/topics/hydropower
Hydropower
Locals rejoice as coal mining banned in Mahan forest
Posted on 31 Mar, 2015 12:12 AMCoal Ministry bans mining in Mahan forest
![Coal mines in Jharsuguda district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/15173738996_cc324f92ce_z.jpg?itok=rlpsn7Yi)
Land Bill opposed in the Rajya Sabha
Posted on 17 Mar, 2015 04:28 PMOpposition to the Land Acquisition (Amendment) Bill
![Construction activity on what was once a farm land](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5639268765_9469163fd6_z.jpg?itok=5hy28p0l)
Unseasonal rains damage crops worth Rs 10,000 crore
Posted on 09 Mar, 2015 08:47 PMRabi crop damaged in north and central India
![Rainy clouds hovering over Manipur's farmland](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3206231070_40e219a2bf_z.jpg?itok=w2nXwjmy)
Environment Ministry lied to Supreme Court about the Uttarakhand dam report
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 11:08 AMCentre presents an opposite picture in the Uttarakhand dam case
![Ganga at Kaudiyala](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172023818_988b81c090_b_0.jpg?itok=BhlLZ0Or)
Water Untouched: A film on Dalits' lack of access
Posted on 19 Feb, 2015 08:59 AM“The Dalits of this country get access to water on the goodwill of the dominant caste. Water to untouchables is still miles away,” says Goldy M George, a Dalit activist and an expert on Dalit rights.
![A Dalit woman in Ekta Nagar, Raipur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0144tps.jpg?itok=YnuOr5G-)
India ranked 12th in mismanaging plastic waste
Posted on 17 Feb, 2015 08:28 PM8 million tonnes of plastic waste dumped into world's oceans in 2010: Study
![Two oceans meeting at Dhanushkodi, Tamil Nadu](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9802916364_f20375357d_z.jpg?itok=KB3C6V-u)
Maharashtra Government puts its rivers in danger
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 12:29 PMMahashtra scraps state's River Regulation Zone policy
![View of the river Mula in Pune, Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9350596904_fe93e2c661_z.jpg?itok=LJ9DhLxY)
Norms violated for Ken-Betwa river link's public hearing: Activists
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 11:01 PMActivists say that the villagers were informed late for the public hearing of the Ken-Betwa river link
![People's public hearing](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5618859530_eafca9f782_o_1.jpg?itok=dz_ailCK)
Water wars: Not what you think!
Posted on 09 Jan, 2015 09:31 AMSince the 1990s, it has often been predicted that all the conflicts over this century will be over water and that they will be fought in the South Asian region, which is undergoing a rapid growth in population coupled with a gradual decrease in water resources.
![The Brahmaputra river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/brahmaputra_1.jpg?itok=Nn7BH3hw)
Tare Ganga Par'
Posted on 07 Jan, 2015 09:46 AMA consortium of the seven Indian Institutes of Technology has been formed and charged with the preparation of a basin-wide management plan to restore the Ganga. What have they proposed for the river?
In an exclusive interview with the India Water Portal, Dr. Tare explained the IIT consortium's vision for the Ganga and the steps that they are taking to achieve it.
![Sunset on the Ganga at Garhmukteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gadmukteshwar_sunset.jpg?itok=FN5oYrAL)