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River transport projects on development track
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Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 10 Oct, 2016 10:36 AM

Government starts river transport project with eight waterways
River transport project work in progress. (Source: India Water Portal)
Karnataka not to release water to TN
Policy matters this week
Sabita Kaushal
Posted on 03 Oct, 2016 02:13 PM

No water to TN till a special state legislature session takes a call: Karnataka 
Cauvery river. (Source: India Water Portal)
Release 12,000 cusecs of water to TN: SC to Karnataka
Policy matter this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 19 Sep, 2016 09:20 AM

Cauvery river dispute: Karnataka to share less water, SC raps the two states over protests
Cauvery river in Karnataka (Source: AmyNorth via Wikipedia)
When Osaka comes to Lucknow
The UP government is on a mission to replicate Osaka's riverfront in Lucknow. This spells doom for the families dependent on the Gomti for sustenance.
Chicu Lokgariwar
Posted on 14 Sep, 2016 10:14 AM

Raghunath Lakhpat is a terrified man. He can only watch warily as the land on either side of his modest home is being dug up by huge earthmovers. “We are stuck in the middle. Sooner or later, we will have to leave. But where will we go? What will we eat?” he asks helplessly.
Earth movers cluster on the riverbed of the Gomti, engaged in channelizing the river
Slum dwellers in Delhi to get individual water connections
News this week
Aarti Kelkar-Khambete
Posted on 06 Sep, 2016 09:19 AM

DJB to give individual water connections in slums

Access to drinking water, a basic human right. (Source: IWP flicker photos)
SC urges Karnataka to share water with TN
Policy matters this week
Aarti Kelkar-Khambete
Posted on 06 Sep, 2016 09:18 AM

Release water to Tamil Nadu: SC to Karnataka
Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)
Spike in farmer suicides
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Swati Bansal
Posted on 21 Aug, 2016 08:47 PM

India witnesses 40 percent rise in farmer suicides in a year
A farmer in his field. (Source: India Water Portal)
UP unable to protect Yamuna, Taj Mahal: NGT
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:37 PM

NGT raps UP government over Yamuna's pollution near the Taj Mahal
Yamuna river near the Taj Mahal. (Source: Ekabhishek via Wikipedia)
NGT questions UP on potable water to villages
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 24 Jul, 2016 03:30 PM

Provide potable water to villages: NGT asks UP government 
Polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)
Effect of environmental policies on reducing water pollution
A study finds the actions undertaken in the 1987 ruling in Mehta vs Union of India resulted in reduced pollution levels and infant mortality.
Quy-Toan Do
Shareen Joshi
Samuel Stolper
Posted on 22 Jul, 2016 10:07 PM

There is a severe crisis plaguing the rivers in India.
Sunset at Garmukteshwar on the river Ganga (Source: India Water Portal)
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