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Inland Navigation and Shipping
Will boats float on Yamuna?
Posted on 23 May, 2018 11:38 AMHere's some good news for the people of Delhi. If the Centre is to be believed, Delhi is going the Kochi way and Yamuna waters will keep the traffic burden off the road much like Kochi’s backwaters and rivers.
![Yamuna in Delhi (Image: Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/del.jpg?itok=mOXhJyqk)
New technique to monitor coastal landforms
Posted on 05 Apr, 2018 01:43 PMIndian scientists have developed a remote sensing technique that uses satellite data to delineate between various coastal landforms like beaches, mangroves and marshes. This method can help monitor and understand impacts of natural disasters as well as human activities on coastal ecosystem.
![The new system will help monitor and understand impacts of natural disasters as well as human activities on coastal ecosystem. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9802916364_f20375357d_z_0.jpg?itok=dRlELN1y)
Rs 5,369 crore approved for Jal Vikas Marg Project
Posted on 09 Jan, 2018 08:47 AMGovernment approves Rs 5,369 crore for Jal Vikas Marg Project
![Navigating rivers through simple boats. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171495205_eb1660c853_z_0.jpg?itok=YHNj63Zj)
CRZ clears inland waterway terminal at Haldia
Posted on 28 Nov, 2017 01:55 PMGreen nod to Inland waterway terminal at Haldia
![Haldia port in West Bengal (Source: Wikimedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/haldia_port.png?itok=2hjP5CZq)
India surges ahead in science and technology
Posted on 14 Aug, 2017 08:19 PMAs India completes 70 years of its independence, let’s take a moment to introspect the contribution of science and technology to national development. Several scientific and technological developments have touched the lives of common people, though limelight is often hogged by achievements in fields like space and atomic energy.
![The blue revolution changed the way India looked at its marine wealth. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/blue_rev.jpg?itok=iiNKFHES)
NGT strict over Bellandur lake rejuvenation
Posted on 25 Apr, 2017 12:02 AMShut down industries around Bellandur lake: NGT to Karnataka govt
![Bellandur lake on fire. (Source: NDTV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bluru-fire_650x400_61487319177_0.jpg?itok=8dpE1gEe)
Election update: Small state, big promises
Posted on 02 Feb, 2017 09:17 PMTwo hundred and fifty candidates are contesting 40 seats in the elections for Goa's legislative assembly scheduled for February 4, 2017.
![The Mandovi that flows through the state.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mandovi_rural_0.jpg?itok=LYRBWOhY)
Inform us about future hydel projects: Pakistan to India
Posted on 23 Jan, 2017 08:50 PMIndia should inform us about its future hydel projects: Pakistan
![Chenab river (Source: Wikipedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/chenab_river.jpg?itok=bqytFmfx)
The sea mouths crisis
Posted on 06 Jan, 2017 11:21 PMLingaraj Jena is a worried man. At 86, he is one of the older fishermen in Berhampura village, an island on the Chilika lake in Odisha. Though he no longer goes for fishing due to old age, he is worried about the opening of new sea mouths; he knows it is not good news for the fishing communities he is a part of that depend on the Chilika for their livelihood.
![A view of the Chilika in the evening.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/30347858053_a6bb48c3f4_o.jpg?itok=6KFn0RE8)
SYL crisis: Punjab demands payment for water
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 06:21 AMThree states will have to pay for water: Punjab House
![Yamuna river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_holy_yamuna_river.jpg?itok=YC7oGAZb)