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Intensive survey ordered for western UP rivers
Posted on 24 Jan, 2018 10:36 AMConduct intensive survey of western UP rivers: NGT
![The polluted Hindon river (Source: Hindi Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hindon_river_1_1.jpg?itok=1s-adA7E)
Bengaluru's Bellandur lake is on fire again
Posted on 24 Jan, 2018 10:14 AMBellandur lake catches fire again
![Bellandur lake on fire. (Source: NDTV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bluru-fire_650x400_61487319177_0_0.jpg?itok=74DauojD)
River turns drain, drowns villages in sorrow
Posted on 18 Jan, 2018 04:08 PMTill four decades ago, Ghaggar river in Haryana and Punjab was the lifeline of the villages along its course. Incessant dumping of sewage and industrial effluents, however, has choked the life out of it and has reduced it to a drain or nullah, as locals call it, now.
![Rorki villagers show the effluent being released to the river. (Source: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_villagers_at_rerki_show_the_effluent_and_drainage_of_sardulgarh_town_flowing_into_ghaggar.jpeg?itok=kT5vesiA)
Assam's river atlas to tackle floods, deforestation
Posted on 15 Jan, 2018 09:07 PMAssam prepares river atlas to tackle floods, erosion, deforestation
![People take a boat to cross Brahmaputra. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11798489896_4f25d0c9d7_z.jpg?itok=Kf3FVItC)
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)
Too close for comfort
Posted on 07 Jan, 2018 11:38 AMAshok Kumar Dolai can hardly control his tears whenever he sees the river flowing near his house and a narrow red earth road snaking beside it.
![Villagers use boats to cross the river. (Photo courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/villagers_crossing_the_river_in_rickety_boats.jpg?itok=r9EY2uKj)
Arunachal becomes open defecation free
Posted on 03 Jan, 2018 09:44 AMArunachal achieves the open defecation free status
![A toilet constructed under SBM. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc04543_0.jpg?itok=FDt6tUpp)
Hotels and industries polluting the Ganga to be sealed
Posted on 27 Dec, 2017 11:43 AMHotels, industries, ashrams polluting the Ganga to be sealed
![Ganga river at Sangam, Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ganga_river_sangam_0.jpg?itok=7gH9p0KB)
Cauvery loaded with toxins
Posted on 27 Dec, 2017 11:10 AMCauvery found to be the most toxic river in the country
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_river_1.jpg?itok=0HLtLmcI)
MGNREGA failed to curb migration: Survey
Posted on 20 Dec, 2017 11:44 AMSurvey reveals MGNREGA failed to curb migration
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_1.jpg?itok=jSIsmi8h)