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Himachal Pradesh
Global warming leads to vanishing glaciers
Posted on 20 Jul, 2021 03:22 PMThe Himalaya-Karakoram region in South Asia is often called the water tower of Asia or the Third Pole. It is one of the most heavily glacierized mountain regions on Earth.
![Parkachik glacier, a part of the Zanskar region, Ladakh (Image: Mahua Sarkar, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-07/Parkachik_Glacier%2C_Nun_Kun_Massif.jpg?itok=_vk2pIg6)
Water, at a price!
Posted on 21 May, 2021 11:15 PMDarjeeling, a water starved town
Hill stations in India are increasingly getting water scarce. Darjeeling, a well-known Himalayan town, continues to face water scarcity every year during the dry season, despite the abundant monsoon rainfall and several perennial rivers and streams.
![Darjeeling, in the grip of a water crisis (Image Source: Bernard Gagnon via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Darjeeling.jpg?itok=6p3rhG88)
Fostering rural livelihoods post COVID
Posted on 18 May, 2021 09:09 PMAs per a new study conducted by the Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) and IIMPACT, an NGO loss of income and livelihood are among the top concerns for rural communities struggling to cope with the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic.
![Must have protocols for timely action and outreach in times of need (Image: DMD, Government of Bihar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/sdrf%20camp.jpg?itok=P7qtXI2D)
Dams and distress in the Himalayas!
Posted on 23 Feb, 2021 10:10 PMProliferation of hydropower development in the Himalayas is leading to extensive land use changes in the river valleys and threatening the diverse and fragile Himalayan ecosystems leading to deforestation, fragmentation, soil erosion and loss of forest biodiversity. These are a cause for serious concern for local communities, whose lives and livelihoods depend on these forests.
![100 MW Tidong-I project, Kinnaur HP (Image Source: Manu Moudgil)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Kinnaur1.jpg?itok=kqtAdjZL)
The Uttarakhand disaster: A warning to be better prepared!
Posted on 10 Feb, 2021 02:40 PMUttarakhand's Chamoli district experienced massive floods on the morning of 7th February 2021.
![A view of the Himalayas. (Source: IWP Flickr photos--photo for representation purpose only)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/HKH1.jpg?itok=nO79XDox)
Climate change: A look through a gender lens
Posted on 06 Jan, 2021 02:51 PMClimate change vulnerability is a multi-layered and multi-faceted phenomenon. “It’s a justice issue determined by both biophysical and socio-economic factors.
![The gendered vulnerabilities due to climate change need to be well-recognized. (Image: Justin Kernoghan, Trocaire, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/800px-India_3_Gender_3_%2810265682234%29.jpg?itok=_oi1_AJ1)
NGT orders states to designate nodal agencies for restoring water bodies
Posted on 02 Dec, 2020 11:40 AMDesignate nodal agencies for restoration of water bodies: NGT to states
![Gharisar lake in Jaisalmer, Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/8594657629_5cbe0b81d4_c.jpg?itok=Qpxazfc6)
Springs that sustain millions
Posted on 16 Nov, 2020 01:07 PMFor a long time, villagers of Thanakasoga in Sirmaur, Himachal Pradesh knew about the depletion of their drinking water sources and the thirstier future they faced. “We depend on bawdis and natural springs, from where we fetched water. By 2012, our springs were dying and could hardly cater to the local demand.
![Springshed management has brought the much-required difference in people's lives, as the discharge of the springs increased (Image: Kedarnathsmritivan; Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0))](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/Natural_Water_Spring_locally_know_as_DHARA_PANI-_means_spring_of_naturalwater.jpg?itok=5JmG-82y)
No improvement in the water quality of the Ganga during lockdown: CPCB
Posted on 08 Oct, 2020 08:28 AMWater quality of Ganga river remained grim during lockdown: CPCB
![Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172025486_d2b794f518_c_0.jpg?itok=IQJl9yTE)
Environmentalists voice concerns against the draft EIA notification 2020
Posted on 09 Jul, 2020 11:33 AMDraft EIA notification 2020 attracts criticism from experts
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