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Ultratech Cement mines limestone (and villagers) in Chhattisgarh
Posted on 13 Dec, 2015 03:38 PMParaswani village in Balodabazar district, Chhattisgarh contains vast reserves of limestone, a sedimentary rock that is a primary ingredient in the cement manufacturing process. Since 1992, Ultratech Cement Ltd. (UTCL) followed by four other similar companies, have begun excavating this rock within a 30 km radius of the village.
![A view of the Ulratech Cement factory from Paraswani](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23242374375_229a4cd22e_z.jpg?itok=ZzRNLvKM)
From toilet to tap: Is that the future of drinking water?
Posted on 09 Dec, 2015 12:47 PMAn article in India Today three years ago was titled ‘Beware Delhi!
![Yogendra Singh, an operator, explains how the 'Toilet to tap' plant functions](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/yogendra.jpg?itok=y-Nm9-a5)
How will India's growing thirst for water impact regional relations?
Posted on 09 Dec, 2015 12:00 AMAs the demand for water is projected to increase globally, South Asia is becoming a hotspot where the economy and the population could be adversely impacted by poor water security due to growing household, agricultural and industrial needs, as well as increase in water-related disasters.
The threat of water security challenges faced by India
![The Brahmaputra river (Source: Wikimedia Commons)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/bramhaputra.jpg?itok=KZbgULki)
Using community support to battle fluoride contamination
Posted on 08 Dec, 2015 09:17 PMWhat is the exact problem as regards fluoride contamination in Madhya Pradesh, particularly in Dhar district?
![Several young children in Jhabua suffer from skeletal fluorosis (Source: INREM Foundation)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/skeletal_fluorosis_inrem_0.jpg?itok=rd4oCW6l)
Draft guidelines on water quality released
Posted on 07 Dec, 2015 08:53 PMGovernment comes up with new standards on water quality
![The Krishna river, Wai, Maharashtra (Source: IWP Flickr Photo)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/krishna_river_0_0.jpg?itok=f8jwi-Nm)
Sun, stone and water: Rajon ki baoli, Mehrauli
Posted on 07 Dec, 2015 09:22 AM'Rajon ki baoli' also known as 'Rajon-ki-bain
![Rajon ki baoil' in Mehrauli Archaeological Park, Delhi (Source: IWP)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/23147504380_386a060e33_c.jpg?itok=M6j0STrb)
Choppy waters and a calm river voyager
Posted on 06 Dec, 2015 12:31 PMThe epic voyage--Nadisutra--along the Ganga may have been the high point of Emmanuel Theophilus’s recent work, but there have been many more peaks and valleys for this fervent mountaineer cum ecologist. Theo lives in a remote village near Munsiyari in Uttarakhand.
![Theophilus being awarded the ' Bhagirath Prayas Samman' (Source: Kush Sethi)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/theo_0.jpg?itok=mpGyg-J1)
Understanding the connect between caste and sanitation
Posted on 05 Dec, 2015 11:14 PMOf the one billion people defecating out in the open globally, 66% live in India of which as high as 92% live in rural areas.
![Factors affecting sanitation outcomes (Source: Sourabh Phadke)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/toilets_7.jpg?itok=ZcAHXV_D)
Tea trouble brewing in Assam
Posted on 05 Dec, 2015 10:31 PMAssam, which lies on either side of the Brahmaputra River and borders Bangladesh and Myanmar, is the world's largest tea-growing region (Wikipedia). According to estimates by the Tea Board of India in 2007, the state has 3.11 lakh hectares of area u
![Women plucking tea leaves at a garden in Golaghat](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/tea_garden.jpg?itok=omiTGz5Y)