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Assam, Bihar reel under severe flood
Posted on 08 Aug, 2016 11:13 PMOne of the worst floods in Assam and Bihar
![Flood in Bihar. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2246719146_1b717bbdcf_z.jpg?itok=Nt9tLGWj)
Seminar on introduction to Household Water Treatment and Safe Storage (HWTS)
Posted on 03 Aug, 2016 03:04 PMAbout HWTS:
Bio-loos on track, Railways to clean up its act
Posted on 03 Aug, 2016 10:27 AMFor almost two decades, the Employment of Manual Scavengers and Construction of Dry Latrines (Prohibition) Act of 1993 was a paralytic occupant of the statute books. The Act prohibited the construction of dry toilets which required faeces to be removed manually and outlawed manual scavenging.
![A rail coach fitted with bio-toilet. (Courtesy: India Railway Info)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1370953633942-dsc_1365_bio_toilets_are_seen_fitted_to_coach.jpg.jpg?itok=kG94xNzS)
Living in fear of water
Posted on 31 Jul, 2016 11:41 AMFarmer Ravikant Deshmukh (40) is a much worried man. He lives in Kudari Dalli in Balod district in Chhattisgarh, a village that would get affected adversely if Mohar reservoir project takes off. The project, once realised, is estimated to submerge the agricultural land and houses of 1200 villagers in Kudari Dalli.
![Punam Kumar Deshmukh at the proposed Mohar reservoir site near Banjaridihi village.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/28379682532_a6481444f3_o.jpg?itok=KBp_1uvs)
NGT gets strict over notification of wetlands
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:53 PMNGT orders CWRA to meet every month for identification of wetlands
![A wetland in Assam. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/11799415546_e40abe974f_z.jpg?itok=3N3TBXXj)
Thanks to dirty water, Indian children stunted
Posted on 30 Jul, 2016 11:39 PMIndia has largest number of stunted children in the world: Study
![Stunting in children highest in India. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9065795548_9bd67e75af_z.jpg?itok=g8iH93Xu)
Towards mission, clean Ganga
Posted on 25 Jul, 2016 08:50 AMIt is common knowledge that the river Ganga, considered sacred by millions of Hindus, is polluted. It is so polluted that some stretches of the river are unfit even for bathing, particularly during the lean seasons.
![Varanasi 'ghats' on the bank of Ganga river (Source: Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/varanasi_ghats_0.jpg?itok=QE4kZ_D2)
State does a Nero while Kharun weeps
Posted on 18 Jul, 2016 09:30 AMAt sunrise, everything is luminous but not clear.
― Norman Maclean, A River Runs Through It and Other Stories
![Kharun river at Mahadev Ghat, Raipur.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/28024898401_fcdb4f002b_z.jpg?itok=hcVm6OPz)
Floods wreak havoc in many parts of the country
Posted on 17 Jul, 2016 04:27 PMFloods grip many parts of the country
![Flooded Simen river in Brahmaputra basin (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319712715_526f82ab7f_z_1.jpg?itok=lgvWXFdx)