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Sanitation and the risk of sexual violence
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:08 PMWhile nearly half of the world’s population (42 percent) lacks access to improved sanitation conditions, India is the worst performer in sanitation coverage, even below those countries with half of the households (53 percent) not having access to toilets.
![Lack of access to sanitation and the risk of sexual violence. (Source: India WASH Forum)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sanitation_and_the_risk_of_sexual_violence.png?itok=rrlIKTlR)
Mining of rare earth minerals poisons land and water
Posted on 06 Dec, 2016 12:49 PMMining and processing of heavy and rare earth minerals can produce a tremendously negative impact on the land and environment in the area, the magnitude and intensity of which depends on the kind of chemicals and processes used, the efforts taken in the management of waste as well as on environmental fragility of the location.
![Sand mining and environmental pollution (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sand_mining.jpg?itok=YisrqyYU)
Traditional ways to water security
Posted on 04 Dec, 2016 08:15 PMAlthough droughts are not new in India, we are seeing more of it of late.
![A traditional pond in the fort city of Charkhari, Bundelkhand. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/a_traditional_talaab_in_bundelkhand.jpg?itok=ivm9x0ou)
Mumbai’s vanishing coasts
Posted on 21 Nov, 2016 10:22 AMThe coastal regions of India are becoming increasingly vulnerable to climate changes, developmental activities and urbanisation. Sustaining the livelihoods of fishing communities and preserving the health of coastal ecosystem and biodiversity are important challenges that India faces.
![The deteriorating coasts of Mumbai. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/polluted_beach_mumbai_2.jpg?itok=qhn32k-b)
Water sharing: Beyond economic concerns
Posted on 15 Nov, 2016 11:49 AMThe Ganges-Brahmaputra-Meghna (GBM) basin is the third largest river flow system in the world with an annual runoff about 1,150 billion cubic meters (BCM) and the peak outflow of 1,41,000 cumecs.
![The lower Ganga, just upstream of Farakka, displays bank cutting and erosion. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/farakka_barrage.jpg?itok=q7gAzwtQ)
When neighbours fight for water
Posted on 25 Oct, 2016 02:12 PMWith recent reports of China blocking a tributary of the Brahmaputra in Tibet to construct its most expensive hydro project, the Assam government has been worried.
![The river Brahmaputra (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_brahmaputra_river_0.jpg?itok=_rAQfkOw)
Health check up for the rivers
Posted on 14 Oct, 2016 06:16 PMA severe crisis is plaguing the rivers in India.
![The Krishna river, Wai, Maharashtra. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna_river_1.jpg?itok=kyV1exAD)
Why is Lukha feeling blue?
Posted on 24 Sep, 2016 09:07 PMMeghalaya in the northeast of India is richly endowed with natural resources such as streams and rivers as well as mineral resources such as coal, limestone, clay, sillimanite, uranium, and more. The estimated coal reserve in Meghalaya is around 576.48 million tonnes while limestone reserves are around 15,100 million tonnes.
![The Lukha river in Meghalaya. (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lukha_river.jpg?itok=dmRCOFq4)
MGNREGA demands makeover
Posted on 23 Sep, 2016 09:04 PMThe article, The MGNREGA crisis: Insights from Jharkhand, published in the Economic and Political Weekly dated May 28, 2016, provides an overview of the status of the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act or MGNREGA in India.
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work.jpg?itok=_6BHdvZj)
A river on fire
Posted on 17 Sep, 2016 05:52 PMRiver Cauvery has been in the epicentre of agitation and violence in the states of Karnataka and Tamil Nadu--both fighting over their share of the Cauvery water. Thanks to the deficit monsoon this year, the Cauvery basin reservoirs in both these neighbouring states are only filled half as much as they should be![1].
![Cauvery river at Hogenakal, Karnataka. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos via Claire Arni and Oriole Henri)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery_river_0.jpg?itok=TgxYOAov)