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UP Pollution Control Board issues notice to 956 units for polluting Ganga
Posted on 12 May, 2014 08:19 AM956 units in UP gets notice for polluting Ganga
![Ganga river in Varanasi, UP (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aerial_view_ganga_river_banks_varanasi_india_2012_0.jpg?itok=M0aCM11u)
Small steps to win the big battle against water scarcity
Posted on 11 May, 2014 09:29 PMThe recent World Water Development Report by the United Nations has projected that India's demand for water is likely to surpass availability by 2050.
![Every drop counts (Vinoth Chandar via Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_scarcity.jpg?itok=ovS_Qk97)
Will the Rs. 392 crore fund help Raipur's growing slums?
Posted on 10 May, 2014 12:11 PM"The life of the people living in slums in any part of the country is a curse", says Rohit Jagat, a 30 year old resident of Shakti Nagar slum in Raipur.
![Tankers supply water to Maharajh Bandh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04798-children_of_maharajh_bandh_area_taking_drinking_water_from_takers-tp_0.jpg?itok=Ay0dMx-v)
Tulsi leaves as a purifier or a Reverse Osmosis filter? Which would you choose?
Posted on 09 May, 2014 01:43 PMSummer temperatures and water-borne diseases such as hepatitis, typhoid, cholera and gastroenteritis go hand in hand. So besides maintaining good hygiene, it is also important to monitor and maintain the quality of drinking water to prevent these diseases.
Drinking water sources
![Tulsi leaves can purify water (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tulsi_0.png?itok=lCHQCHsu)
Bihar's great walls of destruction
Posted on 07 May, 2014 10:49 PMBorn out of the sea, the Ganga basin is a playground of the rivers coming down from the Himalayas. Floods are not a new thing in Bihar, a state in the lap of these flood plains. For centuries, the people here have lived with these waters, with the floods washing away their lands once a year, slowly, leaving behind a blanket of rich and fertile silt.
![Once rice fields, now filled with sand (Jul 2012)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods_bihar.jpg?itok=kSYVOVEK)
Tribals of Tawa reservoir left leader-less
Posted on 07 May, 2014 11:19 AMTawa reservoir in Hoshangabad, Madhya Pradesh, irrigates several thousand hectares of land. It is here that Sunil Gupta, popularly known as Sunil Bhai, rose to prominence in 1995 when he led the struggle of the tribals displaced by the reservoir.
![Sunil Bhai; Source: Samarendra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sunil_bhai.jpg?itok=P6TaJz_w)
80 countries agree to save oceans in UN-backed summit
Posted on 05 May, 2014 12:25 PM80 countries join hands to save world's oceans
![Oceans of the world (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/oceans_of_the_world.jpg?itok=Eg8wAUC5)
NGT prohibits commercial extraction of groundwater in Maharashtra
Posted on 05 May, 2014 10:33 AMNGT prohibits groundwater extraction in Maharashtra's 12 districts
![Groundwater extraction (Source: Karuna Society)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/borewell-6.gif?itok=zQX2COas)
From farming to fishing: The journey of the tribals of Dhimbe
Posted on 04 May, 2014 09:10 PMDimbhe dam is located near the tourist spot of Bhimashankar in Maharashtra. With a capacity of 13.5 million cubic meters, the dam displaced 1253 families, submerged 11 villages and partiallly affected another 13 villages when it was completed in 2000.
![Cage farming at Dhimbe dam, Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00365.jpg?itok=EBValvHa)
Punjab wades in troubled waters
Posted on 03 May, 2014 12:23 AMMany great civilisations have thrived near rivers with people moving in search of water across swathes of lands. The same holds true for present day Punjab, especially its farmers.
![Groundwater is falling by 1 metre every year](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_0.jpg?itok=uDo_KeWN)