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Uttar Pradesh
Don't forget this Ambedkar Jayanti
Posted on 04 May, 2015 06:40 PMIf Babasaheb Ambedkar had been alive today -- April 14, 2015 -- he would have been 125 years old. In the predominantly tribal and dalit district of Sonbhadra, it was natural that Gambhira Prasad, President of the Kanhar Bandh Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti (KBVSS), decided to mark the day.
![The women of Sundari village protest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sundari_protest.jpg?itok=Gf3ENXgh)
Delhi Govt bans use of groundwater in city parks
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 11:03 AMStop use of fresh groundwater in city parks: Delhi Government
![The Nakshatra Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14058721699_24e9a5d0c9_z.jpg?itok=cRUrLWpr)
88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra
Posted on 20 Apr, 2015 09:27 PMNearly 88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra
![A water-deprived region](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/16593376587_f6e9485f58_z.jpg?itok=KmY5K2OX)
Nationwide Drinking Water & Sanitation Awareness week
Posted on 18 Mar, 2015 07:34 AMCentre launches National Rural Drinking Water and Sanitation Awareness Week
![Quenching thirst even without good quality water](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/4483915884_6da8e3b48c_z.jpg?itok=zxGQM1PQ)
Government fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:35 PMGovernment bends its own guideline, fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
![Pristine Arunachal Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9150061353_8a42dc3a53_z.jpg?itok=MtaOo8t1)
Budget cuts for Water and Environment Ministry
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:29 PMUnion Budget 2015-16 reduces funds for Water and Environment Ministry
![Budget allocation and planning](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8357660968_0b10ac746b_z.jpg?itok=6y4ksSl9)
Environment Ministry lied to Supreme Court about the Uttarakhand dam report
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 11:08 AMCentre presents an opposite picture in the Uttarakhand dam case
![Ganga at Kaudiyala](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172023818_988b81c090_b_0.jpg?itok=BhlLZ0Or)
Karnataka government exposed on Yettinahole project
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 10:40 AMYettinahole project called a drinking water project only to circumvent guidelines
![River Netravathi (Source: SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03688.jpg?itok=NO7LpyyH)
Mhadei Tribunal favours Goa
Posted on 17 Feb, 2015 08:39 PMGoa relieved, as tribunal restrains work on Maharashtra's Virdi dam
![A dam in Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6034678974_4132052980_z.jpg?itok=GBxCZzn6)
India ranked 12th in mismanaging plastic waste
Posted on 17 Feb, 2015 08:28 PM8 million tonnes of plastic waste dumped into world's oceans in 2010: Study
![Two oceans meeting at Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9802916364_f20375357d_z.jpg?itok=KB3C6V-u)