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Tackling fluorosis by following Nalgonda's lead
Posted on 15 Apr, 2018 04:21 PMFluorosis continues to be a regional issue in Telangana to this day, even decades after the first cases were discovered in Nalgonda in 1937. More than three lakh people in the district are affected with skeletal and dental fluorosis, a stigma that has stuck for generations.
![Shifting to non-fluoride affected food and increased nutrients is necessary to deal with fluorosis (Image: Fluoride Knowledge and Action Network)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nalgonda.jpg?itok=zw0lbNVz)
Sharing water, reaping benefits
Posted on 14 Apr, 2018 05:06 PMAgriculture is of central importance to India’s economy with more than half of the workforce in the country depending on it for their livelihoods. However, it is increasingly being threatened due to climate-change-induced changing rainfall patterns and water scarcity having a negative impact on production.
![Sprinkler irrigation in Narayanganj block, Mandla district, Madhya Pradesh (Image Source: WOTR)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sprinkler_irrigation1.jpg?itok=y3R9pBiA)
Exhibition on ‘The River Ganga: India’s Iconic Water Machine’ at New Delhi, April 19-21, 2018 and Roorkee April 25-26, 2018
Posted on 12 Apr, 2018 07:57 AMWhat is the exhibition about
Power play chokes Korba
Posted on 11 Apr, 2018 02:05 PMKorba in Chhattisgarh is an industrial area which has a significant number of coal mines and thermal power plants. Fly ash is a byproduct of the thermal power plants and has become a significant problem for the residents of Korba now.
![Fly-ash dust at CSEB thermal power plant in Korba.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9370438100_3a1eff0088_z.jpg?itok=MziXG-X2)
Down in the dumps: Delhi’s waste pickers’ saga
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 04:05 PMEight-year-old Meera (name changed) got ill after eating filthy food remains from a dump at Mansarovar park in Delhi. Children like her work in filthy environments, rummaging through hazardous waste with bare hands and feet. They play in these dumping ground strewn with syringes, scrap iron, rotting waste, solid and liquid household waste.
![Waste pickers face harrowing occupational hazards and are exposed to toxins in the absence of protective gear. (Image: Ted Mathys, 2009)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ted_mathys_2009_ap_fellow._partner_chintan_0.jpg?itok=HoEY3Axg)
East Kolkata Wetlands found to trap sewage carbon
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 10:21 AMEast Kolkata Wetlands found to lock down over 60 percent carbon from the wastewater it receives
![Fishermen rear fish in wastewater from the wetlands.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/east_kolkata_wetlands.jpg?itok=CAHNPzya)
SC slams Centre on Cauvery water sharing
Posted on 10 Apr, 2018 10:08 AMApex court seeks draft on Cauvery management scheme by May 3
![Supreme Court seeks report from Centre on Cauvery issue. (Picture courtesy: NDTV)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cauvery-ndtv_1.jpg?itok=wo4YMOqD)
Seven reasons why Bengaluru can still run out of water
Posted on 05 Apr, 2018 03:20 PMA recent BBC report projected that Bengaluru will run out of water soon.
![Image courtesy bwssb.org](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bwssb_water-678x381.jpg?itok=vIE8DQf4)
Mangar Bani: NCR's green patch calls for help
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 02:39 PMAccording to the local legend, Mangar Bani, a green patch between Faridabad and Gurgaon, was home to a Baba (a holy man), Gudariya Das Maharaj around 500 years ago. Popular among the local Gujjar herdsmen, the dominant community of the area, the Baba asked them to treat this forest as a sacred grove, the forested abode of a local deity.
![Mangar Bani, with its trees, plants, birds and animals, is an ecological hotspot but it is finding it hard to keep builders and land grabbers at bay. (Image: Pradip Krishen, Facebook)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mangar-bani-pradip-krishen-facebook.jpg?itok=Es_PNvwy)
Government amends e-Waste Management Rules
Posted on 27 Mar, 2018 05:07 AME-waste management rules amended to improve implementation efficiency
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