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Assam continues to battle fluorosis
Safer water and better nutrition were key in mitigating fluorosis problem in parts of the state. Posted on 09 May, 2018 08:26 AM

Farhanuddin was just five years old when a pain in his knee began bothering him. It was 2013. Slowly, his legs began to change shape. They got so badly deformed that it began to affect his everyday life. He was gloomy and tired most times and had trouble walking.

All stakeholders were brought on board to work on a comprehensive approach at tackling the fluorosis problem. (Image: India Water Portal)
Assam's river atlas to tackle floods, deforestation
News this week Posted on 15 Jan, 2018 09:07 PM

Assam prepares river atlas to tackle floods, erosion, deforestation

People take a boat to cross Brahmaputra. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Arunachal becomes open defecation free
News this week Posted on 03 Jan, 2018 09:44 AM

Arunachal achieves the open defecation free status

A toilet constructed under SBM. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
NCR water bodies disappearing due to urbanisation: Study
News this week Posted on 31 Oct, 2017 08:42 PM

Study says 40 percent of NCR's water bodies lost to urbanisation in 42 years

Barapullah drain in Delhi (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)
Assam's fluorosis problem: When nature serves poison
Fluoride contamination is leaving Assam villagers crippled. While a solution is not difficult to reach, authorities are not doing enough to eradicate the problem. Posted on 15 Sep, 2017 08:18 AM

Sadhani Kalita is only 35 years old but looks like she could be 50 years or older. She has lost her teeth and both her legs are misshapen with the ankles twisted.

Anjila Khatun and her children of Tapatjuri village in Hojai district suffer from skeletal fluorosis.
Floods take a heavy toll on Assam farmlands
News this week Posted on 13 Sep, 2017 06:04 AM

Assam bears huge agricultural loss from floods

A man wades through knee-deep water with his belongings during the flood. (Source: 101Reporters)
Flood and after: Water recedes, worries mount
Increasing epidemic scare, loss of livelihood and no place to defecate. There seems no end to the miseries of the flood affected in Assam and Bihar even when the water recedes. Posted on 12 Sep, 2017 12:39 PM

In August this year, the states of Bihar and Assam witnessed the worst flooding in a long time. The water level is slowly receding now but it is not giving much respite to people as the aftermath of the devastating floods has brought upon miseries of its own. 

A boy stands in front of houses destroyed by flood in Karimganj district, Assam.
World Culture Festival: New panel contradicts report
Policy matters this week Posted on 01 Aug, 2017 02:19 PM

No compaction of soil on the World Culture Festival site: New panel to NGT

Front view of the giant stage under construction for the World Culture Festival. (Source: Yamuna Jiye Abhiyan)
Ganga and Yamuna not living human entities anymore
Policy matters this week Posted on 11 Jul, 2017 12:09 PM

SC stays order granting human status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers

Ganga river at Sangam, Allahabad (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Karnataka women to tackle water woes
News this week Posted on 16 May, 2017 10:03 AM

Women in drought-hit Karnataka takes on the task to revive lakes

Women on a mission to tackle water woes. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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