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Droughts and Floods
SC orders shifting of IPL matches out of Maharashtra
Posted on 03 May, 2016 02:49 PMShift IPL matches out of Maharashtra: SC
![Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (Source: Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wankhede_icc_wcf.jpg?itok=IYTiWDLd)
Heat wave claims 300 lives; Telangana, Odisha and Andhra worst hit
Posted on 03 May, 2016 11:37 AMHeat wave claims 300 lives across the country
![Heat wave engulfs the country (Source: PTI)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/heat_wave_man_washes_head_with_cold_water_0.jpg?itok=h5u9OxZo)
33 crore people across 10 States hit by drought: Centre
Posted on 26 Apr, 2016 12:25 PMDrought has hit 33 crore people across 10 states, informs Centre
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Quenching thirst and poverty in cities--with sugarcane juice
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 11:06 PMWhat's not to like about sugarcane juice in summer? Would you drink as much of it or more if you knew that those selling it in Pune where I live, are people who have migrated temporarily from drought-affected villages in rural Maharashtra, and are counting on juice sales to get through the whole year?
![Mobile sugarcane crushing carts on the streets of Pune (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/photo_1_cropped.jpg?itok=v-aUhGHl)
India inks pact with Germany for Ganga revival
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:44 PMIndia and Germany join hands to rejuvenate the Ganga
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Good monsoon expected this year
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:20 PMGood southwest monsoon expected this year as El Nino declines
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Draft of new Wetland Rules 2016 is out
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:37 PMEnvironmentalists unhappy with the draft of new Wetland Rules 2016
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Maharashtra stuck between IPL and drought
Posted on 12 Apr, 2016 12:01 PMMaharashtra government to choose between revenue or drought-struck people
![Drought in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204443460_8d38ce367a_z_1.jpg?itok=gkbIYFUZ)
Union Water Minister inaugurates 4th India Water Week 2016
Posted on 05 Apr, 2016 09:56 AMIndia Water Week 2016 with the theme 'Water for All: Striving together' inaugurated in New Delhi
![4th India Water Week 2016 (Source: Embassy of Israel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/unnamed_1.jpg?itok=KZ75B_Oo)
Drinking water becomes a luxury for Maharashtrians
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 03:06 PMMaharashtra reeling under its worst water crisis
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