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Anti-drought works unsatisfactory: Govt
Posted on 29 May, 2019 11:04 AMNearly 790,000 anti-drought works under MGNREGA incomplete or abandoned
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_1_1.jpg?itok=D7ytUwkT)
Environmental implications of Pancheshwar dam
Posted on 26 May, 2019 11:47 AMMahakali, also known as Sharda in India, gushes through the hilly tracts of Nepal and Uttarakhand, collecting its water from the numerous streams it receives on the way.
![The proposed Pancheshwar dam raises concern about safety due to seismicity, slope instability and large sediment mobilization. (Image: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pancheshwar.jpg?itok=jkFFx9Sp)
Reservoir storage in western India below normal: CWC
Posted on 23 May, 2019 04:49 PMThe recent data from the Central Water Commission (CWC), released on May 9, 2019 reveals a reassuring situation of water storage in the river basins of India. The overall water storage in the 91 reservoirs monitored is slightly more (105 percent) when compared to the average water storage over the last 10 years, the data shows.
![Mulshi dam reservoir in Maharashtra (Image: Rohit Gowaikar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mulshi_1.jpg?itok=8DbjGyT9)
Drought advisory issued to western and southern states
Posted on 22 May, 2019 11:30 AMCentre issues drought advisory to six states
![Centre issues drought advisory to six states (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204443460_8d38ce367a_z_0_0_1_0_0.jpg?itok=hxRCDrm4)
Pre-monsoon rainfall deficient: IMD
Posted on 22 May, 2019 11:14 AMIndia witnesses 22 percent deficient pre-monsoon rainfall this year: IMD
![Pre-monsoon rainfall deficient this year. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319697485_dfcb31cdcc_z_0_1.jpg?itok=ZhdIhrxJ)
Cyclone Fani ravages Odisha's ecological hotspots
Posted on 15 May, 2019 06:12 PMOdisha's ecological hotspots severely affected by cyclone
![After a cyclonic storm (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31271823450_83ef86ea47_z_0.jpg?itok=sk56-vBG)
Groundwater depletion: NGT raps green ministry on inaction
Posted on 15 May, 2019 11:40 AMNGT raps green ministry for failing to curb depletion of groundwater
![Groundwater depletion adds to water woes. (Image source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/groundwater_well_new_0_0.jpg?itok=YFuzKxkg)
What happens when you throw away pencil cells?
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:33 PMA recent study by Toxics Link, an environmental research and advocacy organisation on batteries titled Dead and buried: A situational analysis of battery waste management in India estimates that 2.7 billion pieces of dry cell batteries are being consumed annually in India.
![The evolving framework of end-of-life battery management could be inclusive of the informal chain of collectors and segregators. (Image: Toxics Link)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/battery.jpg?itok=VBAqoo1w)
Only 37 percent of world’s long rivers free flowing
Posted on 14 May, 2019 05:02 PMA little over a third of the world's 246 long rivers remain free-flowing, as per a study by a team of 34 international researchers, including those from McGill University in Canada and World Wildlife Fund India.
![Pancheshwar dam on Mahakali river is feared to break the natural flow connectivity of river. (Image: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_7.jpg?itok=JouaRezl)
Namami Gange: Only 10 out of 100 sewage projects done
Posted on 07 May, 2019 03:49 PMUnder Namami Gange mission, only 10 out of 100 new sewage projects completed
![Polythene bags and solid waste left behind as water recedes in the Ganga river. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934020083_c28c745673_z_0.jpg?itok=cZmKhrHw)