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Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands
Jal Shakti Ministry receives an allocation of Rs 86,189 crore in budget 2022-23
Posted on 16 Feb, 2022 07:48 AMBudget 2022-23: Allocation to the Jal Shakti Ministry increased to Rs 86,189 crore, from Rs 69,052 crore the previous year
![Women fill water from a public tap in Karnataka (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/8458064794_7dcf953d71_k.jpg?itok=0nMpI7PM)
Social inclusion and behaviour change key to wetlands action for people and nature
Posted on 03 Feb, 2022 11:07 AMMarking the first World Wetlands Day (WWD) since official recognition at the United Nations, Wetlands International South Asia celebrated the global event in the form of a public webinar on the theme ‘Wetlands Action for People and Nature’. The webinar was attended by over 120 participants from all across India and abroad and was also live-streamed.
![Ramsar Site: Kabartal Wetland (Site no. 2436) - Kabartal Wetland, also known as Kanwar Jheel, covers 2,620 hectares of the Indo-Gangetic plains in the northern Bihar State. The Site is one of 18 wetlands within an extensive floodplain complex; it floods during the monsoon season to a depth of 1.5 metres. (Image: Credit: Wetlands International South Asia, 2015)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-02/kabartal_wetland.jpg?itok=JZVcAd3o)
NGT stricter with Delhi, Haryana on restoring Najafgarh Jheel
Posted on 01 Feb, 2022 02:49 PMEnforce Najafgarh jheel restoration plan: NGT to Delhi, Haryana governments
![Aerial view of the Najafgarh drain. (Image: Sumita Roy Dutta, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/delhi_aerial_photo_08-2016_img1.jpg?itok=IdSLVXgC)
Kaabar Tal gasps for breath
Posted on 28 Jan, 2022 12:15 PMThe Kosi-Gandak interfan region of the East Ganga Plains (EGP) is densely populated by wetlands, most of which are monsoonal (or seasonal), and remain dry in the non-monsoonal season.
Kaabar Tal, Bihar's first Ramsar site
![Kaabar Tal cries for help! (Image Source: Mausam Nandan via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/Kanwar_Lake_Begusarai_by_Ziddi_Photowala.jpg?itok=lTy-8ibj)
Assam: Technology used to map historical ponds of Darrang
Posted on 27 Jan, 2022 10:54 PMSmaller water bodies, such as ponds, are important not only for biodiversity (Oertli, Céréghino, Hull, & Miracle, 2009) but al
![Lakhimpur pond (Image: Authors)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/lead_0.jpg?itok=WR1YDdgy)
‘Fleas’ flee the Pashan lake in Pune!
Posted on 24 Jan, 2022 11:17 PMThe calm waters of Pashan lake in Pune city, seldom give us an idea of the hidden wonders they support. Freshwater habitats like this, harbour a wealth of biodiversity ranging from very tiny/ microscopic plants and animals to larger ones – that reside in and around the waters and depend on it for their food, reproduction and survival.
![Pashan lake, threatened by urbanisation, doomed by restoration (Image Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/Pashan.jpg?itok=6VkE-LZa)
Goa’s mangrove cover increases while Sunderbans’ shrank: ISFR 2021
Posted on 19 Jan, 2022 01:48 PMGoa’s mangrove cover increases while Sunderbans’ shrank, reports India State of the Forest Report (ISFR) 2021
![Mangroves in Sunderbans (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2022-01/28432793050_42160dacf9_c.jpg?itok=y3tc-_9R)
Activists urge Chhattisgarh CM to rethink expansion of mining in Hasdeo Arand forest
Posted on 20 Dec, 2021 06:52 PMReconsider decision to expand mining in Hasdeo Arand forest: Activists to Chhattisgarh CM
![A devastated forest at a coal mining site. Photo for representation only (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/15010336808_383bd10b55_c.jpg?itok=JcotfR0w)
Indore is still very much water minus
Posted on 07 Dec, 2021 11:22 AMRecently, the city of Indore was declared the first water plus city in India under the Swachh Sarvekshan programme of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Development for its ostensibly exemplary wastewater management (Hindustan Times, 2021).
![Water harvesters cleaning up water hyacinth from the rivers in Indore (Image: Rahul Banerjee)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/9.jpg?itok=ernwxBZs)
Ecosystem services of traditional water bodies
Posted on 05 Dec, 2021 04:49 PMPeople obtain a variety of benefits, both tangible and intangible, from ecosystems. The complex and dynamic interactions between ecosystems and people have resulted in exponential rise of ecosystem services research in recent decade.
![Households living close to tanks pursue a variety of livelihood activities based on resources available in tanks for their sustenance (Image: Amitabha Gupta, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-12/800px-Moyna_Garh_island_at_Purba_Medinipur_district_in_West_Bengal_07.jpg?itok=QPvFOufO)