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Contamination, Pollution and Quality
Land Bill opposed in the Rajya Sabha
Posted on 17 Mar, 2015 04:28 PMOpposition to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill
![Construction activity on what was once a farm land](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5639268765_9469163fd6_z.jpg?itok=5hy28p0l)
Patna HC wants Ganga's original course restored
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 10:56 PMRestore Ganga's original course: Patna HC
![River Ganga](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9416529216_7b33145664_z_1.jpg?itok=t4G7dfuW)
Slow poisoning of the Harike wetland
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 09:58 PMKnown as "Hari-ke-Pattan", this wetland is the largest in the Tarn Taran Sahib district of the Punjab in northern India and has the Harike Lake in its deeper part [1]. Its rich biodiversity plays an important role in maintaining the hydrological balance in the catchment area. It also supports a vast range of migratory birds including a number of globally threatened species [1].
![Harike wetland (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/harike_wetland.jpg?itok=JZDMR3d_)
World's only floating freshwater lake under threat
Posted on 06 Mar, 2015 11:02 PMThe Loktak lake in Manipur is the largest freshwater lake in Northeast India. It is famous for the phumdis, which are isolated collections of heterogenous masses of vegetation, soil, and organic matter at various stages of decomposition, floating over it [1]. It is referred to as the only floating lake in the world because of the phumdis [2].
![View of Loktak lake (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/loktak_lake.jpg?itok=Q_W9fIx2)
A hard look at the strategy of fighting open defecation
Posted on 05 Mar, 2015 10:31 PMWith over 620 million defecating in the open in India, do we need a new approach to curb this practice? The force of habit is such that even households with toilets have around forty percent of adults defecating in the open. But, does curbing open defecation necessarily lead to significant improvements in child health outcomes like diarrhoea, anaemia, parasite infection and growth?
![School sanitation at Mysore](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/school_sanitation_at_mysore.jpg?itok=TYKlv-NR)
Are there solutions to epidemics from water-borne diseases?
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 10:06 PMBetween May and December 2014, 17 deaths were registered in Sambalpur due to jaundice but residents say that the death toll due to water-borne diseases is much more than that. In January 2015, the Odisha High Court issued a notice to the state government asking it to furnish details on the steps taken to check the Jaundice outbreak in Sambalpur.
What is Jaundice?
![Polluted water in Sambalpur, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0014.jpg?itok=kPzZmURh)
Government fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:35 PMGovernment bends its own guideline, fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
![Pristine Arunachal Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9150061353_8a42dc3a53_z.jpg?itok=MtaOo8t1)
Budget cuts for Water and Environment Ministry
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:29 PMUnion Budget 2015-16 reduces funds for Water and Environment Ministry
![Budget allocation and planning](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8357660968_0b10ac746b_z.jpg?itok=6y4ksSl9)
Coliform contamination and cholera: Deciphering the connection
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 05:34 PMVibrio cholerae is responsible for 100,000 -120,000 deaths annually, worldwide. [1] Commonly found in ponds, rivers and brackish areas, the bacterium finds its way into humans through contaminated food and water. And the result?
![Water contaminated with plastics and more](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pond_contaminated.jpg?itok=uBrSU-FE)
A 3-year journey from water scarcity to security
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 02:43 PMSantosh Gavale, a resident of Manyali village in Umarkhed tehsil of Yavatmal district, is a happy man now. The village, which has faced an increasing water crisis over the years, is now water sufficient because it manages its water resources well and shares it equitably. Santosh managed to do this for his village.
![Manyali residents testing water from their well](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/manyali.jpg?itok=FpZkplso)