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Centre promises 43 to 55 litres water per person per day to 15 crore rural households by 2024
Posted on 03 Sep, 2019 10:07 PMCentre to provide 43-55 litre/day water per person to rural households by 2024
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Heavy rain and floods hit North India
Posted on 22 Aug, 2019 12:00 PMRains wreak havoc in Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh and Punjab
Following the southern states witnessing heavy rainfall and floods this monsoon, the northern parts of India are now also experiencing incessant rains.
![Gori river in Uttarakhand in spate during 2013 floods (Source: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gori_floods_0_0_0.jpg?itok=AFEoLHDD)
Glacier melt threatens water reserves in Satluj basin
Posted on 08 Jul, 2019 12:28 PMRiver Satluj, the powerhouse of the Himalayas
![The Sutlej, from Bilaspur (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sutlej_from_bilaspur.jpg?itok=B1YG5VcT)
Combating water crisis needs people's participation: PM Modi
Posted on 03 Jul, 2019 01:06 AMPrime Minister Modi pitches for a collective effort to overcome water crisis in the country
![A rainwater harvesting set up in a school in Chickmangalur district (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3864313130_d643fc8d6e_z.jpg?itok=ZlDNjffT)
Climate change real, warns Pangi tribe
Posted on 13 Jun, 2019 02:14 PMMountain ecosystems are highly sensitive due to ecological fragility, geomorphologic instability but are blessed with vast eco biodiversity.
![Chandrabhaga river through Pangi valley, Himachal Pradesh (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pangi_valley_hp.jpg?itok=C56rIusY)
Kerala, HP, TN top development goal index
Posted on 26 Dec, 2018 03:08 PMHimachal, Kerala, TN front-runners in NITI Aayog index on development goals
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Saving Ganga: Just clean-up won’t do
Posted on 13 Dec, 2018 02:37 PMUntil a few decades ago, the Ganga flowed with gay abandon and descended with rapidity into the plains. Today the waters have withdrawn from its banks and downstream of the hydropower and irrigation projects that have hindered its flow, the Ganga is totally dry.
![The Ganga at Haridwar in Uttarakhand. Downstream of this, the river flow has reduced due to increased abstraction. (Image courtesy: Manas Chakrabarty; Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA-4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/towards_eternity-manas-chakrabarty-ccbysa.0.jpg?itok=ZHYYfCEd)
Farmers stand up for their rights
Posted on 04 Dec, 2018 02:51 PMThousands of farmers march to Delhi against the looming agrarian crisis
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Projects worth Rs 929 crore approved for the Ganga
Posted on 08 Nov, 2018 02:39 PMNMCG approves 12 projects worth Rs 929 crore under Namami Gange
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Industrial waste discharge needs monitoring: NGT
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 02:40 PMNGT asks CPCB to monitor industrial waste discharge of states
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