Orissa

In the early hours, the villagers of Khalabari, a tribal-dominated village in the Dumuripadar gram panchayat of Koraput district in Odisha step out of their houses for bringing wood and drinking water. The road to the forest where the water is available is rocky.

NGT raps authorities for Yamuna cleanup in Delhi 

Women of Podapathar village in Sundargarh district in Odisha have become an inspiration for millions of women in the country now, thanks to their determination to improve the drinking water situation in their village. 

On January 13, 1957, the then Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru inaugurated the Hirakud dam, calling it the temple of modern India. It has submerged more than 360 villages (1,23,000 acres of land) and displaced 26,561 families.

Back in 2015, the Member of Parliament (MP) from Balasore, Odisha got to know about a strange problem in his constituency. There were reports of a number of bone deformities and crippled people in areas surrounding Patripal village of Remuna block. They seemed to be related to fluoride in water, causing a disease called Skeletal Fluorosis.

Does gender matter when it comes to sanitation? Apparently, it does.

Environment ministry recommends dropping seven hydel projects in Arunachal Pradesh

Need to tackle core issues to end farm crisis: Experts

Uttarakhand challenges living person status to Ganga and Yamuna rivers, moves SC

Government cancels green nod to Odisha's coal washery project