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Surface Water
New policy to manage landfills in Delhi on the cards
Posted on 13 Feb, 2018 12:23 PMUnion environment ministry to come up with policy to manage landfill sites in Delhi
![A mountain of refuse. (Picture courtesy: India Today)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/solidwaste.jpg?itok=wX-Z-Dvo)
Floating filth mars market on water
Posted on 08 Feb, 2018 02:49 PMThe beautiful city of Kolkata had another first to its credit when the much anticipated floating market was inaugurated on January 24 by the chief minister of West Bengal, Mamata Banerjee.
![A fruit stall at the market. (Pictures courtesy: Gurvinder Singh)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20180130_144743_0.jpg?itok=JIOLoNwr)
Rs 10,000 crore boost for fisheries
Posted on 06 Feb, 2018 01:08 PMRs 10,000 crore set aside to boost fisheries, aquaculture and animal husbandry: Budget 2018-19
![Fishing livelihoods (Picture courtesy: Conservation India)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fisheries_conservation_india.jpg?itok=gBWWpNpV)
New lease of life for three wetlands in Chennai
Posted on 06 Feb, 2018 01:04 PMCareEarth Trust helps restore three wetlands in Chennai city
![The recently restored Narayanapuram wetland. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/33370771685_e5d76bc8a2_z.jpg?itok=VAdzSNtx)
Government announces new river revival strategy
Posted on 30 Jan, 2018 08:54 PMEnvironment ministry announces new strategy to revive major river water systems
![River Cauvery at Hogenakal, Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_2.jpg?itok=hnYYtKx4)
India slips to 177th position in green rankings this year
Posted on 30 Jan, 2018 08:31 PMIndia among bottom performers in global Environmental Performance Index
![A power plant in Korba. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/national_thermal_power_corporation_ltd._plant_in_korba_0_0_0.jpg?itok=4vCnORzW)
Slow death of a river
Posted on 30 Jan, 2018 02:46 PMRiver Mutha, the pride of Pune, lovingly called 'Muthai' or 'mother Mutha', is dying a slow death, thanks to the rapidly urbanising city which is depositing huge amounts of untreated sewage and dirt in its waters.
![River Mutha, as it flows through Pune city. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/muthai.jpg?itok=EbOhUahL)
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)
Open water data for integrated water science
Posted on 23 Jan, 2018 03:30 PMUnderstanding water in all its forms in every part of the water cycle is vital to ensuring its sustainable and equitable management. Whether there is a scarcity of water or an excess of it, knowing precisely the quantum of water, whether underground in aquifers, embedded in the soil as soil moisture or in numerous lakes, reservoirs and rivers is vital.
![Image courtesy NASA](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gpm_accumulation_1080p.00336_print.jpg?itok=3aY_HYy-)