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Ecology and Environment
Summer of discontent
Posted on 14 Dec, 2016 11:35 AMOn a 29 sq km tract of land in Bharatpur, Rajasthan lies the wildlife reserve, Keoladeo national park, locally known as Ghana. Birds enjoy the open water while wildlife roams freely in this montage of wetland, grassland and forest. The wetland, which is man-made, has a diversity of open water, trees and grasses.
![An Indian cormorant dries its wings at Keoladeo national park, Bharatpur. (Source: Aastha Singh, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/an_indian_cormorant_drying_its_wings-aastha-singh.jpg?itok=3i--H-Xj)
NGT cancels illegal salt pans in Sambhar Lake
Posted on 13 Dec, 2016 07:19 AMGood news for Sambhar Salt Lake
![Sambhar Lake, India's largest salt lake. (Source: IWP's Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2971840426_eb67304faf_z.jpg?itok=go_RIKLM)
A notification to ensure ecological flow of rivers
Posted on 12 Dec, 2016 11:27 PMI have objected so many times to the change in the name of Ministry of Water Resources to the Ministry of Water Resources, River Development and Ganga Rejuvenation. It shows where the priority of the government lies. It says that all the rivers need to be developed except the Ganga which needs to be rejuvenated.
![Boys wait to collect coins thrown into the Ganga at Kanchla, Uttar Pradesh.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ganga_at_kanchla_badaun.jpg?itok=RvxsZ_rT)
Breathing life into Baitarani
Posted on 12 Dec, 2016 12:13 PMPranab Choudhury has been actively engaged with the causes of the poor and the environment for more than a decade.
![Pranab Choudhury](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thumb_dsc0041_1024.jpg?itok=Zn5i5BzD)
For a flood-free Chennai
Posted on 07 Dec, 2016 09:07 PMChennai’s drainage system--both natural and man-made--is unparalleled. Three rivers flow through the city--the Kosasthalaiyar to the north, the Cooum cutting right through the centre and the Adyar to the south; around 16 major drains criss-cross the metro in addition to the mammoth Buckingham canal along the coast.
![Home to over 300 species of birds, the Pallikaranai marsh is being increasingly threatened by rapid urbanisation. (Image: IWP Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/30836106336_440af3b8f4_z.jpg?itok=iYSnotQN)
A cut above the rest
Posted on 05 Dec, 2016 09:41 PMDeot Masih’s family has been extracting lotus root from the marshy land in his village near Gurdaspur for several decades. Delicate and crunchy, the edible roots are in high demand going as far as Srinagar in the north and Delhi in the south. Similar is the case with chestnut grown in this swamp.
![Keshopur, a favourite of native and migratory birds in Punjab.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0647.jpg?itok=1Fii1qpd)
Rift over Indus Water Treaty continues
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:45 PMConflict between India and Pakistan over Indus Water Treaty continues
![Indus river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9245084431_9e540906f3_z.jpg?itok=q7FwhF27)
Traditional ways to water security
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:15 PMAlthough droughts are not new in India, we are seeing more of it of late.
![A traditional pond in the fort city of Charkhari, Bundelkhand. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a_traditional_talaab_in_bundelkhand.jpg?itok=ivm9x0ou)
Wai celebrates Krishnabai Utsav
Posted on 29 Nov, 2016 01:22 PMThe Krishnabai Utsav, a festival celebrating and revering the river Krishna as it flows through Wai, begins tomorrow in the town of
![The river Krishna at Wai (Source: Makarand Shende)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/river_krishna_4.jpg?itok=vNYOKtz7)
Tiger authority to monitor Ken-Betwa river link
Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 12:36 PMConstitute a committee to monitor Ken-Betwa river link, suggests NTCA
![Ken-Betwa river link shown on a map. (Source: Shannon via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamunarivermap_2_0.jpg?itok=X3JC52bk)