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River conservationist is new environment minister
Posted on 09 Jul, 2016 10:04 PMAnil Madhav Dave appointed as new environment minister
![Anil Madhav Dave (Source: Livemint)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/07anil.jpg?itok=l6r7bvIN)
Safe sanitation for women
Posted on 05 Jul, 2016 10:08 PMAccording to the recent figures by the World Health Organisation and UNICEF [
![Women and toilets (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/women_and_toilets_2.jpg?itok=VRubcEAR)
Once a drain, now a sewer
Posted on 05 Jul, 2016 09:33 PMOriginally a darya (creek), locally known as Nizammuddin darya, Barapullah is a key drain of Delhi today. Barapullah gets its name from a pul (bridge) built across it by the then emperor Jahangir's chief eunuch, Mihir Banu Agha.
![Construction debris of the Barapullah flyover project chokes the nallah.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barapullah_elevated_corridor.jpg?itok=psADdBUW)
Ministries spar over hydel project
Posted on 03 Jul, 2016 04:59 PMMinistries reach no consensus over Uttarakhand hydel project
![Downstream of ManeribhaliII Barrage at Uttarkashi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3217293419_87efebb0b9_z.jpg?itok=cZYKyb9V)
Water packaging units run without licence
Posted on 03 Jul, 2016 12:07 AMMost water packaging units operating without license: FSSAI
![Mineral water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bottles-60479_640_0.jpg?itok=2vLh62Na)
When coal goes unheard
Posted on 01 Jul, 2016 12:21 PMIndia has the fifth largest coal reserves in the world [1].
![Coal mines in Meghalaya (Source: The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rat_hole_rajkamal_the_hindu_0.jpg?itok=6R_FXPbx)
Pipara women realise pipe dream
Posted on 01 Jul, 2016 12:03 PMThe cracks on the parched land of Bundelkhand are waiting for the monsoon to quench the thirst of its arid landscape. Despite the wide-spread drought here, Pipara, one of the villages in the region, stands apart as the only one that has not run completely dry.
![Women fill water from one of the taps at Pipara.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0063es.jpg?itok=E5g14DvX)
Rural India walks more than 500m for drinking water
Posted on 25 Jun, 2016 09:13 AMRural India walks too far to quench their thirst
![Rural India walks far to get water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/17285080046_69d2e8c3d3_z.jpg?itok=bo_NWNeM)
Centre releases draft of new National Forest Policy
Posted on 25 Jun, 2016 08:50 AMEnvironment ministry releases the draft of India’s new National Forest Policy
![A forest area in Sikkim (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/7596533168_44da30af96_z.jpg?itok=n5isl-ow)
Climate change: When past presents itself
Posted on 24 Jun, 2016 08:40 PMSummers get hotter, rains decline and crops fail. The conflict between people increase and migration in search of better lands and skies begin. Sounds familiar? We are not talking about Marathwada here. This is how the lives of our ancestors played out thousands of years ago.
![A narrow lane flanked by houses at Bhirrana. Source: Archaeological Survey of India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hakra1.jpg?itok=-dtnP4xF)