading-the-struggle-of-bhalaswa-people-to-clean-water2.jpg?itok=Tg7aUhCO)
Agriculture Ministry renamed by Prime Minister Modi
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:59 PMThis I-Day new name given to the Agriculture Ministry and the Swachh Vidyalaya mission accomplished
![Agriculture fields in Uttarakhand (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14101208343_a7c2d39eb7_z.jpg?itok=oxQFjwb5)
Study reveals reduction in water flow of the Ganga in the Himalayan catchment areas
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:52 PMGanga catchment area has lost over 1500 billion cusecs of water flow: Study
![Ganga at Gadmukteshwar (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z_2.jpg?itok=zKMpR93i)
Roundtable Conference on 'Innovations in Catalysing Interventions and Data Driven Decision Making for WASH programs'
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:49 PMAbout the conference
![Roundtable Conference and Book Launch](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wash_twitter_0.jpg?itok=c2Be6obs)
Creaking cities, vanishing ecosystems
Posted on 14 Aug, 2015 12:43 PMEcosystems are complex functioning units that include living as well as non living entities and build on interdependent relationships among these living resources, surrounding habitats and reside
![Ecosystems and their role in climate change resilience](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rivers_the_life_lines_of_communities_1.jpg?itok=O0hKOgra)
No tunnel for the Luhri hydel project in Himachal
Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 12:07 PMVillagers win as SJVNL drops its tunnel plan for Luhri hydel project
![Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-kinnaur_392_1.jpg?itok=arqGizmS)