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Flood risk to Himalayan hydropower projects: Study
Posted on 28 Nov, 2016 11:57 AMGlacial lakes pose flood risk to 441 hydel projects in Himalayan region
![A glacier-fed stream in Himachal Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14642767669_a7d9f260c9_z.jpg?itok=Qr9h-sMy)
Namami Gange not holding water
Posted on 24 Nov, 2016 10:42 AMAfter the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) came to power with Narendra Modi as the prime minister of the country on May 26, 2014, the new government initiated several key programmes with the protection of the environment in mind. One of the major programmes that gained momentum instantly was the Ganga river rejuvenation.
![The Ganga at Varanasi (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9416529216_7b33145664_z_2_0_0.jpg?itok=MycxWJLr)
Water sharing: Beyond economic concerns
Posted on 15 Nov, 2016 11:49 AMThe Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin is the third largest river flow system in the world with an annual runoff about 1,150 billion cubic meters (BCM) and the peak outflow of 1,41,000 cumecs.
![The lower Ganga, just upstream of Farakka, displays bank cutting and erosion. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farakka_barrage.jpg?itok=q7gAzwtQ)
NGT raps Delhi government over air pollution
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:59 AMEnvironment minister calls Delhi pollution 'emergency situation'
![Delhi shrouded in smog. (Source: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy/Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5543835085_26a8a47275_b.jpg?itok=HV-L0Ghf)
Sutlej Yamuna Link canal row intensifies
Posted on 14 Nov, 2016 05:44 AMSC sets aside Punjab's order quashing water-sharing agreement with Haryana
![Satluj river, Punjab (Source: Harpreet Riat/Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/syl_0.jpg?itok=AsIKteTG)
Angry, swirling waters
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 09:55 PM“The gravity of the Kedarnath disaster in June 2013, which killed thousands of people, shocked the public almost to the point of numbness”... begins the forward by Bill Aitken in Hridayesh Joshi’s account of the disaster Rage of the river: The untold story of the Kedarnath disaster. It’s a sentence which will whirl in your mind while you read Joshi’s book.
![Gori floods (Source: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gori_floods_0_0.jpg?itok=_JV7wkqA)
Kerala declares its districts drought-hit
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 09:51 AMAll 14 districts in Kerala have been declared drought-hit
![Parched land during drought in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204443460_8d38ce367a_z_0.jpg?itok=mJGyq9eV)
MGNREGA facing fund crunch
Posted on 07 Nov, 2016 09:30 AMMore fund over the budgetary allocation sought for MGNREGA
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0.jpg?itok=K-PALuaF)
Should wildlife suffer in the name of water?
Posted on 06 Nov, 2016 09:47 PMSet in India-ka-dil, Madhya Pradesh, is the unending expanse of Panna.
![Ken river flows through Panna tiger reserve. (Source: K Gagan, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ken-river-panna-tiger-resreve-k-gagan-wikimedia-commons.jpg?itok=bMyWQzRZ)
Maha battle over water
Posted on 03 Nov, 2016 12:07 PMIt’s a battle that dates back to 1957. Two states of India--Madhya Pradesh (MP) and Odisha--have fought fiercely over the water of the Mahanadi they share. When Chhattisgarh was carved out of MP in 2000, it inherited both the Mahanadi and the conflict with Odisha over its water.
![Mahanadi river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc05648tps.jpg?itok=RqUC3Qns)