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SC denies land to Coca-Cola in Chharba, Uttarakhand
Posted on 05 May, 2015 11:30 AMAfter Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand also bids goodbye to Coca Cola
![The scrubland that the Coca Cola company requires](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9460874257_abfe0465bc_z.jpg?itok=FFUI0_fk)
Don't forget this Ambedkar Jayanti
Posted on 04 May, 2015 06:40 PMIf Babasaheb Ambedkar had been alive today -- April 14, 2015 -- he would have been 125 years old. In the predominantly tribal and dalit district of Sonbhadra, it was natural that Gambhira Prasad, President of the Kanhar Bandh Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti (KBVSS), decided to mark the day.
![The women of Sundari village protest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sundari_protest.jpg?itok=Gf3ENXgh)
Niyamagiri hills get temporary respite from Vedanta
Posted on 03 May, 2015 07:09 PMThe Niyamagiri hills in the Eastern Ghats is peopled by indigenous groups such as the Dongria and Kutia Kondhs -- or 'primitive tribal groups’ in official phrasing. For them, these hills which spread over 300 sq kms in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in southwestern Orissa, is the sacred abode of Niyamraja, their God.
![The hills and the streams are their soul](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_hills_and_the_streams_are_our_soul.jpg?itok=DQltjIYM)
Delhi Govt bans use of groundwater in city parks
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 11:03 AMStop use of fresh groundwater in city parks: Delhi Government
![The Nakshatra Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14058721699_24e9a5d0c9_z.jpg?itok=cRUrLWpr)
Watershed development in India: Learning through experience
Posted on 25 Apr, 2015 11:18 PMIndia's water availability in the future is predicted to be bleak if proper steps are not undertaken to deal with the management of the available water resources in the country. The report titled 'Watershed development in India
![Water, a valuable resource](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/climate_change_2.jpg?itok=Rkr5ugqD)
Causes of agrarian stagnation: A tale of two regions
Posted on 25 Apr, 2015 06:25 PMVidarbha region in Maharashtra has continued to be in the news over the years because of its severe agrarian crisis with reports of severe droughts, loss of crops and increasing farmer suicides. Relief packages have done very little to solve these problems.
![Farmer couple ploughing their fields](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_6.jpg?itok=oCL51JDS)
88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra
Posted on 20 Apr, 2015 09:27 PMNearly 88% irrigation projects lying unused in Maharashtra
![A water-deprived region](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/16593376587_f6e9485f58_z.jpg?itok=KmY5K2OX)
Task force appointed to forge consenus on river interlinking
Posted on 20 Apr, 2015 09:22 PMCentre appoints task force, with an aim to speed up implementation of river interlinking
![River interlinking (Source: AmyNorth)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/interlinking2.jpg?itok=ZliHN7Nn)
Facing uncertain rains, farmers dig in
Posted on 20 Apr, 2015 12:40 PMAmulya Soren couldn’t get stable yields in the kharif (monsoon) paddy in his farm. A member of the Santhal tribe, he was the beneficiary of a surplus land redistribution programme in Hirbandh block of Bankura, West Bengal. The undulating terrain in which his farm lies receives sufficient rainfall of about 1000 mm a year, yet sufficient irrigation was an issue.
![Farmers constructing happa; Image: PRADAN](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/villagers_are_working_in_happa_excavated_under_mgnrega.jpg?itok=654EXtkq)
Government makes yet another industry-friendly move
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 09:46 PMPollution index no more includes human health and environmental degradation
![Polluted water coming out of a factory](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15413955171_1b1ebda1be_z.jpg?itok=AiBjQm5h)