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Will boats float on Yamuna?
Posted on 23 May, 2018 11:38 AMHere's some good news for the people of Delhi. If the Centre is to be believed, Delhi is going the Kochi way and Yamuna waters will keep the traffic burden off the road much like Kochi’s backwaters and rivers.
![Yamuna in Delhi (Image: Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/del.jpg?itok=mOXhJyqk)
Centre’s draft Cauvery Management Scheme approved
Posted on 22 May, 2018 10:29 AMSC approves Centre’s draft scheme for sharing Cauvery river water among riparian states
![Draft scheme expected to ease distribution of Cauvery water.(Picture courtesy: Hindustan Times)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_water_0.jpeg?itok=AiCcR9Rg)
Indore bags India's cleanest city tag
Posted on 22 May, 2018 10:17 AMSwachh Survekshan 2018: Indore, Bhopal and Chandigarh emerge as India's top three clean cities
![Indore is India's cleanest city. (Picture courtesy: India.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/indore_swachh.jpg?itok=eRasndG0)
Palwal puts Game Theory to practice
Posted on 21 May, 2018 09:27 PMAt just 24 years of age, Abhinav Vats has learnt a lot as the chief minister’s Good Governance Associate (CMGGA) posted in Palwal district of Haryana. An economics graduate from Delhi University, he worked as a research analyst with McKinsey and Company at Gurgaon for two-and-a-half years before deciding to be a CMGGA.
![Women participate enthusiastically in the ‘Palwal super village challenge’ for last mile delivery of rural development schemes. (Pic courtesy: Abhinav Vats)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_led_mobilization_for_women_empowerment_anganwdi_shg_parameters.jpg?itok=wYUK7KtI)
Darjeeling tea faces climate risk
Posted on 18 May, 2018 03:07 PMThe gradual change in temperature and rainfall patterns in Darjeeling hills is beginning to affect the production of the famous Darjeeling tea.
![Climate change affects the quantity and quality of Darjeeling tea produced. (Pic courtesy: ISW)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2_3.jpg?itok=L6kH-IER)
Village swims in desperation
Posted on 18 May, 2018 10:45 AM“Our village is also called the swimmers’ village because almost all of us including small children know how to swim. To learn swimming is not a luxury but a necessity for us.
![A girl oars a boat to go to college. (Pic courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_a_girl_oars_a_dilipidated_boat_everyday_to_go_to_the_college.png?itok=-m0OxTFl)
Sewage to blame, Dal turns dull
Posted on 17 May, 2018 01:09 PMSrinagar's prime tourist attraction, Dal Lake, is no more the scenic beauty it used to be. It's turning into an eyesore, thanks to sewage discharge and weed growth.
![A Kashmiri boy on a boat among lotus leaves on Dal Lake. (Pic courtesy: Safeena Wani/101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_lotus_leaves_in_dal_lake.jpg?itok=cVxOfNoa)
Hyderabad's sewage-filled drains cleaned manually
Posted on 15 May, 2018 07:50 AMAhead of monsoon, workers made to clean stormwater drains filled with sewage in Hyderabad
![Manual scavenging in a new avatar (Picture courtesy: The New Indian Express)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manual_scavenging_hyderabad.jpg?itok=SFsKIc2k)
Centre submits draft scheme on Cauvery water sharing
Posted on 15 May, 2018 07:07 AMCentre submits draft scheme on Cauvery river water sharing to the Supreme Court
![Contentious Cauvery (Picture courtesy: NDTV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery-ndtv_2.jpg?itok=EniOp-8a)
Disappearing waters of The Himalayas
Posted on 14 May, 2018 12:01 PMDelhi’s Jor Bagh metro station is the site of an ongoing photographic exhibition with thought-provoking images and narratives exploring escalating water crises Indian and Nepal Himalayas face.
![The photograph titled 'Nainital: Changing landscape in the Himalayas'. Image: Toby Smith, Pani-Pahar series](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead-pani-pahar.jpg?itok=FH-Uggvg)