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The lessons learnt from Cyclone Yaas
Posted on 31 May, 2021 11:03 PMOn May 26, Cyclone Yaas from the Bay of Bengal hit the coast in Bhadrak district near the Bahanaga block north of Dhamra port
![Cyclone Yaas slammed into the north Odisha coast near Balasore on May 26, 2021 (Image: NASA Earth Observatory)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/cycloneyaas_tmo_2021-NASA%E2%80%99s%20Earth%20Observatory.jpg?itok=HDQijEGf)
From water carriers to water entrepreneurs
Posted on 31 May, 2021 04:16 PMImagine having to travel 7 to 8 kilometers every day to fetch water from a village because t
![iJal bridged the gender gap through economic empowerment and reduced the water collection drudgery for women (Image: Safe Water Network)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Women%20operator%20trained%20to%20perform%20backend%20machinery%20work%20at%20the%20plant%20%281%29.jpg?itok=VCHJDZvn)
Challenges in planning faecal sludge management systems
Posted on 30 May, 2021 12:02 PMSanitation targets for SDG 6 can only be met if the focus expands from just access to the full cycle of sanitation – access, conveyance, treatment and re-use.
![Empty faecal sludge drying bed (Image: Lars Schoebitz; Flickr Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/fssm1_0.jpg?itok=-1vRqtKK)
Second wave, new challenges: Civil society on the frontlines
Posted on 29 May, 2021 02:26 PMThe onset of a second wave of COVID-19 has inflicted havoc in urban centers and even in the national capital which has somewhat sound state-of-the-art health system.
![Involved in COVID relief (Image: SM Sehgal Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Sonbhadra%2C%20UP.jpeg?itok=KdtsPLlm)
Protecting India from maritime disasters
Posted on 25 May, 2021 04:41 PMOn May 17, 2021 Cyclone Tauktae, the first extremely severe cyclone from the Arabian Sea in over two decades, barrelled up the country’s western coast, making its landfall in Gujarat.
![Cyclone Tauktae intensified into an ‘extremely severe cyclonic storm’ and made a landfall on coastal Gujarat leaving a trail of destruction behind. (Image: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Tauktae_2021-05-18_1600Z.png?itok=vPA2b4nM)
Support mechanism needed to halt mass reverse migration
Posted on 24 May, 2021 08:50 PMMigrant workers had been assured multiple times that an economic lockdown will not be imposed and yet by mid-April reverse migration was in full swing.
![Stranded migrant workers during lockdown because of COVID-19 pandemic in Delhi (Image: Sumita Roy Dutta, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/Stranded_migrant_workers_during_fourth_phase_of_the_lockdown_IMG_20200523_125500.jpg?itok=Pl1DJ-go)
Smothered by heatwaves as climate swings
Posted on 22 May, 2021 11:19 PMIn recent times, India has been routinely experiencing abnormally hot days during the summer months of April and May. These deadly heatwaves marked by excessively hot weather along with high humidity are on the rise and are causing a record number of deaths of humans and livestock.
![A study shows how the open space on the western bank of the Sabarmati river in Ahmedabad acts as a heat sink. (Image: Emmanuel Dyan, CC BY 2.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/ahmedabad.jpg?itok=a3rKVMOX)
Managing natural resources at scale in Meghalaya
Posted on 20 May, 2021 07:38 PMMeghalaya, a small hilly state located in the North Eastern Region of India has an area of 22,429 sq. km., which is 0.68% of the country’s geographical area. The state is divided into three regions: Garo Hills, Khasi Hills and Jaintia Hills.
![Meghalaya's indigenous people historically have immense knowledge about their environment and natural resources. (Image: Meghalaya Basin Management Agency)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/meghalaya-james1_0.jpg?itok=sa3epZyj)
Fostering rural livelihoods post COVID
Posted on 18 May, 2021 09:09 PMAs per a new study conducted by the Indian School of Development Management (ISDM) and IIMPACT, an NGO loss of income and livelihood are among the top concerns for rural communities struggling to cope with the effects of the COVID 19 pandemic.
![Must have protocols for timely action and outreach in times of need (Image: DMD, Government of Bihar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/sdrf%20camp.jpg?itok=P7qtXI2D)
Rural realities amid second COVID surge
Posted on 17 May, 2021 10:44 PMThe second wave of COVID-19 has now spread to the rural pockets of the country at a much faster rate than it did during the first wave of the outbreak.
![There is a need to strengthen the capacities of ASHA workers, and other healthcare and grassroots workers. (Image: DMD, Government of Bihar)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/2021-05/bihar.jpg?itok=UqPRovQ2)