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State Government's slow response caused 2013 flash floods: CAG
Posted on 11 Nov, 2015 08:19 PMCAG report blames Uttarakhand Government for 2013 flash floods
![House washed away by the Uttarakhand floods (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pickofweek4_1_1.jpg?itok=aLff9gRh)
20 sq.km forest area to be diverted for “blue and green, environment-friendly capital city” Amaravati
Posted on 03 Nov, 2015 12:00 PMCentre to allow diversion of a whooping 20 sq.km. forest area for Andhra's new capital
![An undisturbed forest (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9651315673_53b893e40e_z.jpg?itok=4HhDGwgM)
Rooftop rainwater harvesting at Chhattisgarh school reduces absenteeism
Posted on 02 Nov, 2015 01:00 PMChhattisgarh ranked number 1 in the country for providing domestic water connections in 2014-15 under the National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP).
![Rainwater harvesting tank at Madiya Kachar village school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0037s.jpg?itok=iA7pgQ98)
Sustainable practices in slash-and-burn lands in Nagaland
Posted on 01 Nov, 2015 11:02 AMA thick smog and haze eclipse the sun all through the day when jhum areas are burnt. Jhum, known as shifting cultivation a practice practice inv
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Why seeds sprout 'hope'
Posted on 31 Oct, 2015 05:09 PMBeej Bachao Andolan (Save the Seed Movement) is not an organisation nor is it a registered entity. It does not take on projects nor does it crave funding.
![Forests, water & seeds are all interconnected (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc_0027.jpg?itok=YIAvMohp)
Moving from the Kyoto protocol to INDCs: India's plan to address climate change
Posted on 30 Oct, 2015 10:57 PMFour years ago, the international community at the Durban climate summit agreed to establish an international binding climate agreement as the current Kyoto protocol is set to expire in 2020. Closer to the Paris summit, countries were to prepare a post-2020 action plan on climate change mitigation and adaptation.
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Quarter million school children in Chhattisgarh lack drinking water
Posted on 29 Oct, 2015 07:21 PMNearly 1,700 public schools--approximately quarter million children in grades 1-12--of Chhattisgarh have no arrangements for drinking water.
![Children attending school in Bilaspur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thumb_dsc0116_1024.jpg?itok=xXDyb4sM)
Adapting to floods and improving lifestyles could give us some clues to finding an alternative to embankments
Posted on 29 Oct, 2015 01:46 PMDr Molden, you have visited Dihiri in Dhemaji district and Borsala in Lakhimpur districts. Both these villages are the worst flood affected villages of the region. You also interacted with the communities in these two villages. What was the purpose of this visit? Please share your experiences.
![In conversation with Dr Molden (Source: Monoj Gogoi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dr_molden1.jpg?itok=TeSeZel0)
Environment Ministry to review Critically Polluted Areas
Posted on 26 Oct, 2015 09:57 PMEnvironment Ministry gets strict towards the compliance of green norms
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Srinagar's Dal Lake shrinks by 36% in the last 37 years
Posted on 26 Oct, 2015 09:43 PMStudy shows half of Srinagar's water bodies have disappeared in the past century
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