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Union Water Minister inaugurates 4th India Water Week 2016
Posted on 05 Apr, 2016 09:56 AMIndia Water Week 2016 with the theme 'Water for All: Striving together' inaugurated in New Delhi
![4th India Water Week 2016 (Source: Embassy of Israel)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/unnamed_1.jpg?itok=KZ75B_Oo)
NGT slams Railways for using groundwater illegally
Posted on 05 Apr, 2016 09:47 AMRailways using groundwater 'indiscriminately and illegally': NGT
![Indian Railways (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/wap-4_class_locomotive_of_indian_railways.jpg?itok=ZelgE4Vl)
Drinking water becomes a luxury for Maharashtrians
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 03:06 PMMaharashtra reeling under its worst water crisis
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4 crore native tree species to be planted along the stretch of the Ganga
Posted on 29 Mar, 2016 11:24 AMCentre releases DPR on forestry intervention for Ganga river
![Ganga river near Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z_1.jpg?itok=unlw0F1E)
Maharashra issues water advisory for Holi
Posted on 22 Mar, 2016 06:05 PMReservoir levels dip, Maharashtra urges people to celebrate dry holi
![Holi being celebrated (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/barsana_holi_festival_1.jpg?itok=pyeDc9z4)
Small scale fishworkers fishing for jobs elsewhere
Posted on 19 Mar, 2016 01:31 PMChinna, 35, harvests fish and is engaged on a piece rate basis by the local contractor who has rights to fishing in the village tank in Anantapur, Andhra Pradesh. At times, Chinna also uses family labour to complete his work.
![Traditional fishers livelihoods are directly threatened by mechanised fishing methods (Source: Vikas Sahayog Kendra, Palamau)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vsk.jpg?itok=otJIBut5)
Rajya Sabha approves the National Waterways Bill 2015
Posted on 15 Mar, 2016 12:27 PMRajya Sabha gives a go ahead to the National Waterways Bill
![Navigating rivers through simple boats (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171495205_eb1660c853_z.jpg?itok=5IO5YWjM)
Environment Ministry completes re-categorisation of industries based on Pollution Index
Posted on 07 Mar, 2016 09:59 PMNew categorisation of industries
![CSEB power plant in Korba (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/national_thermal_power_corporation_ltd._plant_in_korba_0_0.jpg?itok=GuojAF3_)
Better waste management for cleaner Chandigarh
Posted on 02 Mar, 2016 02:07 PMChandigarh is famous for its wide roads laid out in geometrical precision. Large, green spaces adorn the stoic but neatly arranged rectangular habitations called sectors.
![Chandigarh does not have a specific waste segregation system yet.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2016-02-26_14.40.12.jpg?itok=9wYJu3a1)
Rs 38,500 crore allocated for MGNREGA in Budget 2016
Posted on 29 Feb, 2016 09:56 PMAgriculture, rural development and social sector is the focus of Budget 2016
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