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West Bengal
Job opening at Splash International, Kolkata for WASH Infrastructure Coordinator
Posted on 10 Jun, 2019 11:14 AMTHE ORGANIZATION
Job opening at Splash International, Kolkata for Programme Data Officer - India
Posted on 04 Jun, 2019 11:27 AM
The Organization
Job opening at Splash International, Kolkata for Monitoring and Evaluation Coordinator
Posted on 04 Jun, 2019 11:10 AMThe Organization
Job opening at Splash International, Kolkata for Behaviour Change Specialist
Posted on 04 Jun, 2019 11:03 AMThe Job
Location: Kolkata, India
Groundwater depletes in north and east India
Posted on 23 Apr, 2019 07:12 PMIndia is the largest user of groundwater in the world. It uses an estimated 230 km3 of groundwater per year, which is over a quarter of the global total. About 85 percent of rural drinking water needs, 65 percent of irrigation needs and 50 percent of urban drinking water and industrial needs are fulfilled with groundwater.
![Crop irrigation with groundwater, powered by electricity in Gujarat. (Image: Tesh, Wikimedia Commons, CC-4.0A-ShareAlike-International)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/groundwater_1.jpg?itok=-ZK9qJ-a)
Flourishing water markets in Darjeeling
Posted on 15 Apr, 2019 02:36 PM"Darjeeling today has a thriving water business, with a fleet of 105 trucks plying three or four trips a day from April to June, carrying 5500 to 6500 litres of water on each run"
![Private water tankers, a common sight in urban areas. (Source: India Water Portal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/private_lorry_tankers_0.jpg?itok=S61g-Ou5)
Kerala failed to use dams for flood control: Amicus curiae
Posted on 09 Apr, 2019 09:32 PMKerala government failed to use dams for flood control: Amicus curiae informs high court
![The floods in Kerala took 400 lives and displaced around 1.2 million people. (Image: Ranjith Siji, Wikimedia Commons: CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-kerala_flood_2018_-_angamaly-_img_20180818_084500_1.jpg?itok=jWGP2_SF)
Gujarat drought: Centre aid sought
Posted on 19 Dec, 2018 06:35 AMGujarat seeks financial aid of Rs 1,725 crore from the Centre for drought relief works
![Gujarat seeks aid for drought relief. (Source: IWP Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3204443460_8d38ce367a_z_0_0_1_0.jpg?itok=FczM1IoG)
Saving Ganga: Just clean-up won’t do
Posted on 13 Dec, 2018 02:37 PMUntil a few decades ago, the Ganga flowed with gay abandon and descended with rapidity into the plains. Today the waters have withdrawn from its banks and downstream of the hydropower and irrigation projects that have hindered its flow, the Ganga is totally dry.
![The Ganga at Haridwar in Uttarakhand. Downstream of this, the river flow has reduced due to increased abstraction. (Image courtesy: Manas Chakrabarty; Wikimedia Commons, CC BY SA-4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/towards_eternity-manas-chakrabarty-ccbysa.0.jpg?itok=ZHYYfCEd)
Centre approves projects near turtle nesting sites
Posted on 10 Oct, 2018 12:09 PMNew coastal projects to ignore Olive Ridley turtles
![Olive Ridley turtle (Source: Pawar Pooja via Wikipedia commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-olive_ridley_turtle_dscn0695.jpg?itok=-9FXcvBd)