Swati Bansal

Formulate National Plan on drought management: SC to Centre

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Drought affected area in Karnataka (Source: Pushkarv via Wikipedia)

Delayed by a week, monsoon to reach Kerala by June 7: IMD

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Rainfall in India (Source: Varun Duta Gupta via IWP's Flickr Photos)

Drought-hit States seek more funds from Centre

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Nation suffers from one of the worst drought (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

NGT disallows any construction around Bengaluru lakes

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Residential complexes around a lake in Bengaluru (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

SC orders shifting of IPL matches out of Maharashtra

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Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai (Source: Wikipedia Commons)

Heat wave claims 300 lives; Telangana, Odisha and Andhra worst hit

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Heat wave engulfs the country (Source: PTI)

NGT seeks complete list of wetlands from States

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Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

33 crore people across 10 States hit by drought: Centre

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Drought in India (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

India inks pact with Germany for Ganga revival

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Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Good monsoon expected this year

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Downpour in Bihar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Draft of new Wetland Rules 2016 is out

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Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

Maharashtra stuck between IPL and drought

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Drought in Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)

Israel 'hand-makes' more than 50% of its water

Technologies are magic, and Israel has been creating such magic since 1964. India Water Portal speaks to Uri Schor, the Spokesman of the Israeli Water Authority to understand this. Swati Bansal posted 8 years 7 months ago

Israeli Pavilion at India Water Week 2016 (Source: Israel Embassy, New Delhi)

Union Water Minister inaugurates 4th India Water Week 2016

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4th India Water Week 2016 (Source: Embassy of Israel)

NGT slams Railways for using groundwater illegally

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Indian Railways (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Drinking water becomes a luxury for Maharashtrians

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Queuing up for water (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

4 crore native tree species to be planted along the stretch of the Ganga

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Ganga river near Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

The Yamuna, a song, and a dance

The AoL has claimed that its cultural extravaganza brought attention to the Yamuna rather than destroy it. But there is a difference between cleaning a river and restoring floodplains. Swati Bansal posted 8 years 8 months ago

Front view of the giant stage under construction as of February 20, 2016 (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)

Maharashra issues water advisory for Holi

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Holi being celebrated (Source: Wikimedia Commons)

Rajya Sabha approves the National Waterways Bill 2015

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Navigating rivers through simple boats (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)

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