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Urban Water
Himalayan states call for green bonus and a separate ministry
Posted on 31 Jul, 2019 05:35 PMHimalayan states demand green bonus and separate ministry from Centre
![The Himalayas (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11446516223_0cd23d50dd_z_1.jpg?itok=pZn9l9H_)
Global freshwater fish species under grave threat: IUCN
Posted on 24 Jul, 2019 05:01 PMAlarming decline in global freshwater fish species: IUCN
![Freshwater fish species across the world under grave threat (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0217_0.jpg?itok=KwR7A8DK)
Dibang hydel project gets approval
Posted on 24 Jul, 2019 04:27 PMCabinet approves Dibang hydel project in Arunachal Pradesh
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Water Future Conference: Towards a Sustainable Future
Posted on 22 Jul, 2019 11:56 AMA Future Earth Conference
Opening new frontiers in water system diagnostics and innovative solutions to mitigate the 21st-century global water crisis
Floods grip Assam and Bihar
Posted on 17 Jul, 2019 01:54 AMBihar and northeast India reel under floods
![People take a boat to cross the flood-ravaged Brahmaputra (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11798489896_4f25d0c9d7_z_0.jpg?itok=nCoPFeG7)
Meghalaya draft water policy, Inter-State River Water Disputes (Amendment) Bill both get approval
Posted on 16 Jul, 2019 10:34 PMMeghalaya's draft water policy gets approval
![Karnataka and Tamil Nadu have been fighting over Cauvery water sharing for a long time (Source: Wikipedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_river_7727180738.jpg?itok=ieKycBNP)
The many facets to the fluoride problem in Chikkaballapur, Karnataka
Posted on 11 Jul, 2019 03:26 PMChikkaballapur is a district in the state of Karnataka, just north of the capital Bengaluru. A peri-urban area that was once an agricultural centre for this region, today Chikkaballapur is facing a unique problem.
![A can of 20 litres of RO filtered water costs around Rs. 20 in Chikballapur. Image credit: Karthik Seshan](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/image1.jpeg?itok=nYRdZchZ)
Budget 2019 talks big on water
Posted on 10 Jul, 2019 02:04 PMNirmala Sitharaman, Finance Minister alluded to gaon, garib and kisan as the centre of all policies of this government, while announcing a clutch of schemes aimed at the rural and urban poor.
![Indian children tapping water (Image: Global Water Partnership, Flickr Commons, CC BY NC-SA 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/indian-children-tapping-water.jpg?itok=otjkRpho)
Budget allocation to Jal Shakti ministry reduced by 9.4 percent
Posted on 10 Jul, 2019 12:01 PMGovernment cuts budget for Jal Shakti Ministry by 9.4 percent; increases funds for rural drinking water mission
![Irrigation well in Randullabad, Maharashtra. Image credit: Manu Moudgil for India Water Portal](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32493765187_81650bd26f_z.jpg?itok=xFFPOQHJ)
Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC
Posted on 10 Jul, 2019 09:20 AMIndia not a water defict country. Neglect and lack of monitoring behind country's water scarcity: CWC
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