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Udaipur's water threatened by India's largest reserve of phosphate
Posted on 22 Jun, 2015 10:01 AMHuddled in the Aravali range in the southern part of Rajasthan about 26 km from Udaipur, is the largest reserve of phosphate in India.
![Piles of overburden (waste) dumped near the mine pits of Jhamarkotra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/jhamarkotra-mines.jpg?itok=du5hYN1A)
Centre gives a uniform definition to the term 'Open Defecation Free'
Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:23 AMNew criteria for villages and Gram Panchayats to be termed Open Defacation Free
![An open defecation free zone in Salem](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2365372913_4d737fc51c_z.jpg?itok=VPZqHMcq)
Raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height would be disastrous: Committee
Posted on 16 Jun, 2015 11:16 AMCommittee warns against raising Sardar Sarovar Dam height
![Sardar Sarovar Dam (Source: Shahakshay, Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam_0.jpg?itok=jWKLXnAY)
Two states and a dam row
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 01:31 PMWhile the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have opposing stands on the Mullaperiyar dam, civil society actors have provided alternatives to the old dam whose decommissioning is bound to happen sooner or later. They have also pointed out the inappropriateness of building a new dam on Mullaperiyar.
![Mullaperiyar reservoir (Source: Sibiperiyar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thekkady_mullaperiyar.jpg?itok=Ay-4aqgK)
Goa river waters contains high content of feacal coliform: Study
Posted on 08 Jun, 2015 11:13 PMGoa rivers water unfit for human consumption: GSPCB
![River Sal in Goa (Source: Joel's Goa Pics via Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14178884979_3d54c50d7f_z.jpg?itok=mY_ZYNlP)
Yet another expert body formed to review Uttarakhand hydel project
Posted on 08 Jun, 2015 08:30 PMCentre constitutes third expert body to review Uttarakhand dams
![River Ganga at Kaudiyala, Uttarakhand](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172023818_988b81c090_b_2.jpg?itok=4dDAo2VH)
Government clears 170 eco-zones across the country
Posted on 02 Jun, 2015 05:02 AMCentre gives nod to 170 eco- sensitive zones in the country
![The Western Ghats](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8302143137_6540edf1d1_z.jpg?itok=S6G1BBec)
No relief to Yamuna even after reduced sewage flows in Delhi
Posted on 02 Jun, 2015 01:20 AMYamuna pollution stays the same, despite a drop in sewage flow
![Garbage piled high near the Yamuna river](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935427348_b6fdcf3d09_z.jpg?itok=HGB3p5gu)
Reminiscence by the waterside: Book review of Jeevan Leela
Posted on 29 May, 2015 06:53 PMWater touches our lives in many ways. Our childhood memories are often entwined with the rivers that we have crossed, lakes that we have seen and the ponds that we may have jumped in. In his Bharat Darshan, the author Kaka Kalelkar travels across the length and breadth of the country and takes us to many such places we may have visited but have probably forgotten about.
![Where does a river begin? Does it have an end? Why does it never stop, why does it never rest?](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/river2.jpg?itok=zmr5P-ta)
How has water privatisation affected Chattisgarh?
Posted on 27 May, 2015 04:37 PMThe Shivnath River is the longest tributary of the Mahanadi River.
![Shivnath river near Mahamara Barrage, Durg](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0003tps_5.jpg?itok=NfyoNqp_)