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West Bengal
Flood in Odisha affects 3.5 million people across 300 villages
Posted on 12 Aug, 2014 10:50 AMOdisha reels under floods as Mahanadi crosses danger mark
![Odisha reels under floods](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9319659485_85b84ccb91_z.jpg?itok=kbAQs52y)
Centre allocates Rs.133 crore to conserve 115 wetlands
Posted on 05 Aug, 2014 12:41 PMCentre identifies 115 wetlands for conservation and management
![Maguri Beel (wetland) in Assam](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8673660087_a143749d67_z.jpg?itok=iNbvrLQj)
India loses 2 million tonnes of food grains annually due to waterlogging
Posted on 30 Jul, 2014 10:15 AM2 million tonnes of food grains lost annually in India
![Waterlogging in Punjab](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/12364651615_b409a4f9a9_z.jpg?itok=YektsGuV)
Teachings of the East Calcutta Wetlands
Posted on 07 Jul, 2014 04:06 PMThe East Calcutta Wetlands are an unappealing mixture of poverty, sunshine and wastewater. The people here have patiently and wisely transformed this ecosystem into an oportunity for food, employment and purified water- for free!
![Ecology & Traditional Wetland Practice](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/east_calcutta_wetland_0.png?itok=LH0AXl8v)
Poor sanitation brings down enrollment of girls in schools
Posted on 30 Jun, 2014 01:10 PMDip in enrollment of female students due to poor sanitation in schools
![Girls toilet in a school](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3220926516_ce0b74d47e_o.jpg?itok=Q0wm9qgc)
Centre approves raising Sardar Sarovar dam height
Posted on 17 Jun, 2014 11:20 PMSardar Sarovar dam height to be raised by 17m
![Sardar Sarovar Dam (Shahakshay in Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sardar_sarovar_dam.jpg?itok=p9Llco7K)
Close 23 out of 24 hydel projects in Uttarakhand: SC committee
Posted on 15 Apr, 2014 09:09 PMSC committee rejects 23 of 24 hydel projects in Uttarakhand
![Bhagirathi river in Uttarakhand (Source:Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bhagirathi_river_at_gangotri.jpg?itok=hDOTjpWB)
Water privatisation, a failed model?
Posted on 05 Apr, 2014 03:12 PMSince water reforms were introduced in India in the 1990s, water privatisation has been propagated as a panacea to the sector's problems.
![JUSCO disconnected Nirmal Basti's water connection](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc05941tp.jpg?itok=_4EMSlyJ)
Kolkata's grossly undervalued natural sewage management system
Posted on 16 Mar, 2014 10:34 PMThe city of Kolkata is blessed to have its very own natural urban wastewater treatment system in the form of the East Kolkata Wetlands.
![Fish rearing on wastewater, East Kolkata Wetlands](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/ecw_3_031_0.jpg?itok=Pt07_VLb)
Sikkim achieves 100% sanitation under Nirmal Bharat Abhiyan scheme
Posted on 17 Feb, 2014 02:21 PMSikkim achieves 100% sanitation
![Sustainable sanitation](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/8356609045_b698479b8c.jpg?itok=K5l4-gvT)