Varanasi District
Cyclone Daye triggers widespread rain
Posted on 25 Sep, 2018 06:02 PMCyclone causes rain in 18 states; floods, landslides reported in North India
![Monsoon affects life in North India. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2245920465_b010a7ff2f_z_1_0_0.jpg?itok=OkSf2kpE)
TN suffers the worst north-east monsoon in 140 years
Posted on 16 Jan, 2017 11:50 AMTamil Nadu declares drought
![TN farmers in the midst of a crisis. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farmer_7_0.jpg?itok=fr9zKLWm)
2016 might show worse impacts of El Nino, predicts WMO
Posted on 01 Dec, 2015 08:51 PM2015 the warmest year since 1850: WMO
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Furious Jhelum claims 160 lives
Posted on 08 Sep, 2014 06:19 PMJ&K reels under the worst flood in 60 years
![Floods wreak havoc in Jammu & Kashmir](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319712715_526f82ab7f_z.jpg?itok=zlTfG0ML)
Coca Cola scraps plan to expand bottling plant at Varanasi
Posted on 25 Aug, 2014 10:43 PMCoca Cola to look for other options within state for plant
![Coca Cola bottling plant (Source: S. Subramanium)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/coca_cola_bottling_1629227g_0.jpg?itok=LYcwbP05)
Water Resources Ministry's role expands
Posted on 12 Aug, 2014 08:47 AMNational Ganga River Basin Authority transferred to Water Resources Ministry
![Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z_0.jpg?itok=zX2lhTfA)
Closure notice issued to Coca Cola's UP plant
Posted on 24 Jun, 2014 04:43 PMClosure notice issued to Coca Cola's UP plant
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Ecologists don't buy new Ganga rejuvenation plan
Posted on 04 Jun, 2014 05:42 AMTrue to the promises made during election campaigning, Narendra Modi, India's 15th Prime Minister announced measures to clean up the Ganga as soon as he assumed office. A new Ministry in charge of river issues has been created.
![Ganga at Varanasi (Source: Patrick Barry)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/kedar_ghat_in_varanasi.jpg?itok=-1X5CKoV)
Open Happiness' or open a can of worms?
Posted on 16 May, 2014 08:11 PM1999 was an interesting real estate year for Mehdiganj village in Uttar Pradesh. Someone began buying up land adjoining a soft drink factory owned by the Parle Company. They also began buying land from the farmers except the farmers had no idea as to whom they were selling the land to. As the boundary wall rose up, problems arose too.
![Nandlal Master - fighting Coca Cola since 2002](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nandlal.png?itok=bV2yB4EQ)
Coca Cola plant in UP lowers groundwater level
Posted on 22 Dec, 2013 08:41 PMCoca Cola plant in Mehdiganj lowers groundwater level
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