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Yamuna cleanup: NGT raps Delhi authorities
Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 10:38 AMNGT raps authorities for Yamuna cleanup in Delhi
![Children rummage through garbage near the Yamuna river. (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/2935427348_b6fdcf3d09_z_1_1.jpg?itok=z-jNllvF)
Huge dam proposed in Arunachal
Posted on 25 Oct, 2017 09:48 AMNiti Aayog proposes 300-metre high dam in Arunachal Pradesh
![A river in East Siang (Source: Wikimedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/800px-river_in_east_siang_district_arunachal_pradesh_2.jpg?itok=f7RtjCbo)
Are people in villages less thirsty?
Posted on 18 Oct, 2017 07:49 PMIn India, there has been a stunning growth of inequality in the last 25 years and a spectacular growth of inequality in the last 15 years. It is not just a question of wealth and income; inequality is visible in every sector. It is visible in water whether (it is) water for irrigation or drinking water.
![An upcoming building in Mumbai has a pool on every floor. At the same time, migrant labourers rely on tapping municipal leakages for their drinking water. India has more inequality than the rest of the world.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/cover_image_0.jpg?itok=j5oDER5y)
Salt and sweet: When sun turned saline water potable
Posted on 18 Oct, 2017 07:08 PMSolawata, a small village in Jaipur district is barely 10 kilometers away from Sambhar, India's largest saline lake which is a major centre of salt production that produces about two lakh tonnes of salt a year. On our way to the village from Sambhar, we see caravans packed with bright coloured camel saddles parked on the road.
![Villagers operate the solar-powered reverse osmosis desalination plant that provides safe drinking water to the community at Solawata.](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/lead_5.jpg?itok=p6l7HO0J)
New guidelines for industries on groundwater use?
Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 02:14 PMNew guidelines proposed by the Centre on groundwater usage by industries
![A well in Rajasthan (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/27560459605_dd7aeae4a2_z_0_2.jpg?itok=VfWZ8bR9)
Alien fish enters Telangana waters
Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 01:45 PMAlien fish spotted in Telangana waters after Krishna-Godavari interlinking
![Prakasam Barrage across Krishna river (Source: Subhash Chandra via Wikipedia)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna_river_vijayawada_0.jpg?itok=btOr_Ykx)
What it means to be water rich
Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 06:16 AMI grew up in the Konkan, drinking water from a well that was filled by rainwater, filtered through the area's laterite aquifers and “fortified” by the leaves shed by the jackfruit tree above it. And then I moved to Pune, where I came across a cloudy, salty, heavy liquid that passed for water.
![One bottle of water or 65 open wells? That's the Rs 65 lakh question!](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/beverly_cover_0.jpg?itok=ha8ANcgg)
Najafgarh seeks attention
Posted on 17 Oct, 2017 05:07 AMHere’s some news for nature lovers. A dirty drain in Delhi could well be on its way to becoming a bird sanctuary. The Najafgarh drain or nallah that flows through the northwest part of Gurugram is becoming a new habitat for the strikingly tall Greater flamingos, a rosy-white pink billed migratory bird as it passes through southwest Delhi.
![Aerial view of the Najafgarh drain. (Image: Sumita Roy Dutta, Wikimedia Commons; CC BY-SA 4.0)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/delhi_aerial_photo_08-2016_img1.jpg?itok=3yPpPqvJ)
WASH with nutrition for better health
Posted on 13 Oct, 2017 05:13 PMIt’s complicated! That should pretty much sum up the relationship between WASH strategies and nutrition outcomes. Obviously, when there are unsafe water, pitiable and inadequate sanitation conditions with woeful hygiene practices, it will inadvertently lead to public health implications.
![Improper WASH practices can compound health problems among the undernourished. (Source: IWP Flickr photos)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/3220100289_56a406ab96_z.jpg?itok=-_MPXRKz)
Water cup works where authorities fail
Posted on 12 Oct, 2017 09:58 AMHistorians will tell you that an explosion of creativity occurs the moment the world starts complaining that there is nothing left to invent, or that the search for solutions has come to an end.
![Effective watershed management can solve the water crisis in Maharashtra. (Source: IWP Flickr photos--photo for representation only)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/20785591581_6c2d02a0d4_z_1_0.jpg?itok=uGT8cMZB)