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Surface Water
Himachal prone to Uttarakhand-like flash floods
Posted on 02 Jun, 2014 04:24 PMScientists say Himachal prone to Uttarakhand-like flash floods
![Glacier lake in HP (Source: Ankit Solanki)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/suraj_tal.jpg?itok=1IfF0com)
Ganga rejuvenation priority for new Water Ministry
Posted on 02 Jun, 2014 02:21 PMNew Water Ministry headed by Uma Bharti prioritizes Ganga rejuvenation
![Ganga at Haridwar (Source: Barry Silver)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ganga_dashara_at_haridwar.jpg?itok=UwDRP9uT)
Simple ways to achieve water sufficiency
Posted on 27 May, 2014 09:18 PMFresh water found on land has only two primary sources - melting of ice, and rain. Harvesting rain is crucial for sustaining both the surface and sub-soil water sources.
![Recharge well constructed in Chennai](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12764834613_42be3c8341_z.jpg?itok=W-gYTCVH)
Access to clean water and sanitation: the rural-urban gap closes
Posted on 27 May, 2014 12:21 PMThe rural-urban divide in access to sanitation reduces: UN
![Many rural areas have free toilets](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sani.jpg?itok=AW3-JY8g)
NGT orders Singrauli power plants to supply drinking water to residents
Posted on 21 May, 2014 08:48 AM![Singrauli Coal Mines (Source: UA Satish on Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/singrauli.jpg?itok=DVQtKAn0)
Environmentalists wary of Modi's green agenda
Posted on 20 May, 2014 10:47 PMEnvironmentalists wary of Modi's green agenda
![Launch of Narmada-Kshipra interlink (The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kshipra.jpg?itok=RBQKMPKh)
10% of Odisha coast prone to erosion
Posted on 12 May, 2014 08:38 AM10% of Odisha coast prone to erosion: Study
![Coastal erosion (Source: GFGD)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/n36908548_35312894_3365.jpg?itok=EQDQ0XJm)
UP Pollution Control Board issues notice to 956 units for polluting Ganga
Posted on 12 May, 2014 08:19 AM956 units in UP gets notice for polluting Ganga
![Ganga river in Varanasi, UP (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/aerial_view_ganga_river_banks_varanasi_india_2012_0.jpg?itok=M0aCM11u)
Small steps to win the big battle against water scarcity
Posted on 11 May, 2014 09:29 PMThe recent World Water Development Report by the United Nations has projected that India's demand for water is likely to surpass availability by 2050.
![Every drop counts (Vinoth Chandar via Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_scarcity.jpg?itok=ovS_Qk97)
Bihar's great walls of destruction
Posted on 07 May, 2014 10:49 PMBorn out of the sea, the Ganga basin is a playground of the rivers coming down from the Himalayas. Floods are not a new thing in Bihar, a state in the lap of these flood plains. For centuries, the people here have lived with these waters, with the floods washing away their lands once a year, slowly, leaving behind a blanket of rich and fertile silt.
![Once rice fields, now filled with sand (Jul 2012)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/floods_bihar.jpg?itok=kSYVOVEK)