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NGT seeks complete list of wetlands from States
Posted on 26 Apr, 2016 05:16 PMSubmit complete list of wetlands: NGT to States
![Deepor Beel in Assam (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/deepor_beel_0_0_0.jpg?itok=YoUZmZLQ)
33 crore people across 10 States hit by drought: Centre
Posted on 26 Apr, 2016 12:25 PMDrought has hit 33 crore people across 10 states, informs Centre
![Drought in India (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204443460_8d38ce367a_z.jpg?itok=06fwPrQZ)
Government schemes converge at Sarda Panchayat in Sambalpur, Odisha
Posted on 24 Apr, 2016 11:41 AMSince India became independent in 1947, the central and state governments have introduced various rural development schemes, and have been trying to get them to converge. While this effort hasn't been as impactful on a large scale, there are some success stories. Sarda Panchayat in Sambalpur, Odisha is one.
![View of Sarda village, Odisha](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0025tps.jpg?itok=wj_eoczI)
Sanitation must go beyond shame and stigma
Posted on 22 Apr, 2016 02:00 PMIndia has come a long way since the days of its rigid top-down Central Rural Sanitation Programme (CRSP), which had minimal community participation. First it was the Total Sanitation Campaign which then became the Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan, and most recently, the Swachh Bharat Mission.
![Compact soak pit toilet](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9066013322_dc96b4d003_z_1.jpg?itok=e0iQdfgQ)
Positive correlation between higher levels of education for women and toilet use
Posted on 21 Apr, 2016 10:07 AMIndia continues to have the highest number of people defecating out in the open according to recent figures by the World Health Organisation
![Toilet use in India (Source: Sourabh Phadke)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilets_11.jpg?itok=aZmViOEp)
Copper and silver vessels are age-old bacteria killers
Posted on 21 Apr, 2016 09:42 AMAbout 3 million children from developing countries below the age of 5 die every year due to diarrhoeal diseases caused by polluted water, poor san
![Household drinking water and coliforms (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/water_1_8.jpg?itok=MZpxFjxA)
Quenching thirst and poverty in cities--with sugarcane juice
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 11:06 PMWhat's not to like about sugarcane juice in summer? Would you drink as much of it or more if you knew that those selling it in Pune where I live, are people who have migrated temporarily from drought-affected villages in rural Maharashtra, and are counting on juice sales to get through the whole year?
![Mobile sugarcane crushing carts on the streets of Pune (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/photo_1_cropped.jpg?itok=v-aUhGHl)
India inks pact with Germany for Ganga revival
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:44 PMIndia and Germany join hands to rejuvenate the Ganga
![Ganga river at Gadmukteshwar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z_4.jpg?itok=_kpf01ax)
Good monsoon expected this year
Posted on 18 Apr, 2016 09:20 PMGood southwest monsoon expected this year as El Nino declines
![Downpour in Bihar (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2245920465_b010a7ff2f_z_1.jpg?itok=BH5qj8kp)
Palace named after monsoon in Rajasthan
Posted on 17 Apr, 2016 10:11 PMForts and palaces of Rajasthan are well known for their water-based architecture, which sustained life and also kept out the extreme summer heat. Though mostly absent from travel itineraries, Deeg Palace in Bharatpur district scores over the big names when it comes to aquatic ingenunity.
![Deeg Palace is known for its fountains which are run twice a year.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/26280458036_b580d0fc30_z.jpg?itok=WDxmBLPf)