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Climate and Weather
Hyderabad water bodies unfit for even irrigation
Posted on 25 Dec, 2016 07:19 PMMost of Hyderabad water bodies reduced to cesspools
![Himayat Sagar lake in Hyderabad (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/himayat_sagar_lake_with_common_coots_in_hyderabad_w_img_8638.jpg?itok=NmK10jCB)
Saving the Ganga, one step at a time
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:11 AMAn aerospace engineer from IIT, Kharagpur, Siddharth Agarwal could have been drawing a fancy salary like any other 25-year-old if he hadn’t followed his passion.
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Gujarat fails to conserve its wetlands
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:30 PMSix years on, Gujarat fails to form wetland panel
![Hamirsar Lake, Bhuj, Gujarat (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3098051568_648b8b58fc_z.jpg?itok=5YLe2QIV)
Storm after a lull
Posted on 15 Dec, 2016 01:03 PMChennai’s disastrous December run continues for the second year in a row. While the devastating flood of December 2015 remains etched in the city’s collective memory, cyclone Vardah was no less scary and did not lag behind in its severity.
![One of the many calamities of cyclone Vardah in Jawahar Nagar near Perambur.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31269487840_75275aeb7e_z.jpg?itok=OrKhALGF)
Ganga clean-up programme has failed: IIT consortium
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:31 PMGanga clean-up fails, thanks to multiple authorities and no monitoring
![Man searched for coins in polluted water of Ganga river at Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934020141_365e706489_z.jpg?itok=_gJaxFvb)
Flood risk to Himalayan hydropower projects: Study
Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 11:57 AMGlacial lakes pose flood risk to 441 hydel projects in Himalayan region
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Grand scheme to befriend farmers
Posted on 26 Nov, 2016 06:38 PM“Agriculture is a highly risky venture,” says Nagi Reddy, a farmer in Anantapur. Reddy is a small farmer affected by uncertainty in crop production stemming from unpredictable weather events and pest attacks, especially in his cotton crop. He works on his 2.5-acre farm and the rest of the time, he clocks in as a tenant farmer at an adjacent farm.
![A group of farmers in Karnataka's project on spice value chain development.. (Source: Rakesh Sahai, Wikimedia Commons, 2015)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a_group_of_indian_women_farmers_karnataka_spice_value_chain_development_2015_rakeshsahai-adb.jpg?itok=uFEohjdR)
Use rain to beat drought
Posted on 23 Nov, 2016 10:32 AMA recent analysis by the Indian Meteorological Department (IMD) determined the rooftop rainwater harvesting potential of the districts in Maharashtra in a year by calculating the average amount of rainwater in litres that can be caught over one square foo
![Mumbai in monsoon. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bombay_flooded_street_2_1.jpg?itok=tx90P0Pt)
Crop change for better yield?
Posted on 15 Nov, 2016 10:48 AMThe past few months saw Karnataka and Tamil Nadu bickering over the sharing of the Cauvery water. It was the failure of the south-west monsoon that had put crops in Karnataka at risk, forcing the government to stop water supplies to Tamil Nadu. The arrival of the north-east monsoon in Tamil Nadu, however, has eased this tension.
![Since the introduction of green revolution, four kharif crops have marched to newer grounds.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03979.jpg?itok=bvIhqrpL)
NGT raps Delhi government over air pollution
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:59 AMEnvironment minister calls Delhi pollution 'emergency situation'
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