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Genocide by indifference
Posted on 07 Jul, 2014 03:40 PMThe Ramganga has many impediments in the course of its 655 kilometer stretch from its origin in the mountains of Uttarakhand to its confluence with the Ganga in Uttar Pradesh. In addition to the Kalagarh Dam, there are already two barrages along its length and now a third one is coming up a few kilometers from Bareilly.
![Bareilly barrage across the Ramganga in UP](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bareily_barrage_lead.jpg?itok=LJpVLu3A)
Poor sanitation brings down enrollment of girls in schools
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 01:10 PMDip in enrollment of female students due to poor sanitation in schools
![Girls toilet in a school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3220926516_ce0b74d47e_o.jpg?itok=Q0wm9qgc)
Compensate affected farmers: HC to Narmada Authority
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 09:07 AMHigh Court raps Narmada Authority over incomplete canal work
![State of an irrigation canal at Khargone district](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9713919205_c25c00559b_z.jpg?itok=jlifJWn-)
Dam' safety and management!
Posted on 24 Jun, 2014 09:10 PMTwenty four students were washed away in the Beas river in Himachal Pradesh earlier this month. The students, all from an engineering college in Hyderabad, were picknicking in the river on their way back from the tourist town of Manali. While cooling their heels in the knee deep water and clicking photographs, they missed the rising wall of water that engulfed them in minutes.
![Dam induced terror (Source: Matu Jan Sangathan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/vishnuprayag.jpg?itok=rqcz8S26)
Closure notice issued to Coca Cola's UP plant
Posted on 24 Jun, 2014 04:43 PMClosure notice issued to Coca Cola's UP plant
![Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola_bottling_1629227g.jpg?itok=7tMmd2ls)
Centre approves raising Sardar Sarovar dam height
Posted on 17 Jun, 2014 11:20 PMSardar Sarovar dam height to be raised by 17m
![Sardar Sarovar Dam (Shahakshay in Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam.jpg?itok=p9Llco7K)
IMD predicts less rainfall thanks to strong El Nino
Posted on 17 Jun, 2014 11:02 PMStrong El Nino, less rainfall this year: IMD
![IMD predicts strong El Nino (Source: MSN Weather)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8b6194db8b950dfdc5b48d52fc67.jpg?itok=HDENOAu3)
The way ahead to reviving the Ganga
Posted on 17 Jun, 2014 09:15 PMScene one, pertaining to promises to clean and revive the Ganga is over. The country is now watching the more complex and challenging scene two unfold. The challenge is for those who are directly involved in fulfilling the promise made by India's fifteenth Prime Minister, Narendra Modi.
![Ganga near Gadmukteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z.jpg?itok=AJz5kFrf)
Doomed by displacement
Posted on 11 Jun, 2014 09:07 PMThe Hirakud Dam project is the oldest of its kind in India. The dam was built across the Mahanadi river about 15 kms upstream of Sambalpur in the state of Odisha. It is the first major multipurpose river valley project in post-independent India and also one of its longest.
![Hirakud, India's oldest dam](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hirakud_0.jpg?itok=4VlnAUHj)
Water allocation to stay the same for Telangana and Andhra
Posted on 10 Jun, 2014 11:08 AMTelangana formed but no change in water allocation
![Telangana boundaries (Source: Aditya Madhav)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/telangana_express_secunderabad_-_sirpur_express_route_map.png?itok=FIw9sBg2)