Swati Bansal
Stop farming on Yamuna floodplains by 2020: NGT to DDA
posted 4 years 10 months ago![Yamuna river in Delhi (Source: Sudhanshu Malhotra via IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935403870_3529afab93_z_1_1.jpg?itok=Ggt3bLYv)
Telangana government, tribals oppose uranium mining in Nallamala forests
posted 4 years 10 months ago![A view of the Nallamala Forests (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-nallamala_view.jpg?itok=GIEDFgvV)
100 wetlands identified for restoration in next five years
posted 4 years 10 months ago![Deepor Beel, a wetland in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12217403935_9c5da227fb_z_2.jpg?itok=zoR6Sris)
Thousands ignored while Sardar Sarovar dam fills to capacity
posted 4 years 10 months ago![Sardar Sarovar Dam via Wikimedia Commons](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam_1.jpg?itok=RHj1SRg1)
India to restore 5 million hectares of degraded land by 2030
posted 4 years 10 months ago![India urgently needs to address increasing desertification. (Image Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/desertification_0.jpg?itok=NVrdV7UX)
Centre promises 43 to 55 litres water per person per day to 15 crore rural households by 2024
posted 4 years 10 months ago![Image used for representational purposes only. Photo credit: Shree Padre, water journalist from India Water Portal on Flickr](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2420904081_e2135f02fa_z.jpg?itok=pc_ZQcCg)
Heavy rain and floods hit North India
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Gori river in Uttarakhand in spate during 2013 floods (Source: Chicu Lokgariwar, India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gori_floods_0_0_0.jpg?itok=AFEoLHDD)
Government to spend Rs 3.5 trillion to provide potable water
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Women filling water from a tap (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0063es_1.jpg?itok=5bgMnVGp)
Floods claim 227 lives; Centre proposes river basin management bill to check floods
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Rescue efforts underway during the floods in Chennai in 2015 (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23431905981_443a72901a_z_3.jpg?itok=yUR0cppl)
Government set to conserve India's springs
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Many springs in the Himalayas have reduced discharge. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/7596570148_da1a006dcd_z_0.jpg?itok=5-u2YzKD)
Jal Shakti Abhiyan hits ground rolling as India ranks 13th most water-stressed country in the world
posted 4 years 11 months ago![India ranked 13th in the list of most water-stressed country in the world (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14977676454_1e5bbecd0d_z.jpg?itok=n9WIwa4t)
Government undertakes 3D mapping of aquifers in all villages
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Groundwater drops to alarming levels. Illustration credit: KN Balraj. Source: India Water Portal on Flickr](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/untitled_8.png?itok=r1Ev5OeQ)
Lok Sabha passes inter-state river disputes bill
posted 4 years 11 months ago![Cauvery river in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_0_0.jpg?itok=a5qJaHXF)
Himalayan states call for green bonus and a separate ministry
posted 4 years 11 months ago![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 4 years 11 months ago![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 4 years 11 months ago![People protesting Dibang Hydropower Project (Source: SANDRP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dibang_hearing_boycott_1_march_12th_0_0_0.jpg?itok=jJIBXNCA)
Floods grip Assam and Bihar
posted 5 years ago![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)
Budget allocation to Jal Shakti ministry reduced by 9.4 percent
posted 5 years ago![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 5 years ago![Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3729569965_de36d4c1ce_z_0.jpg?itok=b6uh4piP)