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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Film: Konkanchi Mega Vaat (Mega 'Vaat' in the Konkan)
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 06:02 PM24 power projects are being proposed in Ratnagiri and Sindhudurg districts in the Konkan region of Maharashtra, which has the second highest biodiversity in India. The 9900 megawatt (MW) nuclear power project at Jaitapur is also included in this list of projects. If sanctioned, it could be the largest nuclear power generating plant in the world.
![Alphonso mango trees in Ratnagiri, Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/alphonsomangotree.jpg?itok=ui3HEhRR)
Invite to International Film Festival on Water, Voices from the Waters - 2013, Bangalore
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 05:52 PMFor further details on the invite, please click here
You may download the poster for the festival from below
![Voices from the Waters 2013](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/voices_from_the_waters.png?itok=IuP1lPCc)
Invitation to 3rd Delhi Youth Summit on Climate Change, Delhi Greens, Delhi
Posted on 15 Aug, 2013 10:59 AMFor further details of the summit, please click here
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Applications invited for UN-Water Best Practices Award, United Nations University
Posted on 15 Aug, 2013 08:24 AMFurther details of the announcement can be gathered from the link here
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Power hub becomes pollution hub
Posted on 14 Aug, 2013 06:32 PM‘Fly-ash’ refers to fine particles of ash sent up by the burning of solid fuel-like coal. Typically, this is the residue of ash generated by thermal power companies. Due to its toxic nature, the government has mandated that fly-ash must be dumped in ash ponds, which are specially made on vacant lands.
![CSEB power plant in Korba](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/national_thermal_power_corporation_ltd._plant_in_korba.jpg?itok=Iu-sTlUq)
Invitation for WASH For India Launch, Bengaluru
Posted on 13 Aug, 2013 03:14 PMFor more information on the event , please click here
![Wash for India](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/washforindia.png?itok=MPs_MEup)
Invite for an International course on 'Farming, Natural home building and Self Sustainable Living', Krisit, Rajasthan, November 2013 - October 2014
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 02:11 PMFor details on this very interesting course please click here
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Apply for online distance learning course on ' Water Safety Plans (WSPs)', The Water Institute
Posted on 10 Aug, 2013 11:48 AMFor more information on the course, please click here
To access registration form, please click here
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Turtle relocation program or turtle poaching plan?
Posted on 09 Aug, 2013 12:23 PMRajkumar needs no urging to talk about Sundari. She is evidently a favourite of his. When we met, he regaled me with stories of her beauty, her smartness and her incredibly sweet nature. When he finally brought her out to meet me, I failed to see any signs of a winning personality or of towering intelligence. "Well," I rebuked myself, "you've only met her for two minutes.
![Juvenile turtles at the Sarnath Sanctuary](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/p1010852.jpg?itok=7UxZxfNM)
Invitation for Expression of interest (EOI) in Health Nutrition Water & Sanitation (HNWASH) & Open Defecation Free (ODF) assignments, Government of Odisha
Posted on 06 Aug, 2013 03:30 PMOffered by
Government of Odisha & United Kingdom's Department for International Development
Background information
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