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Public hearing for green clearance a sham
Posted on 21 Jun, 2018 04:36 PMSupin, a tributary of river Tons and a part of river Yamuna gushes through the hilly tracts of Uttarkashi district. Like all rivers meandering through the lush terrains and forests of Uttarakhand, Supin too is being aggressively tapped for hydropower generation by the government.
![Public hearing for Jakhol Sankri hydropower project did not take consent of affected communities on a sensitive issue that impacts their lives. (Picture courtesy: Vimal Bhai)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/protests-ph_0.jpg?itok=fjY5_aLm)
Hangul needs better protection
Posted on 01 Jun, 2018 04:56 PMFor the long-term conservation of critically endangered red deer or hangul in Kashmir, it is necessary to take up conservation efforts beyond protected areas, a new study has suggested.
![Efforts are underway to conserve hanguls. (Photo courtesy: Intesar Suhail, ISW)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/hangul_hinds-photo_-_intesar_suhail.jpg?itok=jZPTG6LL)
Thane creek flamingo sanctuary formally notified
Posted on 29 May, 2018 12:07 PMMaharashtra government notifies Thane creek as flamingo sanctuary
![Thane Creek hosts a variety of migratory birds. (Picture courtesy: The Indian Express)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/flamingo_thane_creek_759.jpg?itok=q4buwf3V)
Water supply crisis hits Shimla hard
Posted on 29 May, 2018 11:55 AMShimla reels under severe water crunch
![No water supply for seven consecutive days in Shimla leaves residents angry. (Photo courtesy: The Hindu)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/shimla_water-_the_hindu.jpg?itok=dmzWxMVJ)
Mangar Bani: NCR's green patch calls for help
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 02:39 PMAccording to the local legend, Mangar Bani, a green patch between Faridabad and Gurgaon, was home to a Baba (a holy man), Gudariya Das Maharaj around 500 years ago. Popular among the local Gujjar herdsmen, the dominant community of the area, the Baba asked them to treat this forest as a sacred grove, the forested abode of a local deity.
![Mangar Bani, with its trees, plants, birds and animals, is an ecological hotspot but it is finding it hard to keep builders and land grabbers at bay. (Image: Pradip Krishen, Facebook)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mangar-bani-pradip-krishen-facebook.jpg?itok=Es_PNvwy)
Centre fails to see the wood for the trees
Posted on 13 Mar, 2018 03:38 PMAs per the biennial State of Forest Report (SFR) 2017 by the Forest Survey of India (FSI), the total forest and tree cover in India increased during the period 2015 to 2017 by 0.94 percent. The increase in the forest cover has been of the order of 6,778 sq km and that of tree cover was about 1,243 sq km.
![India’s forest cover stands at 21.54 percent while its dense forest cover is about 12.26 percent, as per the State of Forest Report, 2017. (Image: Tridib Choudhury, Wikimedia commons, CC BY SA-4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tridib-chowdhary.jpg?itok=uUHAvbIr)
Islands float on Delhi lake
Posted on 08 Mar, 2018 06:09 AMLocated in the Hauz Khas urban village in the busy metropolis of Delhi is an exquisitely landscaped lush green patch. This deer park, with spotted deer, peacocks and numerous birds, leads to an incredibly beautiful lake. As per a plaque at the site, the lake is a part of the medieval (13th century) city of Delhi Sultanate.
![Phytoremediation principle is used to convert Hauz Khas lake into a water purifying wetland ecosystem. (Image: Tarun Nanda)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead-evolve.jpg?itok=7W7CAm0W)
Dam of consequences
Posted on 14 Feb, 2018 05:27 AMRiver Mahakali snakes its way through the hills and valleys of Nepal and Uttaranchal, collecting its water from the numerous streams it receives on the way. Also known as Sharda in India, the river forms the international boundary between India and Nepal.
![The project is expected to submerge 11,600 hectares of mountain area.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_6.jpg?itok=cAbFWmwE)
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)