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Goa wins Mahadayi water dispute
Posted on 22 Aug, 2018 09:12 AMMahadayi water dispute: Goa to get maximum share of water
![Mahadayi river in Goa (Source: Amol.Gaitonde via Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1280px-mandovi_in_goa_10-26-2008_5-41-46_pm_0.jpg?itok=RUNpwCk1)
Delhi stands up for its trees
Posted on 20 Aug, 2018 11:28 AMRecently, Delhi saw an urban Chipko movement of sorts with the people coming out in large numbers with a single agenda—save the last of the trees left in the city. In the famous Chipko movement of 1973, local communities in Tehri Garhwal, Uttarakhand emblematically embraced trees to demand an end to deforestation through forest exploiting contractors.
![People of Delhi came out in large numbers recently and kick-started a movement to save trees. (Image: Delhi Trees SOS)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/delhi_trees_sos_group_1.jpg?itok=q4-HQ0ei)
Desertification: Not just a North Indian problem
Posted on 16 Aug, 2018 10:30 AMIndia is highly vulnerable to desertification.
![Increasing desertification is a challenge India needs to tackle. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desertification.jpg?itok=SlL6nMqG)
The Mahanadi tussle: Why Chhattisgarh and Odisha spar
Posted on 08 Aug, 2018 05:08 PMThe interstate dispute between Odisha and Chhattisgarh over the Mahanadi's water is an ongoing one and it looks like both the state governments have no interest in finding a long-term solution.
![The Hirakud dam on the Mahanadi (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14075678201_097f9dcec5_z_4.jpg?itok=AMvouM06)
Delay in 16 major irrigation projects, reports CAG
Posted on 24 Jul, 2018 11:04 AMCAG pulls up water ministry for delay in 16 major irrigation projects
![Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172025486_d2b794f518_z_1_0_0.jpg?itok=vHIMCO3D)
National Waterway-1: Dolphin population declines
Posted on 17 Jul, 2018 10:31 AMDecline in Dolphin population observed in India's only dolphin sanctuary
![Gangetic Dolphin (Source: Arati Kumar Rao)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gangetic_dolphin1_0_0.jpg?itok=9zXA_Arp)
Maharashtra may exempt certain plastic items from ban
Posted on 03 Jul, 2018 11:14 AMMaharashtra mulls exemption on 'certain' plastic items following crackdown on plastic
![Maharashtra bans plastic. (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wastepune.jpg?itok=XwXUDcRN)
Public hearing for green clearance a sham
Posted on 21 Jun, 2018 04:36 PMSupin, a tributary of river Tons and a part of river Yamuna gushes through the hilly tracts of Uttarkashi district. Like all rivers meandering through the lush terrains and forests of Uttarakhand, Supin too is being aggressively tapped for hydropower generation by the government.
![Public hearing for Jakhol Sankri hydropower project did not take consent of affected communities on a sensitive issue that impacts their lives. (Picture courtesy: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/protests-ph_0.jpg?itok=fjY5_aLm)
Delhi to amicably settle water dispute with Haryana
Posted on 05 Jun, 2018 07:14 AMDelhi Jal Board decides to withdraw all cases against Haryana to amicably settle water dispute
![The parched Yamuna (Photo courtesy: The Indian Express)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/river_yamuna_-_the_indian_express.jpg?itok=sWnt8Drb)
Hangul needs better protection
Posted on 01 Jun, 2018 04:56 PMFor the long-term conservation of critically endangered red deer or hangul in Kashmir, it is necessary to take up conservation efforts beyond protected areas, a new study has suggested.
![Efforts are underway to conserve hanguls. (Photo courtesy: Intesar Suhail, ISW)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hangul_hinds-photo_-_intesar_suhail.jpg?itok=jZPTG6LL)