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Ecology and Environment
Coastal areas likely to be opened up for development
Posted on 24 Apr, 2018 11:54 AMEnvironment ministry issues draft Coastal Zone Regulation notification
![Fishers depend on the sea and the coast for their livelihoods.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fishers_coast.jpg?itok=fr5ml3kc)
ACT one: Anti-dam, pro-people
Posted on 23 Apr, 2018 02:22 PMTenzing Lepcha, the lead activist of Affected Citizens of Teesta (ACT), is proud of his work in the last year. “All this was overgrown,” he says pointing at the orderly farm.
![Tenzing Lepcha sits at the hearth of his farmstay. (Pic courtesy: Chicu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/alternatives_cover.jpg?itok=lO_5M9QC)
Uttarakhand braces itself for dry days
Posted on 20 Apr, 2018 08:09 PMLokesh Verma, a farmer from Nainital’s Chanfi village, says this is the third year in a row that he is bearing losses in agriculture. “I have lost around Rs 2 lakh and there’s a debt of Rs 70,000 to pay off. I grow strawberries, guavas and peas in my 15 bighas of land, but there is not enough water in the hills to irrigate crops properly,” he says.
![Lokesh Verma at his farm. (Pic courtesy: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lokesh_verma_in_his_farm_in_chanfi_village_in_nainital_courtesy_101reporters.jpg?itok=6lLGQ0KW)
Treating sewage with plants
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 04:56 PMA radical new method is fast emerging as an effective and sustainable solution to increasing pollution in urban lakes. Called floating treatment wetlands (FTW), they are artificial islands with plants that stay afloat on the lake. The plants clean the lake through hydroponics system, resulting in a cleaner, beautiful lake and an improved habitat for creatures that depend on it.
![Floating treatment wetland at Neknampur lake. (Pic courtesy: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ftw_in_neknampur_lake_1jpg.jpg?itok=w-cuqU_j)
NGT appointed team inspects Bengaluru lakes
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 04:49 PMNational Green Tribunal forms commission to inspect Bengaluru lakes
![Bengaluru's infamous Bellandur Lake (Picture courtesy: Deccan Chronicle)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bellandur-deccan_chronicle.jpeg?itok=Z03MYY1R)
IMD predicts a normal monsoon
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 12:03 PMIndia Meteorological Department (IMD) on Monday forecast that the monsoon this year will be normal, with rainfall of 97 percent of the long period average (LPA) with an error of plus or minus five percent.
![A normal monsoon is good news for India's economy. (IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319697485_dfcb31cdcc_z_0.jpg?itok=fyNlj0yV)
Cauvery water not very polluted, says study
Posted on 17 Apr, 2018 11:10 AMKSPCB says Cauvery water can be used for drinking after conventional treatment
![Cauvery river water falls under Category-C. (Picture courtesy: Deccan Chronicle)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_water.jpeg?itok=CqcE57KZ)
Sharing water, reaping benefits
Posted on 14 Apr, 2018 05:06 PMAgriculture is of central importance to India’s economy with more than half of the workforce in the country depending on it for their livelihoods. However, it is increasingly being threatened due to climate-change-induced changing rainfall patterns and water scarcity having a negative impact on production.
![Sprinkler irrigation in Narayanganj block, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sprinkler_irrigation1.jpg?itok=y3R9pBiA)
Exhibition on ‘The River Ganga: India’s Iconic Water Machine’ at New Delhi, April 19-21, 2018 and Roorkee April 25-26, 2018
Posted on 12 Apr, 2018 07:57 AMWhat is the exhibition about
Power play chokes Korba
Posted on 11 Apr, 2018 02:05 PMKorba in Chhattisgarh is an industrial area which has a significant number of coal mines and thermal power plants. Fly ash is a byproduct of the thermal power plants and has become a significant problem for the residents of Korba now.
![Fly-ash dust at CSEB thermal power plant in Korba.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370438100_3a1eff0088_z.jpg?itok=MziXG-X2)