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Identifying WASH barriers
Posted on 22 Dec, 2016 10:31 PMAs night falls, women in Chempakaraman beach on the Pulluvila coastal belt in Thiruvananthapuram step out of their safe abode and leave for the open fields. The barking of stray dogs send a chill down their spine but still, these women brave the odds and venture into the darkness as it is an urgency.
![A coastal village with poor sanitation facilities in South India (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/fishing_women.jpg?itok=-1vMiqAK)
Stunting in India: The sanitation connect
Posted on 22 Dec, 2016 11:57 AMOn Children’s Day on November 14 this year, two organisations in Odisha--Shramajeebee Sangathan (SJS), Malkangiri and Jeebika Suraksha Mancha, Kandhamal--organised a massive padayatra (street walk) in villages as an awareness drive and to mobilise communities to curb m
![Rally on nutrition awareness by Jeebika Suraksha Manch, Odisha (Source: Amir Khan)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/rally_for_malnutrition_awareness_by_jsm.jpg?itok=DJijwZfW)
Sanitation and the risk of sexual violence
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:08 PMWhile nearly half of the world’s population (42 percent) lacks access to improved sanitation conditions, India is the worst performer in sanitation coverage, even below those countries with half of the households (53 percent) not having access to toilets.
![Lack of access to sanitation and the risk of sexual violence. (Source: India WASH Forum)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sanitation_and_the_risk_of_sexual_violence.png?itok=rrlIKTlR)
India-UK Water Centre is inviting proposals for researcher exchanges and science workshop
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 04:43 PMThe India-UK Water Centre is inviting proposals for two activities:
Saving the Ganga, one step at a time
Posted on 21 Dec, 2016 09:11 AMAn aerospace engineer from IIT, Kharagpur, Siddharth Agarwal could have been drawing a fancy salary like any other 25-year-old if he hadn’t followed his passion.
![Siddharth Agarwal (Photo credit-Siddharth Agarwal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12916694_10153341192037373_5456143043051880350_o.jpg?itok=05KgJG4m)
Soon a single tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:45 PMGovernment decides to create a permanent tribunal for all inter-state river disputes
![Cauvery river in Karnataka (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2330822341_1b4aa606c2_z_0.jpg?itok=PiFSngzn)
Gujarat fails to conserve its wetlands
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 12:30 PMSix years on, Gujarat fails to form wetland panel
![Hamirsar Lake, Bhuj, Gujarat (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3098051568_648b8b58fc_z.jpg?itok=5YLe2QIV)
Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab
Posted on 19 Dec, 2016 09:53 AMIn Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab, Shri Anupam Mishra documents the life and work of several individuals and communities, across the country, in setting up water harvesting and management systems through talaabs (lakes / tanks).
![Aaj Bhi Khare Hain Talaab: Anupam Mishra](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/abkht_cover_0.medium_0.jpeg?itok=o7TUU6mz)
Storm after a lull
Posted on 15 Dec, 2016 01:03 PMChennai’s disastrous December run continues for the second year in a row. While the devastating flood of December 2015 remains etched in the city’s collective memory, cyclone Vardah was no less scary and did not lag behind in its severity.
![One of the many calamities of cyclone Vardah in Jawahar Nagar near Perambur.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/31269487840_75275aeb7e_z.jpg?itok=OrKhALGF)
Summer of discontent
Posted on 14 Dec, 2016 11:35 AMOn a 29 sq km tract of land in Bharatpur, Rajasthan lies the wildlife reserve, Keoladeo national park, locally known as Ghana. Birds enjoy the open water while wildlife roams freely in this montage of wetland, grassland and forest. The wetland, which is man-made, has a diversity of open water, trees and grasses.
![An Indian cormorant dries its wings at Keoladeo national park, Bharatpur. (Source: Aastha Singh, Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/an_indian_cormorant_drying_its_wings-aastha-singh.jpg?itok=3i--H-Xj)