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Call for abstracts for the seventh South Asian Conference on Sanitation (SACOSAN)
Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 11:00 PMSACOSAN is a sanitation-centered biennial convention led by the governments of South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC) nations - Afghanistan, Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. There will be eight thematic sessions on selected topics to be conducted by each SACOSAN member country.
Groundwater training programme by ACWADAM
Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 10:48 PMACWADAM has begun running a fifteen-day training programme on basic hydrogeology or groundwater science, for professionals from Civil Society Organisations or NGOs.
Sanitation more important than independence
Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 04:25 PMGandhigram Trust, Dindigul and Arghyam, Bangalore co-hosted a Sanitation Partners' Meet on November 9-10, 2017 at Dr. Soundram Manimandapam, Gandhigram Trust, Gandhigram. The meeting was attended by various NGOs from across the country, the district collector, the project director of DRDA and block level officers.
![Sanitation Partners' Meet, Gandhigram Trust](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/pr1.jpg?itok=6Z7P4ZDY)
Can Bundelkhand farmers weather the drought?
Posted on 16 Nov, 2017 03:28 PMOn October 22, 35-year-old Lallu Yadav was celebrating Govardhan Pooja, a Hindu festival celebrated after Diwali, in Panchkurha village, almost 22 kms from the district headquarters of Hamirpur in Uttar Pradesh.
![Farmer Gajraj Yadav has abandoned farming forever. (Source: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/gajraj_showing_his_land_he_says_that_dry_weather_and_scarcity_of_water_has_led_to_loss_in_agriculture_in_the_bundelkhand_regionjpg.jpg?itok=YKLxciJN)
Waiting for water
Posted on 15 Nov, 2017 05:50 AMIn 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.
![Khalabari village (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/24260720608_796c84b5d4_o.jpg?itok=T1hupHcK)
NRDWP to get restructured
Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 01:17 PMRestructuring of National Rural Drinking Water Programme approved
![A child drinks water from a hand pump in Madhya Pradesh. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/news_this_week_1_0.jpg?itok=ZbzR86k1)
Delhi enveloped in smog again
Posted on 14 Nov, 2017 12:56 PMYet again, North India shrouded in heavy smog
![Delhi shrouded in smog. (Source: Jean-Etienne Minh-Duy/Flickr)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/5543835085_26a8a47275_b_0.jpg?itok=ALUnAx9W)
JalKalp: Water sands impurities
Posted on 13 Nov, 2017 12:11 PMUrmila Devi lives in Chaitabazaar village which is barely five kilometres from the eastern bank of the Burhi Gandak river. It is located in a particularly flood-prone area of East Champaran in north Bihar. The drinking water quality in this area is poor. The recurrent floods only make it worse.
![The drinking water in Chaitbazaar village is dark in colour because of high levels of iron and has a peculiar stench from bacteriological contamination. (Image: Sehgal Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/biosand.jpg?itok=sMCXyEFD)
Drinking water: Access does not mean safety
Posted on 11 Nov, 2017 12:36 PMConcerned with contaminated water sources in rural areas, the Centre plans to provide piped water supply (classified as an improved water source by the W
![Better drinking water access does not always mean that the water is safe to drink. (Image source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/drinking_water1.jpg?itok=BM2r-deh)
Admission open for MA/MSc in Water, Sanitation and Hygiene, Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Tuljapur
Posted on 09 Nov, 2017 03:46 PMAbout the programme: