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Weekly News and Policy Updates
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Government to get strict against wastage of groundwater
Posted on 08 Sep, 2020 04:05 PMGovernment prepares strict directives to prevent groundwater wastage
![A resident in Delhi with her extracted groundwater (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/residents_0_0.jpg?itok=ZmQjoNJl)
Nashik civic body frees Godavari using riverfront development funds
Posted on 08 Sep, 2020 03:57 PMA civic body frees a river instead of concretising it, for the first time
![Godavari river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200px-godavari_river_crossing.jpeg?itok=UAYWhJPm)
Swachh Survekshan 2020: Indore tops in cleanest city category
Posted on 25 Aug, 2020 09:19 PMIndore once again tops the Swachh Survekshan 2020 in the cleanest city category
![Clean road near Pardesipura, Indore. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0112tps_1.jpg?itok=ndA7hDGg)
Next phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban to focus on water treatment
Posted on 25 Aug, 2020 08:26 PMSwachh Bharat Mission-Urban: Next phase to focus on water treatment and toilet waste disposal
![Next phase of Swachh Bharat Mission-Urban to focus on water treatment (Image source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet1_2_0_1.jpg?itok=KVTx46sT)
Groundwater extraction: NGT gets strict with commercial entities
Posted on 12 Aug, 2020 08:41 AMNGT bans granting general permissions for groundwater extraction to commercial entities
![NGT gets strict with commercial entities (Source: IWP Flickr album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32493765187_81650bd26f_c_1_0.jpg?itok=VbwhA7fP)
Monsoon experiences a countrywide deficit of 10 percent in July
Posted on 12 Aug, 2020 08:27 AMMonsoon 2020: Countrywide deficit of 10 percent in July; September may have heavy rains
![July experiences rain deficit of 10 percent (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5074883626_33da0b2985_z_0_0.jpg?itok=0wiNPoII)
Bihar and northeast India reel under floods, Assam worst hit
Posted on 23 Jul, 2020 09:26 AMFlood batters three northeast states, Assam worst affected
![People take a boat to cross the flood-ravaged Brahmaputra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11798489896_4f25d0c9d7_z_0_0.jpg?itok=KECDRlFh)
Green court slams centre over groundwater withdrawal in dry areas
Posted on 23 Jul, 2020 09:24 AMNGT slams centre over groundwater extraction in dry areas
![A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/27560459605_dd7aeae4a2_z_0_2_0.jpg?itok=YSl0s1KE)
Environmentalists voice concerns against the draft EIA notification 2020
Posted on 09 Jul, 2020 11:33 AMDraft EIA notification 2020 attracts criticism from experts
![Work in progress in coal mines in Jharsuguda (Image source: IWP Flickr album)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0066etp_2.jpg?itok=vMGSErHi)
Flood batters Assam, over 16 lakh people hit
Posted on 09 Jul, 2020 11:30 AMFlood situation in Assam continues to remain grim
![Assam plaued by the annual flood menace (Image Source: Akash Basumatari)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/assam81.jpg?itok=eFHtRrAn)