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Swachh Bharat Mission launched on Gandhi Jayanti
Posted on 06 Oct, 2014 11:09 PMPM launches the nationwide cleanliness campaign
![Swachh Bharat Mission (Source: Economic Times)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pm-modi-launches-swachh-bharat-campaign.jpg?itok=v2bLrx-7)
First river interlinking project initiated
Posted on 06 Oct, 2014 09:15 PMInterlinking of Ken-Betwa rivers initiated
![The Ken-Betwa river link (Source: Shannon)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yamunarivermap_1.jpg?itok=ydMmG5-p)
3000 MW Dibang mega project approved without public consultation
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 10:26 PMDibang hydel project gets Centre's nod
![People protesting Dibang Project (Source: SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dibang_hearing_boycott_1_march_12th.jpg?itok=82m3msw2)
Sleight of hand in the Sabarmati
Posted on 29 Sep, 2014 12:26 AM'Sabarmati ke Sant, tune kar diya kamaal'. Oh Saint of Sabarmati, you have done wonders' goes the popular song. Today, it is the Sabarmati herself who is supposed to be the subject of a miracle.
![A view of the concrete-bound Sabarmati](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sterile_sabarmati1_0.jpg?itok=0qWi_Wg3)
A case against small hydropower
Posted on 28 Sep, 2014 07:34 PMAs Hari Singh led me towards his fields, I wondered if he was trying to play a joke on me. Large rocks were scattered in the area and there was no sight of any arable land, neither was there any clue of the irrigation channel which Singh claimed ran through his farm.
![The Mani Mahesh hydel project near Saho village.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03597.jpg?itok=NXghpCvn)
Uttarakhand submits Rs. 9478 crore Ganga clean-up plan proposal
Posted on 22 Sep, 2014 05:52 PMUttarakhand Government submits to Centre the Rs 9,478 crore Ganga Action Plan
![Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z_0_0.jpg?itok=ma_83puO)
Gujarat allocates 3 MLD of Narmada water to upcoming Coca Cola plant
Posted on 21 Sep, 2014 10:27 PMGujarat Government allocates Narmada water to Coca Cola plant at Sanand
![Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola_bottling_1629227g_0_0.jpg?itok=q-zOeXk0)
The Ganga has its own website!
Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:36 PMWater Ministry launches a portal on the Ganga river
![Ganga river at Kaudiyala](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172023818_988b81c090_b.jpg?itok=_BMcYkUd)
Supreme Court gets strict with illegal river sand miners
Posted on 15 Sep, 2014 09:25 PMSC gets strict with illegal river sand miners
![Sand mining in the Narmada valley](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9717150558_f144071956_b.jpg?itok=DgUyqeQ-)
National River Linking Project: Dream or disaster?
Posted on 14 Sep, 2014 08:19 PMThe National River Linking Project (NRLP) formally known as the National Perspective Plan, envisages the transfer of water from water ‘surplus’ basins where there is flooding to water ‘deficit’ basins where there is drought/scarcity, through inter-basin water transfer projects.
![Interlinking of rivers (Source: NIH)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/interlinking1.jpg?itok=AOxZ3dfB)