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Lakes, Ponds and Wetlands
Bengaluru lakes, in crisis!
Posted on 01 Feb, 2021 12:40 PMWhat are wetlands
Wetland is a place where water covers the soil or is near the soil surface for varying periods of time during the year. Wetlands include a wide variety of habitats ranging from lakes, marshes, swamps, estuaries, tidal flats, river flood plains, mangroves and even rice fields.
![Ulsoor lake, Bengaluru (Image Source: Subhashish Panigrahi via Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-02/Ulsoor_lake%2C_Bengaluru.jpg?itok=3FUcJpo1)
Online event on World Wetland Day by Wetlands International South Asia
Posted on 18 Jan, 2021 03:22 PM![WWD 2021 Flyer](/sites/default/files/inline-images/0001_0.jpg)
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The unsung women fishers of Wular lake
Posted on 02 Jan, 2021 08:20 PMNestled in the north Kashmir region is Wular lake, India’s largest freshwater lake or wetland.
![The survival of many fisher households living nearby is entirely dependent on Wular lake. (Image: Manju Rawat)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-01/Wular%20Lake.jpg?itok=Dk9Rp0K4)
Study using geo-tagged bottles unravels plastic pollution
Posted on 09 Dec, 2020 04:53 PMPlastic pollution can travel thousands of kilometres in just a few months, finds new study using geo-tagged bottles
![Plastic pollution by a river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-12/2935403892_ba0f30ab05_c.jpg?itok=pGD_b1hY)
World Toilet Day 2020: Safe fecal disposal key to sustainable sanitation
Posted on 19 Nov, 2020 11:57 AMUN emphasises the need for safe faecal disposal this WTD2020
![Fecal sludge management key to safe sanitation (Source: CS Sharada Prasad)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/01_csp2091.jpg?itok=hAtrjL8C)
India now has 41 Ramsar sites, with two more wetlands added to the list
Posted on 19 Nov, 2020 06:21 AMTwo more wetlands added to Ramsar sites
![Lonar Sarovar lake Maharastra (Source: Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2020-11/Lonar_Sarovar_lake_Maharastra.jpg?itok=H5sszDVx)
No improvement in the water quality of the Ganga during lockdown: CPCB
Posted on 08 Oct, 2020 08:28 AMWater quality of Ganga river remained grim during lockdown: CPCB
![Ganga river at Kachla, Uttar Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172025486_d2b794f518_c_0.jpg?itok=IQJl9yTE)
Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan a low impact, high expenditure scheme: CAG
Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 01:29 PMJalyukt Shivar Abhiyan had a low impact in making Maharashtra drought free: CAG
![Deepening work in progress under the Jalyukt Shivar Abhiyan (Source: Ravindra Pomane)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jys_6_0.jpg?itok=m5UgQuq4)
Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab: Government
Posted on 23 Sep, 2020 01:23 PMPunjab no.1 in overexploitation of groundwater
![Overexploitation of groundwater highest in Punjab (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/27560459605_dd7aeae4a2_c.jpg?itok=jLJ3FewO)
Farm ponds need pondering
Posted on 18 Sep, 2020 09:31 AMAgriculture and inefficient water use in India
![Farm ponds, often touted as magic wands to tackle water scarcity, have raised a number of concerns (Image Source: Ninad Sargar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farm_pond_ninad1.jpg?itok=B32JdR-H)