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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Bengaluru drinks poisoned water
Posted on 22 Nov, 2018 11:17 AMIndia is running out of water fast. As if this is not bad news enough, it has been found that even the available water is highly polluted with organic and hazardous pollutants.
![Poor drinking water quality can pose a risk to health. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking_water1_0.jpg?itok=2HWKSyIK)
From river to sewer, Paondhoi waits for redemption
Posted on 12 Nov, 2018 11:16 AMRiver Paondhoi is best known today as a sewer running through Saharanpur city. Originally, however, it was an important source of drinking water for the city. In its heyday, the water of the river ran ankle deep, just enough to wash one’s feet. People coming into the city would wash their feet in the river giving it the name, Paondhoi.
![The Paondhoi with hazardous materials and pollutants dumped into it. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/paodhoi.jpg?itok=sQWDCaKP)
Projects worth Rs 929 crore approved for the Ganga
Posted on 08 Nov, 2018 02:39 PMNMCG approves 12 projects worth Rs 929 crore under Namami Gange
![A ghat at the Ganga riverbank (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934888516_4937aa2aaf_z_1.jpg?itok=6JJkwjXf)
The unique Himalayan wetlands
Posted on 03 Nov, 2018 08:33 AMWetlands are very important and productive ecosystems that support a wide range of plants and animals and provide livelihood opportunities to local communities in India.
![A view of the Himalayas. (Source: IWP Flickr photos--photo for representation purpose only)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/himalayas3.jpg?itok=Qy43uwJd)
New sturdy rice variety developed
Posted on 29 Oct, 2018 10:44 AMA group of researchers from Jawaharlal Nehru University (JNU), International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology (ICGEB) and University of Illinois have developed transgenic rice that promises to generate high yields even under conditions of high salinity, high temperature and drought.
![Dr Ashwani Pareek and his team that developed the rice. (Photo: ISW)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_20181018_131402.jpg?itok=NWN1WA3m)
Swachh Bharat Mission: It’s all about numbers
Posted on 02 Oct, 2018 11:06 PMWe have just a year to go for Swachh Bharat Mission’s (SBM) deadline of making India open-defecation free (ODF). In the last four years, the government has built 86.08 million toilets (as on September 26, 2018) throughout the country as a part of this flagship programme on providing safe sanitation to all by October 2019.
![Sanitation is not just about constructing toilets. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilet1_2_0.jpg?itok=KLv3wh45)
Lower Demwe hydel project gets nod from wildlife board
Posted on 02 Oct, 2018 12:11 PMWildlife Board clears Lower Demwe hydel project despite flaws in report
![Lohit river in Arunachal Pradesh (Image Source: Shantanu via Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-lohit_river_arunachal_pradesh_india.jpg?itok=rk6iVgPZ)
Wetlands disappearing three times faster than forests
Posted on 02 Oct, 2018 11:43 AMWorld is losing the wetlands at a rate of 0.78 percent a year: Ramsar Convention
![Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12217403935_9c5da227fb_z_1.jpg?itok=t5Paz-ff)
Jaundice grips Raipur
Posted on 20 Sep, 2018 04:09 PMThe family of Somesh Manikpuri of Amasivani colony in Raipur is still in shock of his sudden demise from jaundice in May this year. Six similar deaths have been reported from Raipur since April 2018. Memsingh Chandrakar, a resident of Naharpara, another locality in Raipur, was also affected by jaundice in May.
![A view of the Shakti Nagar slum area in Raipur. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13892294904_3c6caa28c1_z.jpg?itok=-KvA0O71)
Industrial waste discharge needs monitoring: NGT
Posted on 19 Sep, 2018 02:40 PMNGT asks CPCB to monitor industrial waste discharge of states
![A creek near a thermal power plant. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31283510824_3a389abcff_z_1.jpg?itok=dZNA9OXX)