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Standing Committee Report: Safe drinking water and sanitation
Posted on 15 May, 2015 08:49 PMThe National Rural Drinking Water Programme (NRDWP) and the Swachh Bharat Mission (Gramin) SBM (G) are the two flagship programmes of the government implemented by the Ministry of Drinking Water and Sanitation, a nodal Minis
![Safe drinking water, a scarce resource](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/news_this_week_0.jpg?itok=Pme59Cdc)
Women assert their space under the sun
Posted on 05 May, 2015 02:12 PMWhen Satya was asked by the Sarpanch to opt for the position of a worksite supervisor as a Mate, she was thrilled at the prospect of a better life. Brought up in Murayur village in Sivagangai district, Tamil Nadu, she knew how tough agricultural wage labour work was. While her mother left her with grandparents, her father also took on menial jobs and errands from big farmers.
![Satya’s position as a supervisor is valued by all](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/satya_at_work.jpg?itok=3CEFiBkF)
Water and facilities flow better into cities
Posted on 05 May, 2015 01:35 PMSixty eight percent of India's population lives in rural areas but when it comes to facilities -- including the availability of safe drinking water -- cities and towns corner most of them.
![Rural-Urban Drinking Water Supply Gap, Census 2011](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/census_2011_drinking_water_sources_graph-1a.jpg?itok=qRgz4Zza)
Lakes of urban India under threat: CSE
Posted on 05 May, 2015 11:54 AMToxic foam observed in Bengaluru lakes
![Foam in Varthur lake (Source: Kashif Masood)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/varthur-lake-pollution1.jpg?itok=Ht-wu1Q1)
SC denies land to Coca-Cola in Chharba, Uttarakhand
Posted on 05 May, 2015 11:30 AMAfter Tamil Nadu, Uttarakhand also bids goodbye to Coca Cola
![The scrubland that the Coca Cola company requires](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/9460874257_abfe0465bc_z.jpg?itok=FFUI0_fk)
Don't forget this Ambedkar Jayanti
Posted on 04 May, 2015 06:40 PMIf Babasaheb Ambedkar had been alive today -- April 14, 2015 -- he would have been 125 years old. In the predominantly tribal and dalit district of Sonbhadra, it was natural that Gambhira Prasad, President of the Kanhar Bandh Virodhi Sangharsh Samiti (KBVSS), decided to mark the day.
![The women of Sundari village protest](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/sundari_protest.jpg?itok=Gf3ENXgh)
Niyamagiri hills get temporary respite from Vedanta
Posted on 03 May, 2015 07:09 PMThe Niyamagiri hills in the Eastern Ghats is peopled by indigenous groups such as the Dongria and Kutia Kondhs -- or 'primitive tribal groups’ in official phrasing. For them, these hills which spread over 300 sq kms in Rayagada and Kalahandi districts in southwestern Orissa, is the sacred abode of Niyamraja, their God.
![The hills and the streams are their soul](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/the_hills_and_the_streams_are_our_soul.jpg?itok=DQltjIYM)
India's largest springs mapping exercise begins in Meghalaya
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 10:46 PMWorld Water Day 2015 proved to be significant to the people of Meghalaya. That day is when the state's Springshed Management Initiative was launched.
![Detailed forms record information about springs](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/springs_lead_0.jpg?itok=TTifKi0J)
Delhi Govt bans use of groundwater in city parks
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 11:03 AMStop use of fresh groundwater in city parks: Delhi Government
![The Nakshatra Garden](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/14058721699_24e9a5d0c9_z.jpg?itok=cRUrLWpr)
Acute crisis of water, power and medical facilities in Nepal after earthquake
Posted on 28 Apr, 2015 10:39 AMNepal earthquake toll exceeds 4300
![Earthquake in Nepal (Source: Krish Dulal)](/sites/default/files/styles/featured_articles/public/iwp/nepal_earthquake_2015_01.jpg?itok=GWwBBe7h)