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Weekly News and Policy Updates
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NGT adamant on committees to manage biodiversity
Posted on 24 Apr, 2019 10:46 AMNGT seeks report on constitution of Biodiversity Management Committees
![A negelcted wetland in Punjab (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/flickr_0_0.jpg?itok=yQGVaMEk)
NGT forms Central Monitoring Committee for rivers
Posted on 17 Apr, 2019 02:27 PMCentral Monitoring Committee formed to ensure pollution-free river stretches
![Biodiversity monitoring is key to assess the efficacy of river cleaning programmes. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8335960183_0f9fa452bf_z_0.jpg?itok=xnZbpvle)
IMD predicts near-normal monsoon this year
Posted on 17 Apr, 2019 12:53 PMIndia could witness near-normal monsoon this season: IMD
![Normal monsoon is good news for India's economy. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319697485_dfcb31cdcc_z_0_0.jpg?itok=IX9HIqvQ)
Kerala failed to use dams for flood control: Amicus curiae
Posted on 09 Apr, 2019 09:32 PMKerala government failed to use dams for flood control: Amicus curiae informs high court
![The floods in Kerala took 400 lives and displaced around 1.2 million people. (Image: Ranjith Siji, Wikimedia Commons: CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-kerala_flood_2018_-_angamaly-_img_20180818_084500_1.jpg?itok=jWGP2_SF)
Water storage depletes in major river basins: CWC
Posted on 09 Apr, 2019 09:08 PMCWC data shows water storage in major river basins depleting
![Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14361734417_8d80b2667f_z_1_0_0.jpg?itok=m_VyJVaY)
Almost half of the country reels under drought: Study
Posted on 04 Apr, 2019 07:00 AMStudy reveals that nearly 42 percent of India’s land area is facing drought
![India will see more droughts in the future. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/droughts_a_1.jpg?itok=fJh4qBXV)
DDA allows waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains
Posted on 04 Apr, 2019 06:42 AMDDA allocates 42.5 acre plot on Yamuna floodplains for waste dumping
![Yamuna river in New Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z_2.jpg?itok=P4q3eXpn)
SC sets aside NGT order on Lower Subansiri hydel project
Posted on 27 Mar, 2019 03:37 PMLower Subansiri hydel project: SC seeks review of NGT's order granting nod to the project
![Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh (Source: Kakul baruah via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/voice_of_the_river_subansiri._a_tributary_of_brahmaputra_01.jpg?itok=DpM9VlgI)
Bullet train project worries activists
Posted on 27 Mar, 2019 03:15 PMActivists seek President, PM intervention to protect mangrove trees in Maharashtra
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UN World Water Development Report out
Posted on 21 Mar, 2019 07:48 PMUN releases the World Water Development Report 2019
![UN report suggests better management of water resources to ensure equity of water. (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14359141204_d19037b441_z.jpg?itok=Y0JUhMnv)