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DDA allows waste dumping on Yamuna floodplains
Posted on 04 Apr, 2019 06:42 AMDDA allocates 42.5 acre plot on Yamuna floodplains for waste dumping
![Yamuna river in New Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z_2.jpg?itok=P4q3eXpn)
Towards sustainable food production
Posted on 01 Apr, 2019 11:14 AMThe national conclave on food held on March 15, 2019 at New Delhi saw experts urge policy changes to promote sustainable food production especially organic farming as well as regulations to reduce misuse of antibiotics and pesticides.
![Apart from pesticides, toxic colours and hormones like oxytocin are also being used indiscriminately to ripen vegetables and fruits. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/potato_2_0.jpg?itok=UUvkQljf)
SC sets aside NGT order on Lower Subansiri hydel project
Posted on 27 Mar, 2019 03:37 PMLower Subansiri hydel project: SC seeks review of NGT's order granting nod to the project
![Subansiri river in Arunachal Pradesh (Source: Kakul baruah via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/voice_of_the_river_subansiri._a_tributary_of_brahmaputra_01.jpg?itok=DpM9VlgI)
Bullet train project worries activists
Posted on 27 Mar, 2019 03:15 PMActivists seek President, PM intervention to protect mangrove trees in Maharashtra
![A wetland in Mumbai (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/33456591291_dc109a4570_b.jpg?itok=gu0SIeU3)
UN Environment Assembly adopts India's two resolutions
Posted on 20 Mar, 2019 12:37 PMUN Environment Assembly adopts resolutions on single-use plastics, nitorgen management piloted by India
![Recycling of single-use plastic is a global challenge. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aarohana_9_0.jpg?itok=3EeXxh_L)
An integrated approach to water quality management
Posted on 18 Mar, 2019 03:58 PMFluoride, arsenic, nitrate, and other chemicals in drinking water pose significant health risks (such as fluorosis and arsenicosis) to o
![Photo courtesy: Arjun Swaminathan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aswaminathan-water_being_drawn_from_a_well.jpg?itok=jHYl9h5S)
Dumping waste effectively
Posted on 16 Mar, 2019 03:51 PMAccording to the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) website, access to toilets has improved in India and 28 out of 36 states and Union Territories are now open defecation free (ODF). While that’s good news, managing faecal sludge in ODF states in an eco-friendly way continues to be a big challenge.
![Evapotranspiration community toilet at Shankarnagar, Kumhari (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/47005133532_8ca91c5965_z.jpg?itok=zoNPFHRZ)
Hazardous waste rules amended
Posted on 13 Mar, 2019 03:34 PMCentre amends hazardous and other wastes rules 2016 to ban import of solid plastic waste
![Different types of plastic waste displayed at a sanitation park. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/25774133008_3f63f165a4_z.jpg?itok=24ZZKm0B)
Indore tops in Swachh Survekshan 2019
Posted on 13 Mar, 2019 03:03 PMOnce again, Indore tops in Swachh Survekshan
![Clean road near Pardesipura, Indore (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0112tps_0.jpg?itok=riwYAJ0G)
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)