Green toilet in my backyard
Ecological sanitation toilets are the best option to deal with mounting sewage burden in India.
Chicu with a pan used in ecosan toilet. (Photo courtesy: Chicu Lokgariwar)
Pink city turns heat island
A new phenomenon, urban heat islands in Jaipur indicates that the city has begun to witness the worst of climate change.
A man sits under the scorching heat of the sun in front of Amer fort in Jaipur. The city landscape is now dominated by heat trapping materials that prevent its cooling through evapotranspiration. (Picture courtesy: Prabhu B Doss, Flickr Commons: CC-By-NC-ND-2.0)
Sawdust to treat wastewater
Researchers have come up with a low-cost method to help remove toxic dyes in wastewater.
Sawdust from teak wood is found to be useful in removing gentian dye. (Source: IWP Flickr photos, photo used for representation only)
Indore retains its cleanest city tag
Indore became the cleanest city in India for the second time in a row, thanks to the untiring efforts of its municipal corporation and residents. A video tells the success story.
Clean road near Pardesipura, Indore. (Source: India Water Portal)
Learning from the past
Scientists study 65-million-year-old rainfall trends to predict future.
Researchers collect samples at Ariyalur, Tamil Nadu. (Photo courtesy: India Science Wire)
Toilets need water, women suffer under ODF drive
Toilets in households have only increased the drudgery of village women as they have to fetch water from faraway sources for toilet use.
Village women collect water for toilet use. (Photo by India Water Portal)
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