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Himachal Pradesh
Call for applications: Closing The Environmental Compliance Gap
Posted on 21 Aug, 2016 10:36 PMIn the field of environmental justice, compliance is one of the least understood and researched topics. Since compliance may involve scientific and technological aspects of the environment, it is mostly left to technical experts, regulatory bodies and members of the industry. It has seen almost no public engagement or community action at the field and at policy levels.
Delayed by a week, monsoon to reach Kerala by June 7: IMD
Posted on 17 May, 2016 01:57 PMMonsoon delayed by a week, to reach Kerala by June 7: IMD
![Rainfall in India (Source: Varun Duta Gupta via IWP's Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5074883626_33da0b2985_z.jpg?itok=D_yrLAJ3)
Toilet subsidy is not the answer to sanitation problems
Posted on 02 Mar, 2016 04:55 PMIn recent years, especially after the launch of major programmes like Swachh Bharat Abhiyan, sanitation has become a hotly debated topic in India.
![A public toilet in Shimla](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/18553409925_6672808556_k.jpg?itok=nfGA5-91)
Is traditional wisdom key to combating climate change?
Posted on 15 Feb, 2016 09:55 PMErratic rainfall, heavy storms, extreme weather and droughts are some of the major impacts of climate changes. Though it affects everyone, certain sections of society, like indigenous people who live closer to the natural environment, are in fact more vulnerable to these variations.
![A woman draws water from a 'taanka' in Rajasthan (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/taanka.jpg?itok=Qd0IQehs)
Echoes of Bhakra
Posted on 01 Feb, 2016 04:28 PMBhakra dam was the first hydropower project of independent India. Though it brought electricity and water to vast areas, the people displaced in the Bilaspur area of Himachal Pradesh remain dissatisfied. Many of them were not adequately compensated, and began living and farming in the adjoining forests. They were allowed to stay put--unofficially--by the administration.
![Bhakra dam (Source: Apar Singh Bataan, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bhakra_dam_bilaspur.jpg?itok=d_BvDd3U)
20 sq.km forest area to be diverted for “blue and green, environment-friendly capital city” Amaravati
Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:00 PMCentre to allow diversion of a whooping 20 sq.km. forest area for Andhra's new capital
![An undisturbed forest (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9651315673_53b893e40e_z.jpg?itok=4HhDGwgM)
Interview with Manu Moudgil, 2015 CMS VATAVARAN 'Young Environmental Journalism Awards-Online' Winner
Posted on 05 Oct, 2015 06:04 PMWe are pleased to interview Manu Moudgil, India Water Portal's team member, who has won the prestigous 'Young Environmental Journalism Awards-Online', in the 8th CMS VATAVARAN - International Envir
![Manu Moudgil, on a field trip to Rajasthan.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manu_nandu_0.jpg?itok=lLgKiseb)
Shimla school goes from students bathing every other day to swimming daily!
Posted on 07 Sep, 2015 10:26 PMMathew Jacob, estate supervisor at Bishop Cotton School (BCS) in Shimla, remembers when he took his students walking in single file to the nearby stream to wash and bathe
![Four storage tanks are linked to 1350 sqm of rooftop area at Bishop Cotton School in Shimla.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2012-02-20_14.36.30.jpg?itok=cIzSZ3Z4)
People in Kinnaur are making all efforts to stop further destruction'
Posted on 24 Aug, 2015 01:01 PMAround 21 major hydropower projects are proposed in the upper Satluj catchment area of Himachal Pradesh. In 2013, The Environics Trust collaborated with Himalaya Niti Abhiyan to assess the impact of these projects on the people and ecology of the geographically-fragile Kinnaur region.
![At Pangi village, several houses have suffered damage due to a hydel project.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kinnaur_2.jpg?itok=lFT9hhEP)
No tunnel for the Luhri hydel project in Himachal
Posted on 11 Aug, 2015 12:07 PMVillagers win as SJVNL drops its tunnel plan for Luhri hydel project
![Sutlej river in Kinnaur, Himachal Pradesh (Sanyam Bahga, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-kinnaur_392_1.jpg?itok=arqGizmS)