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An integrated approach to water quality management
Chemical contamination of drinking water is a significant health concern in India, one we haven’t realised the magnitude of. Practitioners across sectors must come together to tackle this issue.
Ayan Biswas
Vikas Ratanjee
Posted on 18 Mar, 2019 03:58 PM

Fluoride, arsenic, nitrate, and other chemicals in drinking water pose significant health risks (such as fluorosis and arsenicosis) to o
Photo courtesy: Arjun Swaminathan
Dumping waste effectively
Three environment-friendly ways of disposing of human waste have proven effective in various districts of Chhattisgarh.
Makarand Purohit
Posted on 16 Mar, 2019 03:51 PM

According to the Swachh Bharat Mission (SBM) website, access to toilets has improved in India and 28 out of 36 states and Union Territories are now open defecation free (ODF). While that’s good news, managing faecal sludge in ODF states in an eco-friendly way continues to be a big challenge. 
Evapotranspiration community toilet at Shankarnagar, Kumhari (Source: India Water Portal)
Smart farming changes farms, fortunes in Bengal
Farmers of West Bengal are resorting to rice transplanters and zero tiller machines to save water and labour cost and to increase productivity.
Gurvinder Singh
Posted on 14 Mar, 2019 03:55 PM

Gulam Mustafa owns around five acres of land at Digalhati Moynaguri village in Coochbehar district of West Bengal. The 34-year-old has switched to “smart farming” to minimise labour cost and water use.
Gulam Mustafa with the rice planter. (Photo by Gurvinder Singh)
Hazardous waste rules amended
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 13 Mar, 2019 03:34 PM

Centre amends hazardous and other wastes rules 2016 to ban import of solid plastic waste
Different types of plastic waste displayed at a sanitation park. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Indore tops in Swachh Survekshan 2019
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 13 Mar, 2019 03:03 PM

Once again, Indore tops in Swachh Survekshan
Clean road near Pardesipura, Indore (Source: India Water Portal)
Women and Water
On International Women's Day today, we take a look at the critical connects between gender and water.
India Water Portal
Posted on 08 Mar, 2019 12:45 PM

In India, women often travel long distances to fetch water. This in turn affects school attendance for young girls, and has a domino effect on other development indicators. Women and girls are an important stakeholder to be considered in the design of interventions and programmes to ensure access to safe water for all.
Women and water: a critical connect
WIN Conference 2019 - Innovate and Empower to Accelerate Social Change
WIN Conference 2019 is being organised by WIN Foundation, together with Wheels Charitable Foundation, Indian Institute of Technology, Gandhinagar and Indian Institute of Public Health, Gandhinagar.
Posted on 06 Mar, 2019 07:55 PM

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Pollution affects Ganga's riverbed sediment: Study
News this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 06 Mar, 2019 08:45 AM

Not just surface water, pollution leads to deficit in dissolved oxygen in Ganga's riverbed sediment: Study
The Ganga river (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
Earth not for humans alone: NGT to Assam
Policy matter this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 06 Mar, 2019 08:17 AM

NGT takes a stand on Deepor Beel
Waste dumped near the Deepor Beel (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
SC orders forced eviction of tribals, forest dwellers
Policy matters this week
Swati Bansal
Posted on 27 Feb, 2019 01:31 PM

Forced eviction ordered for more than one million tribals and forest-dwellers
Tribal women in Chhattisgarh (Source: IWP Flickr photos)
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