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Ecology and Environment
Women and Water
Posted on 08 Mar, 2019 12:45 PMIn India, women often travel long distances to fetch water. This in turn affects school attendance for young girls, and has a domino effect on other development indicators. Women and girls are an important stakeholder to be considered in the design of interventions and programmes to ensure access to safe water for all.
![Women and water: a critical connect](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/25308985960_e7f6263937_z.jpg?itok=o5e4jCNb)
Pollution affects Ganga's riverbed sediment: Study
Posted on 06 Mar, 2019 08:45 AMNot just surface water, pollution leads to deficit in dissolved oxygen in Ganga's riverbed sediment: Study
![The Ganga river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934888516_4937aa2aaf_z_0_0.jpg?itok=S6UFc-xc)
Earth not for humans alone: NGT to Assam
Posted on 06 Mar, 2019 08:17 AMNGT takes a stand on Deepor Beel
![Waste dumped near the Deepor Beel (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/13225001263_8fe96c17b7_z_1.jpg?itok=lKkit_gj)
SC orders forced eviction of tribals, forest dwellers
Posted on 27 Feb, 2019 01:31 PMForced eviction ordered for more than one million tribals and forest-dwellers
![Tribal women in Chhattisgarh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14102748682_dbde0cd815_z.jpg?itok=7Omm540U)
Only 31 pc big projects done under AIBP
Posted on 27 Feb, 2019 01:05 PMIn a decade, only a quarter of centrally funded major to medium irrigation schemes completed: Report
![Irrigation canal from the Bhima dam. (Source: Nvvchar on Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/irrigation_canal_taking_off_from_the_dam_0_2.jpg?itok=crxX0Kwt)
Plastic on the green menu
Posted on 21 Feb, 2019 10:57 AMPlastic or non-biodegradable waste can prove to be highly fatal for terrestrial or land-based ecosystems as well as marine ones.
![Mountains of garbage can attract a range of animals that feast on it. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/plastic_waste_purpose.jpg?itok=GM_2QG64)
TN to pay fine for failing to restore Chennai's waterways
Posted on 19 Feb, 2019 05:54 PMNGT slaps a fine of Rs 100 crore on TN government for failing to restore Chennai's waterways
![The Cooum as it flows through Chennai (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8582240916_70ed045b7a_z_0.jpg?itok=8yLe4llx)
River basin governance: Learnings from Cauvery conflict
Posted on 15 Feb, 2019 01:38 PMThe river Cauvery—an inter-state river shared by the southern states of Karnataka, Kerala and Tamil Nadu, as well as the Union Territory of Pondicherry—has often been in the news for the fight over its waters between Karnataka and Tamil Nadu. What dominates the issue is the conflicting demands for irrigation from the plateau region of Karnataka and the delta region in Tamil Nadu.
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_river_2.jpg?itok=amMEmC0l)
After 40 years, Hilsa migrates to Allahabad again
Posted on 13 Feb, 2019 01:29 PMNavigation lock at Farakka Barrage redesigned for Hilsa migration
![Farakka Barrage by Sudip Burman via Google Maps, Feb 2012](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farakka_barrage_-_google_maps1_1.jpg?itok=zhzpYUgB)
Mumbai-Ahmedabad train corridor gets wildlife clearance
Posted on 13 Feb, 2019 12:53 PMWildlife clearance granted to Mumbai-Ahmedabad high speed train corridor
![Flamingos at Sewri wetland in Mumbai (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/33456608801_60dfe81e82_b.jpg?itok=yc83IKGm)