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Ecology and Environment
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)
Angioplasty for groundwater or a heart attack waiting to happen?
Posted on 16 Aug, 2013 10:38 AM“What is in a name? That which we call a rose, would smell as sweet by any other”, goes the line from Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet. There is quite a lot in a name, Juliet, especially if attaching the wrong terminology to a process is used to appropriate public funds - Rs. 800 crores, in fact.
![Shirpur, Maharashtra of the 'Shirpur Model' fame](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/shirpur_location_0.jpg?itok=xaMH062X)
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 online blended learning programme 'Science and Policy of Climate Change', TERI, September 13 -16, 2013
Posted on 13 Aug, 2013 03:14 PMFor more information on the online course, please click here
To register for the course, please click here
The brochure may be downloaded from below
![The Energy and Resources Institute](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/teri_0.png?itok=IJtge1u2)
Invitation to a bicycle pilgrimage cum awareness ride 'Bow To Bhavani' in the Nilgiri Mountain Range, Gubbi Labs, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Aug, 2013 12:52 PMFor registration and further details on this exciting event, please click here.
For more information, click here
The brochure and the trekking map can be viewed in the attachments below
![Bhavani river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/river.png?itok=tPm2OEdG)