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Norms violated for Ken-Betwa river link's public hearing: Activists
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 11:01 PMActivists say that the villagers were informed late for the public hearing of the Ken-Betwa river link
![People's public hearing](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5618859530_eafca9f782_o_1.jpg?itok=dz_ailCK)
Nationwide monitoring of toilet use under Swachh Bharat Mission
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 10:55 PMGovernment to launch nationwide monitoring of toilet use, not construction
![Construction of community toilets in progress](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/647a70ee-a8b9-4bc5-981e-58769e282814_0.jpg?itok=gJQEwvAW)
Nadisutra: Paddling into many surprises!
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 01:16 PM24th November to 9th December
![Journey to the Karnali-Ghaghra confluence](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_20150110_105747.jpg?itok=0tChOfYw)
NadiSutra: Half way mark reached
Posted on 12 Jan, 2015 12:05 PMOur planned 2000 km-long canoe ride has brought us half way, to the old great river-port of Patna.
![Theo and Zanskar reach Patna](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gopr9633.jpg?itok=KUqvqYyc)
Nadisutra: Sailing into Patna
Posted on 11 Jan, 2015 04:26 PMThe river is much bigger now, the clear waters of the Karnali-ghaghra, which comes all the way from Tibet and Nepal, mingling with the sand and silt laden Sharda to become turbid as well after a stretch. Right from the confluence onward, the abundance of dolphins seems to increase very noticeably.
![River Ganga in Patna](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/img_7660.jpg?itok=2R-J7ohj)
Call for applications for the post of 'Senior Associate/Consultant: Water and Environmental Services', Indian Institute of Human Settlements, Bangalore
Posted on 11 Jan, 2015 08:51 AMThe Consultant position is based in the Practice Team at IIHS. The Practice Team is
responsible for providing cutting-edge and integrated solutions to India’s urban
development challenges by bringing together faculty and experts across diverse
domains of knowledge and practice; expose learners to real-life problems and
integrate the practice into academics and research.
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Invitation to the training programme on 'Water, Sanitation & Hygiene (WASH)', TARA Livelihood Academy, New Delhi
Posted on 09 Jan, 2015 12:48 PMCourse contents
- Challenges to access WASH in India: Areas for intervention
- Innovative approaches for WASH service delivery
- WASH: Indian Perspective & Policy
- CSR Projects & Programs in WASH: Systems for scale
- Collaboration opportunities in WASH
Who should attend?
![Training programme on 'Water, Sanitation & Hygiene](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/unnamed_2.jpg?itok=46KnN5RZ)
Water wars: Not what you think!
Posted on 09 Jan, 2015 09:31 AMSince the 1990s, it has often been predicted that all the conflicts over this century will be over water and that they will be fought in the South Asian region, which is undergoing a rapid growth in population coupled with a gradual decrease in water resources.
![The Brahmaputra river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/brahmaputra_1.jpg?itok=Nn7BH3hw)
Science-based changes to cope with water crisis
Posted on 09 Jan, 2015 08:35 AMIndia has almost 17% of the world's population and 4% of the global water resources – a situation that threatens to push it towards a water crisis in the coming years. To add to this, are other reasons such as:
![Girls carrying water (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/faq_3.jpg?itok=vcYJuLZL)
Porous pavements to save concrete jungles!
Posted on 08 Jan, 2015 10:20 PMDespite its shrinking greens, Delhi has significant tree diversity. Pradip Krishen, a naturalist, author and filmmaker, identifies around 250 tree species in the concrete jungle, in his book titled ‘Trees of Delhi’ published in 2007. But these trees do not have the breathing room they need as the Public Works Department's (PWD) pavement tiling projects enclose trees completely in concrete.
![Porous tiles act as flood absorbers in the city](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc00518.jpg?itok=3btDbb3W)