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Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan is now Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 09:54 PMCentre approves reconstituting the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan into Swachh Bharat Mission
![A toilet constructed under Parishudh initiative](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8456963363_626ed25d7c_k.jpg?itok=yPTs8DXO)
Uttarakhand submits Rs. 9478 crore Ganga clean-up plan proposal
Posted on 22 Sep, 2014 05:52 PMUttarakhand Government submits to Centre the Rs 9,478 crore Ganga Action Plan
![Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z_0_0.jpg?itok=ma_83puO)
Supreme Court gets strict with illegal river sand miners
Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:25 PMSC gets strict with illegal river sand miners
![Sand mining in the Narmada valley](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9717150558_f144071956_b.jpg?itok=DgUyqeQ-)
"Ultra Mega Power" to destroy!
Posted on 12 Sep, 2014 01:09 PMCheyyur, a town 100 km from Chennai in Kanchipuram, has been identified as the site for a 4000 MW Ultra Mega Power Plant (UMPP) by the Government of Tamil Nadu.
![One of Cheyyur's productive lagoons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00261.jpg?itok=YsRq1uUk)
Coastal coal plants choke Chennai water resource hub
Posted on 07 Sep, 2014 01:03 AMChennai's Fort St.George, built in 1644, was the first English fortress to be built in India. It laid the foundation for further settlements around it and the city of Madras gradually expanded around the fort over the years.
![The NTPC Power Plant in Ennore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00090_0.jpg?itok=gIzpPLnC)
Ken-Betwa river link to divert 6,000 hectares of Panna Tiger Reserve
Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 10:06 PMKen-Betwa river link to take away 10% of MP's Panna Tiger Reserve
![Map showing Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamunarivermap.jpg?itok=uSt78GHL)
Increased subsidy for toilet construction
Posted on 01 Sep, 2014 03:33 PMHigher monetary incentives for toilet construction and delinking sanitation mission from MGNREGS
![Toilet under construction in Karnataka](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8456951985_136ea1c01a_k.jpg?itok=zmgx6ULC)
Himachal Pradesh's forests make way for Renuka Dam
Posted on 19 Aug, 2014 01:31 PMForest clearance granted to the proposed Renuka Dam
![Forest cover of Himachal Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11579822395_e321877c14_z.jpg?itok=DX5kPVzm)
Flood in Odisha affects 3.5 million people across 300 villages
Posted on 12 Aug, 2014 10:50 AMOdisha reels under floods as Mahanadi crosses danger mark
![Odisha reels under floods](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319659485_85b84ccb91_z.jpg?itok=kbAQs52y)
Water Resources Ministry's role expands
Posted on 12 Aug, 2014 08:47 AMNational Ganga River Basin Authority transferred to Water Resources Ministry
![Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z_0.jpg?itok=zX2lhTfA)