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Brick kilns take the Ganga away from Patna
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 08:16 PM596 brick kilns along Ganga's banks are pushing it away from Patna
![Brink kiln in Doddaballapur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9727331831_c7168bb59a_z.jpg?itok=AsiNbIs5)
Swachh Punjab' is a stinking reality
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 12:54 PMWhenever Nachatar Singh’s wife and children fall sick, he blames it on the groundwater they pull out everyday using a hand pump in his courtyard at Veere Wala Kalan village of Faridkot district. Singh swears that the problem started only recently. “The same tap used to fetch such good quality water thanks to seepage from the Gang canal which runs around 1 km from our place.
![Not much distance between toilet and water source](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/handpump_0.jpg?itok=ZMm-Gswc)
Gujarat No.1 in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 07 Apr, 2015 09:13 PMSwachh Bharat Mission: Gujarat leads the implementation
![Gujarat No.1 in implementing Swachh Bharat Mission](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2295195787_8d515ff28c_z_1.jpg?itok=4ZQ9nYNO)
Probe ordered on cost overruns of Vidarbha dams
Posted on 07 Apr, 2015 09:04 PMMaharashtra Government to probe into cost overruns of Vidarbha dams
![Earthmovers carrying out irrigation project works](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15018836847_df5b74b047_z.jpg?itok=wBm-OhFd)
Kashmir under danger of floods
Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:30 AMFear of floods looms over Kashmir again
![Landslide and a flooded river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/10371783924_886720b442_z.jpg?itok=-Ylq5P_R)
Locals rejoice as coal mining banned in Mahan forest
Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:12 AMCoal Ministry bans mining in Mahan forest
![Coal mines in Jharsuguda district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15173738996_cc324f92ce_z.jpg?itok=rlpsn7Yi)
Cursed by greed: The Falgu river
Posted on 23 Mar, 2015 04:32 PMThe story of the Falgu is one of greed. Unlike most other rivers, the Falgu is not just a victim of greed, but also an oppressor -- she oppressed none other than Sita herself as she flowed through Gaya in Bihar.
The story
![People gather around a chua in the Falgu](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gaya_047_lead.jpg?itok=b8KcoHxy)
A speed limit on river use
Posted on 21 Mar, 2015 01:08 PMProfessor Jay O'Keeffe is well-known to all those who are interested in the concept of environmental flow releases. The Professor has been involved in this, all over the world, since the seventies.
![The Ganga at sunset](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/healthy_river_1.jpg?itok=gzHL9blc)
Land Bill opposed in the Rajya Sabha
Posted on 17 Mar, 2015 04:28 PMOpposition to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill
![Construction activity on what was once a farm land](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5639268765_9469163fd6_z.jpg?itok=5hy28p0l)
Patna HC wants Ganga's original course restored
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 10:56 PMRestore Ganga's original course: Patna HC
![River Ganga](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9416529216_7b33145664_z_1.jpg?itok=t4G7dfuW)