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Raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height would be disastrous: Committee
Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:16 AMCommittee warns against raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height
![Sardar Sarovar Dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam_0.jpg?itok=jWKLXnAY)
Two states and a dam row
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 01:31 PMWhile the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have opposing stands on the Mullaperiyar dam, civil society actors have provided alternatives to the old dam whose decommissioning is bound to happen sooner or later. They have also pointed out the inappropriateness of building a new dam on Mullaperiyar.
![Mullaperiyar reservoir (Source: Sibiperiyar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thekkady_mullaperiyar.jpg?itok=Ay-4aqgK)
Government clears 170 eco-zones across the country
Posted on 02 Jun, 2015 05:02 AMCentre gives nod to 170 eco- sensitive zones in the country
![The Western Ghats](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8302143137_6540edf1d1_z.jpg?itok=S6G1BBec)
How has water privatisation affected Chattisgarh?
Posted on 27 May, 2015 04:37 PMThe Shivnath River is the longest tributary of the Mahanadi River.
![Shivnath river near Mahamara Barrage, Durg](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0003tps_5.jpg?itok=NfyoNqp_)
Climate change threatens Indian mangroves
Posted on 21 Feb, 2015 07:20 PMIndia’s 7500 km coastal line supports nearly 4, 87,100 hectares of mangroves. These unique ecosystems harbour nearly 3985 species of flora and fauna. Due to the increasing effects of climate change, mangrove forests in the country are under serious threat.
What are mangroves?
![Sundarban mangrove (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sundarband_mangrove.jpg?itok=2KsdKBo1)
India ranked 12th in mismanaging plastic waste
Posted on 17 Feb, 2015 08:28 PM8 million tonnes of plastic waste dumped into world's oceans in 2010: Study
![Two oceans meeting at Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9802916364_f20375357d_z.jpg?itok=KB3C6V-u)
Bihar Government bans plastic packaged water bottles in all its departments
Posted on 09 Feb, 2015 01:35 PMBihar's government offices to soon become free of plastic bottles
![Plastic water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bottles-60479_640.jpg?itok=MDUBHhlw)
Maharashtra Government puts its rivers in danger
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 12:29 PMMahashtra scraps state's River Regulation Zone policy
![View of the river Mula in Pune, Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9350596904_fe93e2c661_z.jpg?itok=LJ9DhLxY)
Water news: A recap of 2014
Posted on 05 Jan, 2015 09:58 PMNew Water Ministry, Clean Ganga Portal, Ganga Manthan: Goverment makes efforts towards rejuvenating the Ganga
![Sunset at Gadmukhteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z_1_1.jpg?itok=1sKbgVBn)
Budget 2015-16 likely to have huge cuts in social sector
Posted on 16 Dec, 2014 12:27 PMSocial sector likely to get less funds in Union Budget 2015-16
![MNREGA workers building check dam in Gujarat](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5498477595_b432f838e5_z_1.jpg?itok=wuvpKEdH)