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Industrial and other Manmade Disasters
World running out of groundwater: NASA
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:15 PMHumans are consuming groundwater rapidly: NASA
![A dried up well](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2661983010_93aeb6c690_z.jpg?itok=X6wIVRvG)
Chennai fisherfolk explain the connection between climate, oceanographic factors and fish catch
Posted on 15 Jun, 2015 09:33 AMClimate change could have a strong impact on fisheries with far-reaching consequences on food and livelihoods of populations. It is likely to have a major impact on future marine fisheries production in India.
![Fisherfolk and climate change](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/00880021.jpg?itok=sQJfMBOU)
Acute crisis of water, power and medical facilities in Nepal after earthquake
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 10:39 AMNepal earthquake toll exceeds 4300
![Earthquake in Nepal (Source: Krish Dulal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nepal_earthquake_2015_01.jpg?itok=GWwBBe7h)
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)
Brick kilns take the Ganga away from Patna
Posted on 13 Apr, 2015 08:16 PM596 brick kilns along Ganga's banks are pushing it away from Patna
![Brink kiln in Doddaballapur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9727331831_c7168bb59a_z.jpg?itok=AsiNbIs5)
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)
Government fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 09:35 PMGovernment bends its own guideline, fast-tracks green nod to Arunachal hydel project
![Pristine Arunachal Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9150061353_8a42dc3a53_z.jpg?itok=MtaOo8t1)
Embankments: Engineering solutions or problems?
Posted on 02 Mar, 2015 05:12 PMMahananda, a major River of north Bihar rises in the Darjeeling district of West Bengal. It meets the Ganga after a journey of 376 km through the flat lands of Bihar, West Bengal and Bangladesh. It would spill its banks because of the flat slopes, causing deluge and waterlogging in the Katihar district of Bihar.
![Floods in Bihar; Image: Usha Dewani](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods-bihar.jpg?itok=vHHpqWvW)
Karnataka government exposed on Yettinahole project
Posted on 24 Feb, 2015 10:40 AMYettinahole project called a drinking water project only to circumvent guidelines
![River Netravathi (Source: SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03688.jpg?itok=NO7LpyyH)