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Chennai's struggle with segregation
Posted on 08 Nov, 2017 11:30 AMCome November, along with swollen waterways and flooded streets, another prominent image flashed repeatedly on television screens is that of mountains of mixed garbage. Chennai’s solid waste headache is by no means entirely monsoon-related.
![Perungudi dump yard chokes the Pallikaranai marshland.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/perungudi.jpg?itok=it7otxRS)
Wages delayed to MGNREGA workers in 19 states
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 07:46 PMStates freeze payments to MGNREGA workers
![Labourers build check dams under MGNREGA. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/mgnrega_work_0_0.jpg?itok=6yqKU_7G)
Maharashtra mandates reuse of wastewater
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 07:15 PMReuse of wastewater becomes mandatory in Maharashtra
![Wastewater gets discharged into a drain. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3206661308_69ea01a910_z.jpg?itok=9dtEngBo)
India Industry Water Conclave on Nov 28, 2017 at FICCI, New Delhi
Posted on 07 Nov, 2017 10:12 AMThe theme for the Conclave this year is “Water Use Efficiency: An Imperative for India” to highlight the imperative of water use efficiency in the industry, agriculture and urban contexts.
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New flood warning system for Chennai
Posted on 06 Nov, 2017 06:58 PMChennai, which, of late has been experiencing urban flooding often, is all set to get a comprehensive flood warning system being developed by several national agencies and institutions.
![Chennai during the flood in 2015. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23431905981_443a72901a_z_0.jpg?itok=IpvyYKSq)
New tool to know tsunami better
Posted on 06 Nov, 2017 11:51 AMDisaster management authorities are all set to get a new tool to handle tsunamis. They will be able to know how far the waves will move into the land at different places along the Indian coast.
![A new tool takes tsunami forecast to another level. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/32623781901_a6c996cf85_z.jpg?itok=B_ZzV59L)
Bee in safe hands
Posted on 06 Nov, 2017 11:21 AMStudies suggest that bees are disappearing at a rapid rate in India. Should we be worried? The disappearance of bees has particularly alarming implications for human existence. Honey bees play a very important role in preserving the biodiversity of nature.
![Amit with a bee box installed in a garden at a house in Pune. (Image source: Amit Godse)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/amit1.jpg?itok=huWGO1Mv)
Floods can pollute groundwater
Posted on 03 Nov, 2017 02:56 PMIn December of 2015, when Chennai was flooded and people were marooned, a team of scientists from Anna University was collecting groundwater samples along the Adyar river to investigate if the groundwater in this region was fit for human consumption.
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Marta’s toilets relieve villagers of OD shame
Posted on 03 Nov, 2017 02:03 PM“Earlier, I'd wait till sunset to answer nature's call. In the morning, I'd wait for others to return from the fields so I could go. Quite often, I had to miss school for this very reason. And I'm grown up now; so having a toilet in the house has become a must," says class IX student Jyoti Gaud, a resident of Tiktha Mussallepur village in Jagatpur.
![Marta with one of the villagers. (Source: 101Reporters)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/marta_right_with_a_villager.jpg?itok=7Q86Rhcu)
The jewels of Pardi Kupi
Posted on 03 Nov, 2017 05:15 AMPearl farmer Sanjay Gandate (33) was waiting for my arrival at his house in Pardi Kupi in the Naxal-affected Gadchiroli district in Maharashtra. I had missed my early morning bus to Pardi Kupi and took an autorickshaw instead to reach the village. Sanjay greeted me and took me to Wainganga river.
![Clams in Wainganga river (Source: India water portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/_dsc0033tps_0.jpg?itok=L_l9mA2S)