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Ecology and Environment
Teachings of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Posted on 07 Jul, 2014 04:06 PMThe East Calcutta Wetlands are an unappealing mixture of poverty, sunshine and wastewater. The people here have patiently and wisely transformed this ecosystem into an oportunity for food, employment and purified water- for free!
![Ecology & Traditional Wetland Practice](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/east_calcutta_wetland_0.png?itok=LH0AXl8v)
Genocide by indifference
Posted on 07 Jul, 2014 03:40 PMThe Ramganga has many impediments in the course of its 655 kilometer stretch from its origin in the mountains of Uttarakhand to its confluence with the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh. In addition to the Kalagarh Dam, there are already two barrages along its length and now a third one is coming up a few kilometers from Bareilly.
![Bareilly barrage across the Ramganga in UP](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bareily_barrage_lead.jpg?itok=LJpVLu3A)
Compensate affected farmers: HC to Narmada Authority
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 09:07 AMHigh Court raps Narmada Authority over incomplete canal work
![State of an irrigation canal at Khargone district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9713919205_c25c00559b_z.jpg?itok=jlifJWn-)
Dam' safety and management!
Posted on 24 Jun, 2014 09:10 PMTwenty four students were washed away in the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh earlier this month. The students, all from an engineering college in Hyderabad, were picknicking in the river on their way back from the tourist town of Manali. While cooling their heels in the knee deep water and clicking photographs, they missed the rising wall of water that engulfed them in minutes.
![Dam induced terror (Source: Matu Jan Sangathan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vishnuprayag.jpg?itok=rqcz8S26)
Closure notice issued to Coca Cola's UP plant
Posted on 24 Jun, 2014 04:43 PMClosure notice issued to Coca Cola's UP plant
![Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola_bottling_1629227g.jpg?itok=7tMmd2ls)
Centre approves raising Sardar Sarovar dam height
Posted on 17 Jun, 2014 11:20 PMSardar Sarovar dam height to be raised by 17m
![Sardar Sarovar Dam (Shahakshay in Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam.jpg?itok=p9Llco7K)
Water allocation to stay the same for Telangana and Andhra
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 11:08 AMTelangana formed but no change in water allocation
![Telangana boundaries (Source: Aditya Madhav)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/telangana_express_secunderabad_-_sirpur_express_route_map.png?itok=FIw9sBg2)
CSE tells new govt to reinvent strategy for river clean-up
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 11:07 AMApply new strategy for cleaning rivers: CSE
![Ganga at Gadmukteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z.jpg?itok=rLwcNLSw)
Call for nominations for the '6th Ramsar Wetland Conservation Awards',Ramsar Convention Secretariat, Switzerland
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 10:42 AMThree Awards will be given in the following categories:
a) The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Wise Use
b) The Ramsar Convention Award for Wetland Innovation
c) The Ramsar Convention Award for Young Wetland Champions
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Call for entries for 'All India Environmental Journalism Competition, 2014', Indo-German Environment Partnership, India
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 10:08 AMThe entries should deal with urban and industrial issues of environmental protection and management. Entries related to water and climate change – and presenting positive examples, possibilities and solutions - are encouraged. All entries must be clearly associated to India.
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