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Chemical Pollution
Coca Cola plant in UP lowers groundwater level
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:41 PMCoca Cola plant in Mehdiganj lowers groundwater level
![Mehdiganj protest (Source: AID Kolkata Newsletter)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/page1_mehdiganjprotest.jpg?itok=98gcR0O7)
Yamuna Nama: a book review
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 05:51 PMThe Yamuna Manifesto -or Yamuna Nama- is a bilingual book with passages in both Hindi and English, published as part of the Yamuna Elbe project. In five deceptively short sections, the book takes us from the birth to the river to its future.
![Yamuna river (Source: www.pilgrimageindia.net)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna-manifesto_1.jpg?itok=4DIn58eM)
South Delhi gets 'smoked'
Posted on 15 Dec, 2013 09:17 PMBlue facades line the Sukhdev Vihar colony in South Delhi, considered plush by Delhi standards. They are in place to shield houses from layers of soot that would otherwise settle on their walls and grills. Soot from a power plant that began operations almost two years ago.
![Facades protect houses from soot](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/protection_against_falling_ash_1.jpg?itok=F4U7qv5k)
Migratory birds return to Sultanpur lake
Posted on 09 Dec, 2013 07:00 AMAt Sultanpur, migratory birds visit an artificial lake
![Sultanpur bird sanctuary Source: Wikipedia](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/news_ru_1.jpg?itok=XmUbEvly)
40% of Delhi houses not connected with sewerage network: Census
Posted on 01 Dec, 2013 08:10 PM40% people in the National capital live in houses not connected to sewerage network
![No sewerage but a dirty river Source: The Hindu](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamuna_1.jpg?itok=PrUnMjMm)
Don't have toilet, can't contest polls
Posted on 24 Nov, 2013 10:43 PMDon't have toilet, can't contest polls
![Toilet mandatory to contest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet_2.jpg?itok=LzJ7U9Rs)
Phailin rain increases Andhra groundwater levels
Posted on 19 Nov, 2013 10:21 AMPhailin increases Andhra groundwater levels
![Phailin raises groundwater in Andhra (EU-ECHO)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/phailin.jpg?itok=NTd_u9Gf)
Gujarat government arrests activists protesting Narmada weir
Posted on 05 Nov, 2013 11:02 AMGujarat government culls protest against weir on the Narmada river
![Sardar Sarovar Dam Source: Geolocation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar.jpg?itok=MP-J8197)
110 countries pledge to phase out mercury
Posted on 15 Oct, 2013 09:10 AM110 countries sign Minamata convention to ban mercury
![No more mercury thermometers (Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/maximum_thermometer_close_up_2.jpg?itok=hFba4l4N)