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Maharashtra Government puts its rivers in danger
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 12:29 PMMahashtra scraps state's River Regulation Zone policy
![View of the river Mula in Pune, Maharashtra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9350596904_fe93e2c661_z.jpg?itok=LJ9DhLxY)
Swachh Bharat Mission: 80% behind target
Posted on 27 Jan, 2015 11:14 AMSwachh Bharat seems a distant dream
![Ecosan toilet built in a village](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3984165421_3cb5cf6cea_o_1.jpg?itok=Xabmxdn_)
Applications invited for the post of 'Associate Director – Wetlands Conservation', WWF-India, New Delhi
Posted on 26 Jan, 2015 09:56 PMJob Profile:
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Applications invited for the post of 'Coordinator – Freshwater Dolphin Conservation', WWF-India, New Delhi
Posted on 26 Jan, 2015 09:50 PMAbout the Programme:
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Applications invited for the post of 'Coordinator-Water (Living Himalayas Global Initiative)', WWF-India, New Delhi
Posted on 26 Jan, 2015 09:44 PMThe combination of climate change and an increasing human population in the Himalayan region in the 21st century is increasing stress on both land and water resources, with a resulting negative impact on hydrology, ecosystems, biodiversity and human populations.
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Maharashtra and Telangana oppose interlinking plan
Posted on 20 Jan, 2015 04:56 PMStrong opposition to interlinking of Gujarat and Maharashtra rivers
![Narmada river in Madhya Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14361734417_8d80b2667f_z_1_0.jpg?itok=fRZ7EoNg)
Mission to clean Yamuna in Delhi by 2017
Posted on 19 Jan, 2015 09:08 PMNGT announces heavy fines, bans farming to clean up Yamuna
![Yamuna river in Agra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2449965048_3684c8f1bb_z.jpg?itok=ZQAHpXgC)
The dark life of the Kelo
Posted on 15 Jan, 2015 11:52 PM"The Kelo river has never been like this but in the last two decades, the economic growth in the region has spoiled the purity of the river", says eminent journalist Shiv Rajpoot from Raigarh, who is also known as "Kelo man". He has twice traveled by foot, the 90 km stretch of the Kelo from its origin to its end.
The objectives of his two visits were to study and document:
![Shiv Rajpoot during his Kelo Yatra, 2008](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00474.jpg?itok=Ed-wWzOA)
Norms violated for Ken-Betwa river link's public hearing: Activists
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 11:01 PMActivists say that the villagers were informed late for the public hearing of the Ken-Betwa river link
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Nationwide monitoring of toilet use under Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 10:55 PMGovernment to launch nationwide monitoring of toilet use, not construction
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