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Delhi
Government to get strict against wastage of groundwater
Posted on 08 Sep, 2020 04:05 PMGovernment prepares strict directives to prevent groundwater wastage
![A resident in Delhi with her extracted groundwater (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/residents_0_0.jpg?itok=ZmQjoNJl)
Empowering, involving local communities crucial for reviving Yamuna: Study
Posted on 07 Sep, 2020 12:56 PMThere aren’t many studies on understanding the socio-economic impact of river pollution, and the handful of those available miss out on capturing the voices of the local communities who are most affected by river pollution.
![To improve the participation of the riverine communities in river clean-up activities, a platform can be set up as a governance mechanism. (Image: Thommen Jose, CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/signaturebridgenedelhi.jpg?itok=g5Dz1dUQ)
Need to build inclusive cities in the post-pandemic world
Posted on 12 May, 2020 08:36 PMWhen migrants headed home after Covid-19 lockdown 1.0, Sarojini was suddenly caught off-guard. She decided against moving, after an initial urge to leave for her village in Samastipur, Bihar. Her two sons stay with her at Delhi, doing daily wage labour work, while she works as a domestic help.
![Migrants on their way home during the countrywide lockdown (Image: Stranded Workers Action Network)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/swan-report-image.jpg?itok=5YRoOVvk)
Guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste are out
Posted on 08 Apr, 2020 01:10 PMCPCB releases guidelines to handle COVID-19 biomedical waste
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Groundwater in 30 districts in Delhi-NCR contaminated, reveals 2019 data
Posted on 12 Mar, 2020 02:31 PM30 districts in Delhi-NCR had contaminated groundwater in 2019: Water Minister
![A resident in Delhi with her extracted groundwater (Source: IWP FLickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/residents_0.jpg?itok=eXsy8gee)
Community water purification system in a Delhi urban slum
Posted on 22 Feb, 2020 12:38 PMIt’s a dull reality that the state of water in the urban slum of Lalbagh near Azadpur in north Delhi was awful till a few years back. Hoards of people would queue up to get water from the public taps or the tankers along the road. Life was tough here and people got access to piped water supply only recently.
![Once selected for the role, the women entrepreneurs were trained to run the community filtration plant and overlook all operations ranging from the management of customers to the plant finances. (Image: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/asbah_0.jpg?itok=OxbVguSG)
Water-related crime doubles in India: Report
Posted on 16 Jan, 2020 08:28 AMNumber of water-related crimes double in India: Report
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Centre holds green signal to Kalasa-Banduri project
Posted on 26 Dec, 2019 02:08 PMGreen signal to Kalasa-Banduri project held
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CGWB signs MoU for participatory groundwater management
Posted on 27 Nov, 2019 12:06 PMMoU signed for groundwater management through community intervention
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Manual scavenging persists in India due to weak enforcement of laws
Posted on 18 Nov, 2019 08:01 PMManual scavenging still prevails in India thanks to weak laws, says study
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