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Wetlands disappearing three times faster than forests
Posted on 02 Oct, 2018 11:43 AMWorld is losing the wetlands at a rate of 0.78 percent a year: Ramsar Convention
![Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12217403935_9c5da227fb_z_1.jpg?itok=t5Paz-ff)
Kerala floods and after
Posted on 27 Sep, 2018 05:11 PMEvery time there is a huge flood in India with massive loss of lives and extensive physical damage, there is a hue and cry. Especially, if this takes place in an area not normally prone to such floods. Assam and Bihar, for instance, are regularly laid waste by floods and so, there is not much agitation over that anymore.
![The floods in Kerala have taken nearly 400 lives and have displaced around 1.2 million people. (Image: Ranjith Siji via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-kerala_flood_2018_-_angamaly-_img_20180818_084500_0.jpg?itok=-ARq7XxK)
Cyclone Daye triggers widespread rain
Posted on 25 Sep, 2018 06:02 PMCyclone causes rain in 18 states; floods, landslides reported in North India
![Monsoon affects life in North India. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2245920465_b010a7ff2f_z_1_0_0.jpg?itok=OkSf2kpE)
Dam safety project gets additional funds
Posted on 25 Sep, 2018 05:40 PMAdditional funds of over Rs 1,300 crore allocated to dam safety project
![Hirakud dam, the oldest dam in India (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14075678201_097f9dcec5_z_5.jpg?itok=R2hBZBix)
UP needs to treat its sewage
Posted on 24 Sep, 2018 03:17 PMUttar Pradesh generates second most urban sewage in India at 12 percent of the national total behind only Maharashtra at 13 percent.
![Excess sewage from the Bhairon nala (drain) in Agra flows into the brimming Yamuna. (Photo courtesy: Sumit Chaturvedi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rsz_agra_sewer_2.jpg?itok=6fXg5d-j)
Is it drought after flood for Kerala?
Posted on 22 Sep, 2018 02:33 PMIf the devastating floods were not enough, the state of Kerala is witnessing further signs of environmental neglect and greedy exploitation of natural resources. There has been a drop in the water level, particularly in those rivers which were flooded recently. It is also reflected in the drying and caving of wells in different parts of the state.
![A house flooded during the recent floods in Kerala. (Photo courtesy: Smibinozone via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kerala_flood_2018.jpg?itok=o0lHo8Br)
Jaundice grips Raipur
Posted on 20 Sep, 2018 04:09 PMThe family of Somesh Manikpuri of Amasivani colony in Raipur is still in shock of his sudden demise from jaundice in May this year. Six similar deaths have been reported from Raipur since April 2018. Memsingh Chandrakar, a resident of Naharpara, another locality in Raipur, was also affected by jaundice in May.
![A view of the Shakti Nagar slum area in Raipur. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13892294904_3c6caa28c1_z.jpg?itok=-KvA0O71)
Industrial waste discharge needs monitoring: NGT
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 02:40 PMNGT asks CPCB to monitor industrial waste discharge of states
![A creek near a thermal power plant. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31283510824_3a389abcff_z_1.jpg?itok=dZNA9OXX)
India has 45 critically polluted river stretches: CPCB
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 01:47 PMPolluted river stretches increases to 351, as against 302 in 2015
![Solid waste on the banks of the Mithi river. (Image source: Rohit Sharma, Arpita Bhagat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image_7_0_0.jpg?itok=QCHzoKXQ)
Ganga clean up: It’s all talk and no action
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 12:06 PMAs the Ganga emerges from the glaciers and glides along the foothills of the mighty Himalayas through the towns and cities with their sprawling ghats, engineered embankments, hydroelectric dams, and interrupted flows at barrages, the icy chilliness of its waters is lost.
![The Ganga at Garhmukteshwar (Image: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gadmukteshwar_sunset_1.jpg?itok=zkh85N_I)