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Why a right to sanitation is necessary
Posted on 28 Aug, 2015 09:43 AMIndian activists have been campaigning for the last three years for a justiciable right to water and sanitation.
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Study reveals reduction in water flow of the Ganga in the Himalayan catchment areas
Posted on 17 Aug, 2015 08:52 PMGanga catchment area has lost over 1500 billion cusecs of water flow: Study
![Ganga at Gadmukteshwar (Source: India Water Portal Flickr Photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/6172024170_3151074271_z_2.jpg?itok=zKMpR93i)
90% of malarial deaths happen in rural India
Posted on 24 Jul, 2015 07:07 AMStagnant puddles, which are a breeding ground for mosquitoes, follow the rains every year causing an increase in the incidence of water-borne diseases. Malaria is the third most common of these diseases in India after diarrhoea and typhoid.
![An Anopheles stephensi mosquito feasting (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/1200px-anopheles_stephensi.jpeg?itok=Uj6bpt-L)
NGT quashes environment clearance to 10 irrigation projects in Maharashtra and Karnataka
Posted on 13 Jul, 2015 09:57 PMNGT cancels MoEF's go ahead to 10 irrigation projects
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WHO & UNICEF Report ranks India worst in eradicating open defecation
Posted on 07 Jul, 2015 11:15 PMIndia's poor sanitation facilities have a direct correlation with stunting in children
![A defunt toilet in a tribal village in Odisha (Source: Vishwanath Srikantaiah)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3223299340_4c6754f83b.jpg?itok=uUSqgxH-)
World running out of groundwater: NASA
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:15 PMHumans are consuming groundwater rapidly: NASA
![A dried up well](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2661983010_93aeb6c690_z.jpg?itok=X6wIVRvG)
Himachal fails to construct 109 micro hydel projects due to lack of funds
Posted on 23 Jun, 2015 11:10 PMConstruction of 109 Kuhl projects proposed in Himachal, still on papers
![Kuhls, the irrigation channels in Himachal Pradesh](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/dsc03452_0_0.jpg?itok=VwkRxfXF)
Goa river waters contains high content of feacal coliform: Study
Posted on 08 Jun, 2015 11:13 PMGoa rivers water unfit for human consumption: GSPCB
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Dehydration: How to recognize, prevent and treat it.
Posted on 30 May, 2015 08:19 PMDiarrhoeal diseases are the second leading cause of death in children under five years of age and are responsible for killing around 7,60,000 children every year all over the world.
![A dehydrated adult getting treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-cholera_rehydration_nurses.jpg?itok=X_P734ta)
Dehydration: How to recognize, prevent and treat it.
Posted on 30 May, 2015 08:19 PMDiarrhoeal diseases are the second leading cause of death in children under five years of age, and are responsible for killing around 7,60,000 children every year all over the world.
![A dehydrated adult getting treatment](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/640px-cholera_rehydration_nurses.jpg?itok=X_P734ta)