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80% of India's surface water is polluted
Posted on 29 Jun, 2015 08:55 PMDomestic sewerage responsible for 75-80% of water pollution in the country
![Yamuna river in Agra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2449965048_3684c8f1bb_z_0.jpg?itok=LpcBGugT)
Himachal fails to construct 109 micro hydel projects due to lack of funds
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:10 PMConstruction of 109 Kuhl projects proposed in Himachal, still on papers
![Kuhls, the irrigation channels in Himachal Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03452_0_0.jpg?itok=VwkRxfXF)
Two states and a dam row
Posted on 14 Jun, 2015 01:31 PMWhile the states of Tamil Nadu and Kerala have opposing stands on the Mullaperiyar dam, civil society actors have provided alternatives to the old dam whose decommissioning is bound to happen sooner or later. They have also pointed out the inappropriateness of building a new dam on Mullaperiyar.
![Mullaperiyar reservoir (Source: Sibiperiyar, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/thekkady_mullaperiyar.jpg?itok=Ay-4aqgK)
Bihar Government bans plastic packaged water bottles in all its departments
Posted on 09 Feb, 2015 01:35 PMBihar's government offices to soon become free of plastic bottles
![Plastic water bottles (Source: Pixabay.com)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bottles-60479_640.jpg?itok=MDUBHhlw)
The Chalakudy river system wins
Posted on 15 Dec, 2014 06:32 PMLatha Anantha of the Chalakudy Puzha Samrakshana Samiti (Chalakudy River Protection Forum) was awarded the Bhagirath Prayas Samman at the recently concluded India Rivers Week for her commendable work on safeguarding the integrity of the Chalakudy river in Kerala.
![Latha Anantha (Source: Latha)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/latha_0.jpg?itok=CxB25gWn)
Are we heading towards ecological and social suicide?
Posted on 10 Dec, 2014 10:17 AMIn the article titled 'A hundred days closer to ecological and social suicide' published in the Economic and Political Weekly, the author argues that the recent changes in the government do not seem to have helped in changing the environmental policies of the country. Rather, they reflect regressive actions that could lead to a large-scale assault on rules, laws
![The revived lake in Valni village, Nagpur](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/valni_lake_0.jpg?itok=WKeqi2GM)
Poachers turned protectors fight for their survival
Posted on 23 Nov, 2014 01:46 PMNature and wildlife can be better conserved if local communities are duly educated and motivated. Nearly 70 km south of Bhubaneswar, the Mangalajodi village on the edge of Chilka lake, Asia’s largest brackish water lagoon, is a testimony to that argument.
![Chilka lake, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0323tps.jpg?itok=PNC_umMr)
SC rebukes Central and State Pollution Control Boards over Ganga pollution
Posted on 04 Nov, 2014 11:40 AMPollution Control Board is a story of complete failure, frustration and disaster: SC
![River Ganges at Sangam in Allahabad](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2934020083_c28c745673_b.jpg?itok=JgmZBfNm)
It's cyclone Hudhud's turn to cause damage!
Posted on 14 Oct, 2014 11:40 AMHudhud lands in Vizag at 195 kmph
![Tropical cyclone of 2013 (Source: NASA WorldView)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cyclone_phailin_11_october_2013.jpg?itok=LQYGXwUj)
Uttarakhand submits Rs. 9478 crore Ganga clean-up plan proposal
Posted on 22 Sep, 2014 05:52 PMUttarakhand Government submits to Centre the Rs 9,478 crore Ganga Action Plan
![Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6171494645_920f644b53_z_0_0.jpg?itok=ma_83puO)