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The dark life of the Kelo
Posted on 15 Jan, 2015 11:52 PM"The Kelo river has never been like this but in the last two decades, the economic growth in the region has spoiled the purity of the river", says eminent journalist Shiv Rajpoot from Raigarh, who is also known as "Kelo man". He has twice traveled by foot, the 90 km stretch of the Kelo from its origin to its end.
The objectives of his two visits were to study and document:
![Shiv Rajpoot during his Kelo Yatra, 2008](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00474.jpg?itok=Ed-wWzOA)
Ganga Maiyya ki Jai': Uma Bharti at the Ganga Mahasabha
Posted on 15 Jan, 2015 05:57 PMBanaras has always been identified with Baba Vishwanath but Modiji said that he had been called here by the Ganga. Ganga was thus present in the election atmosphere. When he extended the cabinet, he established a ministry for the Ganga. Some unprecedented things have happened in these elections.
![Boats on the ganga](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1010740.jpg?itok=SAGRqFRJ)
Norms violated for Ken-Betwa river link's public hearing: Activists
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 11:01 PMActivists say that the villagers were informed late for the public hearing of the Ken-Betwa river link
![People's public hearing](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5618859530_eafca9f782_o_1.jpg?itok=dz_ailCK)
Nationwide monitoring of toilet use under Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 10:55 PMGovernment to launch nationwide monitoring of toilet use, not construction
![Construction of community toilets in progress](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/647a70ee-a8b9-4bc5-981e-58769e282814_0.jpg?itok=gJQEwvAW)
Nadisutra: Paddling into many surprises!
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 01:16 PM24th November to 9th December
![Journey to the Karnali-Ghaghra confluence](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_20150110_105747.jpg?itok=0tChOfYw)
NadiSutra: Half way mark reached
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 12:05 PMOur planned 2000 km-long canoe ride has brought us half way, to the old great river-port of Patna.
![Theo and Zanskar reach Patna](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gopr9633.jpg?itok=KUqvqYyc)
Nadisutra: Sailing into Patna
Posted on 11 Jan, 2015 04:26 PMThe river is much bigger now, the clear waters of the Karnali-ghaghra, which comes all the way from Tibet and Nepal, mingling with the sand and silt laden Sharda to become turbid as well after a stretch. Right from the confluence onward, the abundance of dolphins seems to increase very noticeably.
![River Ganga in Patna](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_7660.jpg?itok=2R-J7ohj)
Water wars: Not what you think!
Posted on 09 Jan, 2015 09:31 AMSince the 1990s, it has often been predicted that all the conflicts over this century will be over water and that they will be fought in the South Asian region, which is undergoing a rapid growth in population coupled with a gradual decrease in water resources.
![The Brahmaputra river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/brahmaputra_1.jpg?itok=Nn7BH3hw)
Science-based changes to cope with water crisis
Posted on 09 Jan, 2015 08:35 AMIndia has almost 17% of the world's population and 4% of the global water resources – a situation that threatens to push it towards a water crisis in the coming years. To add to this, are other reasons such as:
![Girls carrying water (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/faq_3.jpg?itok=vcYJuLZL)
Porous pavements to save concrete jungles!
Posted on 08 Jan, 2015 10:20 PMDespite its shrinking greens, Delhi has significant tree diversity. Pradip Krishen, a naturalist, author and filmmaker, identifies around 250 tree species in the concrete jungle, in his book titled ‘Trees of Delhi’ published in 2007. But these trees do not have the breathing room they need as the Public Works Department's (PWD) pavement tiling projects enclose trees completely in concrete.
![Porous tiles act as flood absorbers in the city](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00518.jpg?itok=3btDbb3W)