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Ecology and Environment
Scrap 15 out of 40 dams across Siang in Arunachal: CWC
Posted on 24 Feb, 2014 04:17 PMCWC recommends scrapping of 15 dams planned across Siang
![A river in East Siang (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-river_in_east_siang_district_arunachal_pradesh.jpg?itok=Lo3ylKys)
Invite to 'Aghanashini River Festival', Eco Watch, Uttar Kannada, Karnataka
Posted on 21 Feb, 2014 02:53 PMEco-Watch, Centre for Environment & Sustainable Development, based in Bangalore, and more active in North Karnataka, is organizing the event, namely “Aghanashini River Festival” at Aghanashini village situated on the bank of the River‘Aghanashini’ in Kumta taluk, Uttara Kanada district.
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Sikkim achieves 100% sanitation under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan scheme
Posted on 17 Feb, 2014 02:21 PMSikkim achieves 100% sanitation
![Sustainable sanitation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8356609045_b698479b8c.jpg?itok=K5l4-gvT)
New crop insurance scheme for Pudukottai, TN
Posted on 10 Feb, 2014 07:06 PMPudukottai gets crop insurance scheme to mitigate nature's fury
![Villagers planting paddy crops (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/agriculture_1.jpg?itok=v-LwElwD)
Red Hills reservoir leaks Chennai's water supply!
Posted on 10 Feb, 2014 04:49 PMChennai's drinking water seeps down the drain
![A reservoir in Tamil Nadu (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/480px-amaravathi_reservoir_dam.jpg?itok=qjxvdkCj)
Farm like the rishis!
Posted on 09 Feb, 2014 08:20 PMIt all started in the eighties when Friends Rural Centre, a group of Gandhian Quakers in Rasuliya village, near Hoshanagabad, Madhya Pradesh came in contact with Masanobu Fukuoka.
![Results of no till farming; Image: Titus](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/no_till_farming-titus_0.jpg?itok=5y8_isS0)
When natural forests prevailed in Himachal
Posted on 09 Feb, 2014 07:51 PMThe mountain states are at a loss when it comes to a defined livelihood option for its inhabitants. Himachal Pradesh is no different. While the upper reaches of the state have excelled in growing niche products like apple and chilgoza (a variety of pine nut), areas like Chamba that are below 4000 metres, have to depend on farming.
![Himachal's forests help conserve springs](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc02230_0.jpg?itok=LW8ycHvi)
The primary caretakers of water?
Posted on 09 Feb, 2014 07:48 PMGender influences access to water to a high degree throughout the world, a fact recognised in the Dublin Principles but how does topography influence this access? This study detailed in this post aims to find the answer to this question.
![The women of Sikkim manage their water resources](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/7596563786_96d96665ea.jpg?itok=5Pd7QGQ3)
Engineering witchcraft in Bihar
Posted on 09 Feb, 2014 07:46 PMIt's been years since Bhutahi Balan, a small tributary of the Kosi river in Madhubani, North Bihar, has been causing devastation on both its banks. Dinesh Mishra in his book 'Story of a ghost river and engineering witchcraft' objectively analyses the failure of embankments, which are raised banks to contain the river's flooding.
![Devastation due to floods](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/witchcraft.jpg?itok=C85kKsO9)