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Uttar Pradesh
Ecologists challenge Bharti's remark on Ken-Betwa
Posted on 05 Jan, 2017 11:20 AMNo final approval for Ken-Betwa river link as claimed by Centre
![The Ken-Betwa river link shown on a map. (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamunarivermap_2_0_0.jpg?itok=jy3tCri5)
Saving the Ganga, one step at a time
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:11 AMAn aerospace engineer from IIT, Kharagpur, Siddharth Agarwal could have been drawing a fancy salary like any other 25-year-old if he hadn’t followed his passion.
![Siddharth Agarwal (Photo credit-Siddharth Agarwal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12916694_10153341192037373_5456143043051880350_o.jpg?itok=05KgJG4m)
NGT cancels illegal salt pans in Sambhar Lake
Posted on 13 Dec, 2016 07:19 AMGood news for Sambhar Salt Lake
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Rift over Indus Water Treaty continues
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:45 PMConflict between India and Pakistan over Indus Water Treaty continues
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Traditional ways to water security
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:15 PMAlthough droughts are not new in India, we are seeing more of it of late.
![A traditional pond in the fort city of Charkhari, Bundelkhand. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a_traditional_talaab_in_bundelkhand.jpg?itok=ivm9x0ou)
Tiger authority to monitor Ken-Betwa river link
Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 12:36 PMConstitute a committee to monitor Ken-Betwa river link, suggests NTCA
![Ken-Betwa river link shown on a map. (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamunarivermap_2_0.jpg?itok=X3JC52bk)
SYL crisis: Punjab demands payment for water
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 06:21 AMThree states will have to pay for water: Punjab House
![Yamuna river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_holy_yamuna_river.jpg?itok=YC7oGAZb)
Funds sanctioned for irrigation projects
Posted on 24 Oct, 2016 07:00 AMNABARD sanctions loan to NWDA for irrigation projects
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Selling packaged water above MRP punishable offence
Posted on 17 Oct, 2016 09:02 AMJail term for selling packaged water above MRP: Government
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Water not for profit
Posted on 16 Oct, 2016 08:58 PMIn August 2016, the Karnataka government gave Abu Dhabi-based businessman B.R. Shetty permission to privatise the iconic Jog Falls to make it a perennial waterfall and to develop it into a tourism hotspot.
![NMC employees union and residents of Nagpur protest water privatisation.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img-20160202-wa0006_0.jpg?itok=vgAipuVy)